IND vs AUS 3rd Test Day 2 highlights: India 96/2 at stumps, trails by 242

India was 96 for two at stumps on day two, trailing Australia by 242 runs in the third Test at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Cheteshwar Pujara and skipper Ajinkya Rahane were batting 9 and 5 respectively at close of play.

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India made a solid start with Rohit Sharma (26) and Shubman Gill (50) stitching a 70-run opening stand. Gill went on to score his maiden half-century. Australia rode on Steve Smith's gritty 131-run knock and half centuries by debutant Will Pucovski (62) and Marnus Labuschagne (91) to come up with their strongest batting performance of the ongoing series. Australia scored 338 runs in its first innings as Ravindra Jadeja picked 4 wickets while Bumrah and Saini took two wickets each

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IND vs AUS 3rd Test Day 2: India's scorecard after Day 2

Batsmen	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Rohit Sharma	c & b Hazlewood	26	77	3	1
Shubman Gill	c Geen b Cummins	50	101	8	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	not out	9	53	0	0
Ajinkya Rahane	not out	5	40	0	0
Total: 96-2 in 45 Overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket
Mitchell Starc	7	4	19	0
Josh Hazlewood	10	5	23	1
Pat Cummins	12	6	19	1
Nathan Lyon	16	7	35	0

IND vs AUS 3rd Test scorecard: Australia 1st innings

Batsmen	Dismissals	Runs	Balls	Fours	Sixes
Will Pucovski	lbw b Saini	62	110	4	0
David Warner	c Pujara b Siraj	5	8	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Rahane b Jadeja	91	196	11	0
Steve Smith	runout (Jadeja)	131	226	16	0
Mathew Wade	c Bumrah b Jadeja	13	16	2	0
Cameron Green	lbw b Bumrah	0	21	0	0
Tim Paine	b Bumrah	1	10	0	0
Pat Cummins	b Jadeja	0	13	0	0
Mitchell Starc	c Gill b Saini	24	30	2	1
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Jadeja	0	3	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	not out	1	6	0	0
Total: 338-10 in 105.4 overs
Bowlers	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket
Jasprit Bumrah	25.4	7	66	2
Mohammed Siraj	25	4	67	1
R Ashwin	24	1	74	0
Navdeep Saini	13	0	65	2
Ravindra Jadeja	18	3	62	4

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1:11 PM

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 2 highlights

Day 2 key highlights

• Over 63.2: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Wilson, Batsman - Smith (Struck down)
• Rain: Australia - 188/2 in 66.0 overs (Labuschagne 78, Smith 42)
• Australia: 200 runs in 68.5 overs (414 balls), Extras 1
• 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 218 balls (Labuschagne 52, Smith 47, Ex 1)
• Smith: 50 off 116 balls (7 x 4)
• Rain: Australia - 213/3 in 72.0 overs (Smith 52, Wade 2)
• New ball taken after 80 overs
• Lunch: Australia - 249/5 in 84.5 overs (Smith 76)
• Australia: 250 runs in 87.3 overs (526 balls), Extras 2
• Smith: 100 off 201 balls (13 x 4)
• Australia: 300 runs in 100.1 overs (605 balls), Extras 9
• Drinks: Australia - 310/8 in 101.5 overs (Smith 104)
• Over 102.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Reiffel, Batsman - Lyon (Struck down)
• Innings Break: Australia - 338/10 in 105.4 overs (Hazlewood 1)
• Tea: India - 26/0 in 9.0 overs (Sharma 11, Shubman Gill 14)
• India: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 1
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (Sharma 22, Shubman Gill 27, Ex 1)
• Over 23.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Wilson, Batsman - Sharma (Upheld)
• Drinks: India - 70/1 in 27.0 overs (Shubman Gill 38)
• Shubman Gill: 50 off 100 balls (8 x 4)
• Over 39.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Wilson, Batsman - Rahane (Struck down - Umpires Call)
• End Of Day: India - 96/2 in 45.0 overs (Pujara 9, Rahane 5)

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1:01 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 45 Overs: 96-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 96-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (9), Ajinkya Rahane (5)

Starc bowls the last over of the day...

Pujara sees off the over succesfully and it is STUMPS on Day 2.

12:57 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 44 Overs: 96-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 96-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (9), Ajinkya Rahane (5)

Lyon continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Rahane.

12:57 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 43 Overs: 96-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 96-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (9), Ajinkya Rahane (5)

Starc continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Pujara.

12:56 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 42 Overs: 96-2

Over Summary:  3 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 96-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (9), Ajinkya Rahane (5)

Lyon continues and Pujara collects three runs off the first delivery.

12:51 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 41 Overs: 93-2

Over Summary:  0 1 0 0 0 3 ; India 1st innings: 93-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (6), Ajinkya Rahane (5)

Starc continues and concedes four runs, including a triple to Cheteshwar Pujara.

12:42 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 40 Overs: 89-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 1 ; India 1st innings: 89-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (4)

Lyon continues and concedes a single to Rahane.

12:41 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 39 Overs: 88-2

Over Summary:  0 0 2 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 88-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (3)

Mitchell Starc [3.0-1-15-0] is back into the attack and bowls a MAIDEN over to Cheteshwar Pujara.

12:30 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 38 Overs: 88-2

Over Summary:  0 0 2 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 88-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (3)

Lyon continues and Rahane collects a couple of runs off the third delivery towards cover region.

12:29 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 37 Overs: 86-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 86-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (1)

Cummins bowls a MAIDEN over to Pujara.

12:22 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 36 Overs: 86-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 86-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (1)

Lyon bowls a MAIDEN over to Ajinkya Rahane.

12:21 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 35 Overs: 86-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 86-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (1)

Cummins continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Cheteshwar Pujara.

12:17 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 34 Overs: 86-2

Over Summary:  0 0 0 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 86-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (1)

Lyon continues and bowls a MAIDEN over Rahane.

12:16 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 33 Overs: 86-2

Over Summary:  W 0 0 1 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 86-2  ; Cheteshwar Pujara (3), Ajinkya Rahane (1)

Cummins continues and Gill edges the first ball to gully and Green completes the catch. Shubman Gill c Green b Cummins 50(101) [4s-8]

Ajinkya Rahane, right handed bat, comes to the crease and collects a single off the 4th ball.

12:08 PM

IND vs AUS live score after 32 Overs: 85-1 | Gill hits maiden fifty

Over Summary:  0 0 1 0 0 0 ; India 1st innings: 85-1  ; Shubman Gill (50), Cheteshwar Pujara (3)

Lyon continues and Shubman Gill collects a single off the 3rd delivery to complete his maiden Test FIFTY.