On Day fifth and final day of India vs Australia 3rd Test, the Aussies have set 275-run target for India in a Test match which has been largely marred by the inclement weather conditions at The Gabba in Brisbane. India conceded 185 runs lead to Australia after getting bundled out for 260 runs.
The Aussies wanting to go into the Boxing Day Test with a physcological advantage, asked his batter to score quick runs and in doing so they lost seven wicket while scoring only 89 runs in 18 Overs.
| Australia 2nd Inning |
| 89-7 (18 ov) CRR:4.94 |
| Batter | Dismissals | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Nathan McSweeney | c R Pant b A Deep | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Usman Khawaja | b J Bumrah | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 114.29 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | c R Pant b J Bumrah | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c R Pant b A Deep | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 |
| Travis Head | c R Pant b M Siraj | 17 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 89.47 |
| Steven Smith | c R Pant b M Siraj | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80 |
| Alex Carey (WK) | Not out | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Pat Cummins (C) | c KL Rahul b J Bumrah | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 220 |
| Mitchell Starc | Not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | 9 (b 1, Ib 6, w 0, nb 2, p 0) |
| Total | 89 (7 wkts, 18 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 6 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5.14 |
| Akash Deep | 5 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 5.6 |
The warning of severe weather was flashed on the digital scoreboard at the Gabba shortly after India were bowled out for 260 in their first innings, handing Australia a lead of 185 runs.
Akash Deep (31) was the last man out, stump off Travis Head, bringing an end to a 47-run stand with Jasprit Bumrah (10 not out).
The duo had done well to avoid the follow-on on day four.
Players were asked to remain in the dressing room and fans were requested to take shelter away from the fence after the visitors were all out.
Heavy rain followed and no play was possible in the session thereafter.
The forecast is largely clear for Brisbane from Thursday onwards but the entire game has been adversely impacted by bad weather with rain forcing multiple stoppages for four out of five days.
Only day two of the game was not impacted by weather as Australia coasted to 405 for seven at the back of memorable hundreds from Travis Head and Steve Smith.
Irrespective of the outcome on Wednesday, India have major concerns in both batting and bowling departments which they must address going into the fourth Test beginning on December 26.
Barring K L Rahul, who has been India's stand out batter on the tour, the star-studded line up has not found a way to negotiate the threats posed by the Australian pace attack.
Skipper Rohit Sharma has been woefully short of runs and after the hundred in Perth, superstar Virat Kohli has struggled with ball outside the off-stump.
Majority of the batters have been guilty of playing away from their bodies in challenging conditions.
They will need to curb their white-ball instincts to make an impact at the MCG.
On the bowling front too, it has been effectively a one man show with Jasprit Bumrah doing the heavy lifting in all the games. Mohammed Siraj bowled in the Brisbane Test with a niggle, leaving a question mark over his fitness ahead of the Melbourne game.
| India 1st Inning |
| 260-10 (78.5 ov) CRR:3.30 |
| Batter | Dismissals | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | c M Marsh b M Starc | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| KL Rahul | c S Smith b NM Lyon | 84 | 139 | 8 | 0 | 60.43 |
| Shubman Gill | c M Marsh b M Starc | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Virat Kohli | c A Carey b J Hazlewood | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | c A Carey b P Cummins | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Rohit Sharma (C) | c A Carey b P Cummins | 10 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 37.04 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c M Marsh b P Cummins | 77 | 123 | 7 | 1 | 62.6 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | b P Cummins | 16 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 26.23 |
| Mohammed Siraj | c A Carey b M Starc | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | Not out | 10 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 26.32 |
| Akash Deep | st A Carey b T Head | 31 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 70.45 |
| Extras | 14 (b 8, Ib 2, w 1, nb 3, p 0) |
| Total | 260 (10 wkts, 78.5 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Mitchell Starc | 24 | 3 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 3.46 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3.67 |
| Pat Cummins | 22 | 2 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 3.68 |
| Nathan Lyon | 23 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 2.39 |
| Travis Head | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.64 |
| Mitchell Marsh | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Australia 1st Inning |
| 445-10 (117.1 ov) CRR:3.80 |
| Batter | Dismissals | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Usman Khawaja | c R Pant b J Bumrah | 21 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 38.89 |
| Nathan McSweeney | c V Kohli b J Bumrah | 9 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 18.37 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | c V Kohli b N K Reddy | 12 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 21.82 |
| Steven Smith | c R Sharma b J Bumrah | 101 | 190 | 12 | 0 | 53.16 |
| Travis Head | c R Pant b J Bumrah | 152 | 160 | 18 | 0 | 95 |
| Mitchell Marsh | c V Kohli b J Bumrah | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 |
| Alex Carey (WK) | c S Gill b A Deep | 70 | 88 | 7 | 2 | 79.55 |
| Pat Cummins (C) | c R Pant b M Siraj | 20 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 60.61 |
| Mitchell Starc | c R Pant b J Bumrah | 18 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
| Nathan Lyon | b M Siraj | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| Josh Hazlewood | Not out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 35 (b 0, Ib 17, w 13, nb 5, p 0) |
| Total | 445 (10 wkts, 117.1 Ov) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | ECO |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 28 | 9 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 2.71 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 23.2 | 5 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 4.16 |
| Akash Deep | 29.5 | 5 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 3.18 |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | 13 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 23 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 4.13 |
Earlier, on day 4, India, with the help of half-centuries from KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, took themselves close to the 246-run mark to avoid the follow-on, before Akash Deep (27 not out) and Jasprit Bumrah (10 not out) added an unbeaten 39 runs for the final wicket to avoid the follow-on and end the day for India at 252 for 9.
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