Aussies all out on 137, India need 87 runs to win match and series

Dharamshala:A superb display of both pace and spin bowling by the Indians saw Australia losing all the wickets in a spot of bother at 137…

Dharamshala:A superb display of both pace and spin bowling by the Indians saw Australia losing all the wickets in a spot of bother at 137 in the last session on the third day of the fourth Test at the HPCA Stadium here on Monday.

Aussies gave the target of 106 runs.

Following which, India scored 19 for no loss till stumps of Day 3.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul 13 and Murali Vijay 6 is on crease.

Umesh Yadav gave India the first breakthrough when he had David Warner (6) caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha off a good length delivery.

Warner, who was dropped in the previous over by Karun Nair at third slip off Bhuvneshwar Kumar, was all at sea against some hostile bowling by the Indian pacers.

This was the sixth time that Umesh dismissed Warner, second most batsman dismissed by him after Shaun Marsh (8 times).

Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav celebrating with team mates after dismissing Warner

Bhuvneshwar then got the prized wicket of Steve Smith when the Australian captain played on a delivery onto his stumps and this was his only wicket in this inning.

Smith started off in his innings with his trademark flicks and looked set for another big score till he opted to pull a delivery from outside off stump instead of cutting it.

Smith, one short of 500 runs this series, got a bottom edge and the ball went on to hit the stumps.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrating after Steve Smith’s dismissal

Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin got three wicket each.

Day 4 will be the resulting day of the match and this 4 Tests match series.

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