India vs Australia Live Score, 3rd Test Day 5: India on top at Lunch after Smith, Renshaw wickets

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India vs Australia Live Score, 3rd Test Day 5: India on top at Lunch after Smith, Renshaw wickets


Australia Tour of India, 2017 - 3rd Test


India
603/9 dec (210.0)vs
Australia
451 (137.3) & 83/4 (36.0)
Bowling
Ravichandran Ashwin 0/18 (5)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/22 (18)
Batting
Shaun Marsh 15 (25)
Peter Handscomb * 4 (19)
India enter the day five of the third Test against Australia in a position of advantage needing only eight wickets with 129 runs to defend to register an innings win in the Test. Australia are 23 for the loss of two wickets and still 129 runs behind India’s lead of 152, which they got after an epic 199-run stand between Cheteshwar Pujara and Wriddhiman Saha. While Saha scored his third hundred, Pujara went on to score his third double hundred.
Live Cricket Score India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5


1130 hrs IST: Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb survive the final over before Lunch by Jadeja. Australia are 83 for the loss of four wickets at Lunch and still 69 runs behind India


1125 hrs IST: Ashwin to bowl, finally! He has few close calls but the batsman survives. Marsh and Handscomb have 5 minutes to survive before Lunch


1121 hrs IST: Jadeja to bowl again. Australia need to rebuild again. Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb are the two batsmen at the crease for them


1115 hrs IST: Virat Kohli still going on with Ishant and Jadeja. Australia are 66 for the loss of four wickets with 15 minutes to go for Lunch. Ishant again


1105 hrs IST: Wicket-maiden over from Jadeja! Australia are four down with only 63 runs on board. They are still 89 runs behind India’s lead


1100 hrs IST: WICKET! One gets two! Steve Smith shoulders his arms to a Ravindra Jadeja wicket and that uproots his off-stump. Australia lose their captain and fourth wicket


1056 hrs IST: WICKET! Ishant Sharma has the last laugh as he gets Renshaw leg-before. India finally strike on day five. Australia three down. If you missed it, catch the highlights of Ishant’s celebrations 


1051 hrs IST: Ishant Sharma was all set to bowl when Matt Renshaw moves away. Ishant throws the ball to the keeper. Few words exchanged between the fieders


1048 hrs IST: Ravindra Jadeja again! He has two wickets from day four but none today! Australia have begun well. Smith on strike. Can Jadeja provide the breakthrough?


1043 hrs IST: Jadeja finishes another over and Kohli continues with Ishant Sharma. Is India missing a trick by not bowling Ashwin? Anyway, Ishant here


1039 hrs IST: Steve Smith outscores Matt Renshaw. A magnificent on-drive from the Australian captain for four! Just batting to his strengths. Top innings so far


1034 hrs IST: Ishant Sharma will continue after drinks. No Ashwin yet. India have bowled 16.4 overs this morning. No wickets


1030 hrs IST: Drinks in Ranchi! The first hour belongs to Australia as they did not lose any wickets. They are 48 for the loss of 2 wickets.


1021 hrs IST: Virat Kohli is back on the field. India still continuing with Ishant Sharma. Australia are 45 for the loss of two wickets and 107 runs still behind India


1018 hrs IST: Jadeja continues for India. Virat Kohli has left the field and Ajinkya Rahane will be standing in for him. Australia still to lose wicket on day five


1010 hrs IST: A top over from Jadeja. But no success again! Few inside edges off Renshaw’s bat. Ishant Sharma has the ball in hand now. He is replacing Umesh


1004 hrs IST: A typical Jadeja over for India. Quick and some balls troubling the batsmen. But no success. Australia move on to 38 for the loss of two wickets.


1000 hrs IST: India still presisting with Umesh and Jadeja. Renshaw has shown great footwork to avoaid any kind of trouble from the bowlers


0948 hrs IST: A watchful start from Australia on the fifth day. Batsmen leaving everything outside off stumps. Renshsaw and Smith on the duty


0942 hrs IST: India continuing with pace from one end and spin from the other. Jadeja and Umesh bowling in tandem. Steve Smith and Matt Renshaw are the two batsmen at the crease


0935 hrs IST: The man in form Steve Smith drives one through covers and gets a four. Clearly he is the man for Australia. He has had a fabulous series. Australia are 30 for 2


0931 hrs IST: Jadeja finishes the remaining four deliveries of the over. Single run from the over. Australia are 24 for the loss of two wickets. Umesh Yadav will be bowling the next over


0928 hrs IST: India have made their way to the middle. Matt Renshaw and Steve Smith also out in the middle. Ravindra Jadeja will be finishing his over. All set now


0923 hrs IST: The tensions in this series have been on the high. The mocking of Virat Kohli’s shoulder has been the point of discussion in this match. Bharat Sundaresan explains more here


0915 hrs IST: On day four, Pujara and Saha shared a fabulous partnership which gave India the lead against Australia. Sandip G is in Ranchi and he wrote about Pujara here and Saha here


0910 hrs IST: Australia once again will be pinning their hopes on the captain Steve Smith. He has scored six centuries against India in seven Test matches


0905 hrs IST: Pitch report “Minefield”. That is how Ravi Shastri describes the pitch. The pitch will be a difficult one to bat. Spinners will be the crucial figures. Brett Lee says “Pacers can get a couple of leg-befores into play”


0850 hrs IST: A fifth day which will be a crucial one in this series. First time a Test between India and Australia in this series has gone to the fifth day. India lead by 129 runs and Australia have eight wickets in hand


Playing XIs


India: Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma


Australia: David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood


India vs Australia 3rd Test, Day 4: Reactions


Wriddhiman Saha: “This is the best among the three I have. We badly needed partnership.” (Read what he had to say)


Darren Lehmann: “Going to have to come up with a plan to combat Jadeja but we’ve worked on that and you’ll probably see it tomorrow I would think” (Read what he had to say)


India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Preview at Ranchi: With the match in India grip, it will be a challenge for Australia to survive the fifth day in Ranchi. They are still 129 runs behind India’s lead of 152 runs with eight wickets in hand but Ravindra Jadeja is firing in. He has already picked up the two wickets. But Australia are also with top quality batsmen still to come. Day five promises to be a top quality action of Test cricket.


India vs Australia 3rd Test, Match Umpires


Ground Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Ian Gould


Third Umpire: Nigel Llong


Match Referee: Sir Richie Richardson








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