India vs Australia | First session of Day 3 will be crucial one, says Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah has stated that even though at this juncture of the match the Indian team looks slightly ahead in the game, the fourth day’s first session will be a very important one. After having a poor start on Day 1, the Indian team has made a strong comeback into the first Test in Adelaide.
The Indian Cricket team ended the third day of the first Test match of the Test series on a sound second innings score of 151/3 with the total lead amounting to 166 runs. Banking on small innings from KL Rahul(44runs), Murali Vijay(18 runs) and Virat Kohli(34 runs) and with the help of an unbeaten 40 from Cheteshwar Pujara at the other end India managed to put on the total.
"(The match is) slightly in our
Pujara, who scored a solid century in the first innings when the batsmen from both the teams struggled to make runs, is still not out on the personal unbeaten score of 40 runs and along with him is India’s vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane who is unbeaten on a score of one run. On the fourth day if Pujara stays at the crease for India even for the first session then it would be difficult for the hosts to make a comeback into the match.
"He's (Pujara) shown a lot of patience, that is the key element in Test cricket. He knows his game in and out, he knows his strengths.
"He knows to leave the ball and he's playing with the bowlers' patience as well. He has done that over the years and has started to play with a lot of
One major threat for the Indian team would be the opposition spinner Nathan Lyon who troubled the Indian batsmen in the first innings and also got the crucial wicket of Indian skipper Virat Kohli in the last hour of the fourth day’s play.
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