BGT | Nitish ton in record p'ship with Sundar keeps India afloat on Day 3

With 83,000 fans in attendance, India resumed well from their overnight score of 164)5 with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease. The latter was content keeping the scoreboard ticking whenever ever the opportunity arose while the former adopted his usual trademark approach tp take the game to the opposition  While it earned him three boundaries in a partnership of 32, the tactic eventually backfired when a scoop attempt went askew and Nathan Lyon took a simple catch at third man. Jadeja added 30 more runs thereafter with Nitish Kumar Reddy, the all-rounder doing the bulk of the scoring, before Lyon scalped his spin counterpart for the seventh time in Test cricket

India thus found themselves reeling at 221/7, a long way away from Australia's 474 and be at risk of following on  However, Nitish and Washington Sundar put all such doubts to rest with a 127-run stand either side of Lunch and through the entirety of the second session to steer India to 348. The duo picked their moments to score their runs, identifying Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Marsh as the primary targets while exercising caution against the three premier quicks. Nitish brought up his fifty off 71 deliveries while Sundar got to the landmark in a remarkable 146-deliveries, the duo unfettered by the use of the new ball. However Sundar failed to add any to his 50 as Lyon had him edge to.slip and Nitish found himself stranded on 97. A hasty double from the excited youngster exposed Jasprit Bumrah to the strike and the taileder lasted only three Pat Cummins deliveries before returning to the dugout.

Mohammed Siraj fared better, surviving the remaining three.deliveries.to.allow Nitish a fair shot at the tonh. The youngster did not flinch, bringing up a debut Test hundred with a handsome drive down the ground before rain snd bad light stopped play

India thus find themselves at 358/9 on Stumps, still a good 116 runs away from their rivals.

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