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Australia only managed to bowl 17 overs at India on another rain-affected day in the third Test in Brisbane, but it was enough for their pace attack to dismantle India’s top order as they fell to 51-4 to end the third day. 394 races behind. the hosts.
After Australia’s tail swung with the bat for a little longer to reach 445 early on Monday, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood quickly put India in trouble with a devastating opening spell at the Gabba.
Starc (2-25) took the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in his first two overs to set the tone, before Hazlewood (1-17) captured the prize wicket of Virat Kohli just before one of the many rains passengers will cause an early lunch with India at 10-3.
After removing Jaiswal (4) with the first ball of the innings in the second Test in Adelaide, Starc needed just two balls at the Gabba to remove the tourists’ opener.
The 22-year-old played the first ball across the gully for a boundary, but the second bowled a simple catch to Mitch Marsh at mid-wicket for a soft dismissal.
In his next over, Starc struck again with Marsh diving acrobatically to catch him with both hands in the gully to remove Gill (1) and India were 7-2.
Hazlewood, back in the team after a side strain ruled him out of last week’s second Test, then shook India further by triggering a lead from veteran Kohli to have India three down when the rain began to fall and caused an early lunch.
On the resumption, captain Pat Cummins (1-7) got his first wicket by removing Rishabh Pant caught behind to reduce India to 44-4.
Captain Rohit Sharma came out to join KL Rahul but there was only time for an excellent cover boundary for the latter before another passing shower forced the players off the field.
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The rest of the afternoon the weather seemed to clear, but just when the game seemed ready to resume, another passing shower of rain crossed the sand.
Play eventually resumed shortly after 5 pm local time, but only 17 more balls were bowled for three runs, before another passing rain and deteriorating light forced an end to the day’s play.
Australia now have two days of play left, weather permitting, and their path to a possible victory appears to depend on bowling out India for less than 244 in the first innings and enforcing the follow-on.
The hosts had resumed on Monday at 405-7 and some big knocks from Starc and Alex Carey lifted Australia to 445. Carey was the last wicket to fall, holing out in the deep for an enterprising 70 off 88 balls, his ninth Test half. . century.
Jasprit Bumrah added one more wicket to take figures of 6-76, having completed his 12th five-wicket haul in Tests the previous day.
India won the first Test by 295 runs in Perth, while Australia came back to win the second day-night Test in Adelaide by 10 wickets.
