India vs Australia 2017, 3rd Test, Day 2: Twitter Reacts As Hosts Start Strongly In Reply To Australia’s 451
Mar 17, 2017 at 4:50 PM
Openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay survived the final session with a sturdy approach to keep India on track after bowling out Australia for 451 on second day of the third Test at Ranchi. Ravindra Jadeja produced a wonderful spell in the post lunch session to hurry up the downfall of the Australian team.
Indian openers KL Rahul and Murali Vijay added 91 runs for the first wicket before the Karnataka lad was undone by a beauty from Pat Cummins. With nine overs left, the Australians vied for another breakthrough to end another day of play on a productive note. But fortunately for India, Cheteshwar Pujara and Vijay batted out the remaining overs.
Earlier, Australian skipper Steven Smith and Glenn Maxwell continued to enjoy the Ranchi track and displayed great intent to make life tough for Indian bowlers. Smith, who scored his 19th Test century on Day 1, batted with an air of invincibility around him and remained unbeaten at 178 to guide his team to a big total. Maxi also moved ahead from his overnight score of 82 and went on to register his maiden century.
A big suspense which clouded the minds of the Indian fans was whether Virat Kohli would bat in the first innings. As it turned out, Kohli is supposed to play at his batting position after his time away from the field was judged to be as the result of an external impact.
The pitch showed a hint of wear out as it began to assist spinners quite nicely. So it wasn’t surprising to Jadeja quickly finishing off the innings and completing yet another five-wicket haul. Maxwell lost his wicket soon after having mild yet emotional century celebration with Smith. Matthew Wade hung around with Smith and put on 64 runs for the sixth wicket before Jadeja got rid of him to keep the hosts in contest. A ball later, he produced a stunner to clean up Cummins.
But just when it seemed the Aussies were been rolled under the carpet, Steve O’ Keefe partnered with Smith to push the team’s total close to 450. There was no resistance shown after O’ Keefe’s departure as Jadeja snapped one more wicket in the form of Lyon and then ran out Josh Hazlewood in epic ‘no-look’ Dhoni style to put an end to Australia’s innings.
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Can't wait for the day Australia has Starc, Cummins, Pattinson and Hazlewood in the same line up. Perth Test this year maybe? #IndvAus
— Paul Nolan (@pwnolan) March 17, 2017
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No of balls faced is gonna be an imp number in this test. KL Rahul has gone but played 102 balls. That is important here #IndvAus
— KedarHirve (@KedarHirve) March 17, 2017
Three beutifull test matches are going on where hosts are in trouble #INDvAUS #RSAvNZ #SLCvBCB
— DR.SUNIL TIWARI (@DRSUNILTIWARI2) March 17, 2017
Not long back Rahul had four Test 100s & one 50. It's now five 50s & four 100s #IndvAus
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) March 17, 2017
One more wicket before stumps would make Australia very happy #IndvAus
— Lazy Guy (@kuzhi__madiyan) March 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/Sandesh_Says/status/842685862546685956
What a spell by @patcummins30
The joy of watching a fast bowler bending his back #IndvAus
— Nikhil Daware (@nikhil_daware) March 17, 2017
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Ravindra Jadeja has turned himself into a world class test player.. A genuine wicket-taker now.. Ashwin-Jadeja 2nd only to Kumble-Harbhajan!
— ᴘʀᴀɴᴀᴠ ᴘᴀʀᴀʙ (@P9Pranav) March 17, 2017
Australia bowled 30 overs giving 90 runs without providing a single extra great discipline shown by the aussie bowlers#IndvAus
— Nripesh Nepal (@DemonNripesh) March 17, 2017
Sir #Don #Bradman Of 21st Century!🇦🇺💯@stevesmith49 @DaniWillis91 #Steve #Smith 👍✌️🤣😍😀😂#IndvAus pic.twitter.com/x6jhuQUtg2
— Md. Riyad Arafat (@arafat_riyad) March 16, 2017
#Smith has always enjoyed playing against India and in India .Without much fuss he reaches 2 another crafty ton. 19th ton, 2nd of series WOW
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) March 16, 2017
If a foreign cricketer performs in India … he will end up LEGEND #IndvAus #Smith
— Naidu – Bhushan (@Bhushansz) March 16, 2017
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