Australia v India 3rd Test, Stumps, Day 2: India fightback after Australia’s huge total of 530

Riding on Murali Vijay’s unbeaten knock of 55, Indian team started their first innings on a strong note and finished the day 2 on 108/1. 

In reply to Australia massive total of 530, Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay started confidently and shared a 55-run partnership before Dhawan lost his wicket to Ryan Harris. Dhawan scored 28. Cheteshwar Pujara came in at number three and started off nicely before Brad Haddin dropped him off Josh Hazlewood’s bowling when he was on 12. Then both he and Vijay played steadily till the end of the day and made sure that India didn’t any more wickets going into the all-important day 3. 

Earlier, Australia started the day on 259/5 and Steve Smith carried on from where he left to bring up his 3rd century of the series. Smith got a good support from Brad Haddin, who finally struck some form and scored the first fifty of his series. Haddin scored 55 before getting out to Mohammad Shami. Mitchell Johnson came in and put on a 51-run partnership with Smith, before getting stumped for 28 by MS Dhoni off R Ashwin’s bowling. Then Smith got a great partner in Ryan Harris and the duo added 106 runs for the 8th wicket, out of which, 74 were scored by Ryan Harris. As Harris got out, Australia lost its last two wickets in a aspan of another 48 runs. Smith was the last man to get out. He scored 192 before getting bowled to Umesh Yadav.

Mohammad Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers as he picked up 4 wickets. Umesh Yadav and R Ashwin picked up 3 wickets each. 

Scorecard:

Australian Batting (Ist Innings):

 

Batsmen	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Chris Rogers	c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	57	126	5	0
David Warner	c Dhawan b Yadav	0	6	0	0
Shane Watson	lbw b Ashwin	52	89	4	0
Steve Smith	b Yadav	192	305	15	2
Shaun Marsh	c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	32	83	4	0
Joe Burns	c Dhoni b Yadav	13	27	2	0
Brad Haddin	c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	55	84	7	1
Mitchell Johnson	st Dhoni b Ashwin	28	37	5	0
Ryan Harris	lbw b Ashwin	74	88	8	1
Nathan Lyon	b Mohammed Shami	11	15	2	0
Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	0	0	0
Extras:	(b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 5)	16
Total	142.3 overs	530