Indian skipper Virat Kohli led his side from the front with a scintillating century in the day 3 of the first test against Australia at Adelaide. When the stumps were drawn, India ended the day on 369-5 as they trail the hosts by 148 runs in the first innings. It was a collective team effort from the Indian batsmen led by the skipper Kohli, who backed the contributions of Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane and scored his seventh test 100. In process, he also became the fourth Indian to score a hundred in his captaincy debut.
Virat Kohli got out in the last 10 minutes of the day’s play for a well-made 115 as he pulled Mitchell Johnson to the hands of Ryan Harris at deep square leg. Kohli shared 74 run partnership with Rohit Sharma who is unbeaten on 33. Earlier in the third session, Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane put the Aussies on the back foot by stiching together a partnership of 101 for the fourth wicket. Rahane reached his fifty and was done in by the bounce Nathan Lyon generated from the wicket and spooned a catch to David Warner at short-leg for 62.
India will look to strike off the deficit early on day 4 and go for the kill with the pitch assisting the spinners.
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Scorecard:
Australian Bowling (Ist Innings): 517-7 decl in 120 decl.
Indian Batting (Ist Innings):
|
Batsmen |
Dismissal |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
|
Murali Vijay |
c Haddin b Johnson |
53 |
88 |
3 |
2 |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
b Harris |
25 |
24 |
5 |
0 |
|
Cheteshwar Pujara |
b Lyon |
73 |
135 |
9 |
0 |
|
Virat Kohli |
c Harris b Johnson |
115 |
184 |
12 |
0 |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
c Warner b Lyon |
62 |
76 |
10 |
0 |
|
Rohit Sharma |
batting |
33 |
61 |
4 |
0 |
|
Wriddhiman Saha |
batting |
1 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
|
Extras |
(lb 4, wd 1, nb 2) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
Total |
97 overs |
369-5 |
Still to bat: Karn Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Varun Aaron, Mohammad Shami.
Australian Bowling (Ist Innings):
|
Bowlers |
Overs |
Maidens |
Runs |
Wickets |
Economy |
|
Mitchell Johnson |
18 |
5 |
90 |
2 |
5.00 |
|
Ryan Harris |
17 |
5 |
49 |
1 |
2.88 |
|
Nathan Lyon |
30 |
3 |
103 |
2 |
3.43 |
|
Peter Siddle |
13 |
2 |
62 |
0 |
4.76 |
|
Mitchell Marsh |
11 |
4 |
29 |
0 |
2.63 |
|
Shane Watson |
5 |
1 |
13 |
0 |
2.60 |
|
Steve Smith |
3 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
6.33 |