India Vs Australia, 4th Test, Day 3: Twitter Reacts As India Inch Closer To Win In Dharamsala
Mar 27, 2017 at 5:08 PM
The Indian bowlers bowled remarkably well on the third day of the final Test against Australia to put the hosts on the brink of winning the match. India were 19 for no loss at stumps, still needing 87 runs to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar series.
Earlier, resuming the day on 248 for six, Ravindra Jadeja and Wriddhiman Saha batted sensibly and helped India go past Australia’s first innings total of 300, before Jadeja departed after scoring a brilliant 63. The lower-order could not contribute much, as India lost their last three wickets inside 15 runs to get bowled out out for 332.
Australia began their last innings of this tour in a disastrous manner, and were three down in no time as Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made light work of the visitors’ top order on a bouncy pitch.
A 56-run stand between Glenn Maxwell and Peter Handscomb calmed down the nerves in Australian dressing room, before the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja sent back Handscomb and Shaun Marsh respectively in quick succession to leave the visitors reeling at 92 for five.
Steve Smith’s men kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and were eventually dismissed for 137, setting India a target of 106 runs. Umesh Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin shared three wickets each while Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the other one.
In reply, India began brightly with KL Rahul hitting Pat Cummins for three boundaries in the very first over. Rahul was unbeaten on 13 while Murali Vijay was playing on six when the day ended.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the day’s play:
India's batsmen have taken a couple of steps towards winning a match the bowlers presented to them on day 3
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 27, 2017
Sehwag would have asked the captain to take the extra half an hour today and finish this off. #IndvAus
— cricBC (@cricBC) March 27, 2017
India needs 105 runs to win, only Rahul Gandhi can lose it from here.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) March 27, 2017
KL Rahul playing with the confidence of a man who has an aadhaar card.
— Abhishek Madan (@abhishekmadan) March 27, 2017
Dear @BCCI we need more pitches like Dharamshala if we have to produce top class fast bowlers & batsmen who can play such bowling overseas.
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) March 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/PrashantSport/status/846309631349719040
Just realized that Ashwin was still in his followthrough when he dropped Wade's catch in the slips#IndvAus
— Pratyush Sinha (@prat1204) March 27, 2017
Wade should not be allowed to come to ground. What has he achieved by giving the strike to tail-enders?#IndvAus
— Santhosh Udupa (@udupa_tuttu) March 27, 2017
The first 4 eras of Aus cricket history:
1. The Golden Age
2. The Bradman era
3. The Border years
4. The Marsh experiment— Ric Finlay (@RicFinlay) March 27, 2017
No other left-arm bowler – Pacer or Spinner – has taken more wickets than Ravindra Jadeja in first 30 Tests!!! Currently 142.#IndvAus
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) March 27, 2017
Pujara trying to fill Dravid shoes as Batsman…
Rahane trying to fill Dravid shoes as slip fielder..
One player can't replace him!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) March 27, 2017
Terrific fast bowling this..#umesh#bhuvi#indvsaus
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) March 27, 2017
Playing Hoylake .. The sun is shining … and the Aussies are collapsing … if Carlsberg did Monday Mornings …. #IndvAus
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/hankypanty/status/846232092006649856
Ravindra Jadeja's 7th score of 50+ in Tests and six have come this season!
He also has 68 wickets during this period! 👏👏#IndvAus— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 27, 2017
Jadeja making a strong case for player of the series here.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 27, 2017
Pujara-Rahane partnership defined the Test match in B'lore…this Saha-Jadeja partnership has the potential to define the series. #IndvAus
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 27, 2017