Australia bowled India out for 163 runs in the latter’s second innings thanks to Nathan Lyon’s brilliant eight-wicket haul. The visitors will need 76 runs in the fourth innings to win the game and make it 2-1 in the series.

Cheteshwar Pujara stood out with a heroic 59 from 142 balls thanks to his smart footwork on a challenging pitch. However, the remainder of the batters lacked knowledge as India’s top order battle continues, with the exception of Shreyas Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin to some extent.

Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin each took three wickets earlier on Day 2, helping the hosts recover to dismiss Australia for 197.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill failed to make a good start as both were dismissed early on. Virat Kohli looked good but was trapped for lbw while playing a rash shot. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed at the cusp of Lunch leaving India 79 for 4.

Iyer’s tenacity paid off when he smacked off Kuhnemann for four and six. Then Usman Khawaja grabbed a sensational one-handed catch at midwicket from Mitchell Starc, ending his innings at 26.

KS Bharat played the wrong line and was lbw trapped. Pujara was dropped by Marnus Labuschagne after reaching fifty, and he found some support from Ashwin.

But that didn’t last long because Lyon’s faster delivery led to Ashwin being lbw. Pujara then charged in and displayed aggression by hitting Lyon for six over mid-wicket. His knock, though, was stopped in its tracks by a stunning play from Steve Smith, who dove to his right to take a one-handed screamer.

Lyon added another wicket two balls later when Umesh Yadav slog-swept straight to deep midwicket. The Indian innings was concluded by Mohammed Siraj being stumped by Lyon four overs later.

Cheteshwar Pujara: “It’s a tough pitch to bat on”

“It’s a tough pitch to bat on. It’s not easy, you need to trust your defence, make sure you need to get to the pitch or if it’s short, play off the back foot. 75 may not be too many, but there’s a chance. You need to attack and defence, a mix, on this pitch. If you keep defending, one ball will bounce and hit your glove. My aim was to be a bit more positive, try and score as many as possible.”

“If there was a bit more partnership with Axar, it could’ve helped. I’m learning a few more tricks, if there’s demand, I feel rather than playing too many dot balls, if you can take a few chances, you can get runs. Now I’m confident whenever it’s needed, I can play those shots.”

Full Scorecard: Ind vs Aus

India 1st Innings 

BATTING		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (c)	st †Carey b Kuhnemann	12	23	3	0	52.17
Shubman Gill	c Smith b Kuhnemann	21	18	3	0	116.66
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Lyon	1	4	0	0	25.00
Virat Kohli	lbw b Murphy	22	52	2	0	42.30
Ravindra Jadeja	c Kuhnemann b Lyon	4	9	0	0	44.44
Shreyas Iyer	b Kuhnemann	0	2	0	0	0.00
Srikar Bharat †	lbw b Lyon	17	30	1	1	56.66
Axar Patel	not out	12	33	1	0	36.36
Ravichandran Ashwin	c †Carey b Kuhnemann	3	12	0	0	25.00
Umesh Yadav	lbw b Kuhnemann	17	13	1	2	130.76
Mohammed Siraj	run out (Head/Lyon)	0	4	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
TOTAL	33.2 Ov (RR: 3.27)	109
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Rohit Sharma, 5.6 ov), 2-34 (Shubman Gill, 7.2 ov), 3-36 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 8.2 ov), 4-44 (Ravindra Jadeja, 10.5 ov), 5-45 (Shreyas Iyer, 11.2 ov), 6-70 (Virat Kohli, 21.4 ov), 7-82 (Srikar Bharat, 24.5 ov), 8-88 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 28.3 ov), 9-108 (Umesh Yadav, 32.2 ov), 10-109 (Mohammed Siraj, 33.2 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	5	0	21	0	4.20	0	0
Cameron Green	2	0	14	0	7.00	0	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	9	2	16	5	1.77	0	0
Nathan Lyon	11.2	2	35	3	3.08	0	0
Todd Murphy	6	1	23	1	3.83	0	0

Australia 1st Innings 

BATTING		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	lbw b Jadeja	9	6	1	0	150.00
Usman Khawaja	c Shubman Gill b Jadeja	60	147	4	0	40.81
Marnus Labuschagne	b Jadeja	31	91	1	0	34.06
Steven Smith (c)	c †Bharat b Jadeja	26	38	4	0	68.42
Peter Handscomb	c Iyer b Ashwin	19	98	1	0	19.38
Cameron Green	lbw b Yadav	21	57	2	0	36.84
Alex Carey †	lbw b Ashwin	3	7	0	0	42.85
Mitchell Starc	b Yadav	1	3	0	0	33.33
Nathan Lyon	b Ashwin	5	8	1	0	62.50
Todd Murphy	b Yadav	0	6	0	0	0.00
Matthew Kuhnemann	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 8, nb 5)	22
TOTAL	76.3 Ov (RR: 2.57)	197
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Travis Head, 1.4 ov), 2-108 (Marnus Labuschagne, 34.3 ov), 3-125 (Usman Khawaja, 42.3 ov), 4-146 (Steven Smith, 48.5 ov), 5-186 (Peter Handscomb, 70.6 ov), 6-188 (Cameron Green, 71.6 ov), 7-192 (Mitchell Starc, 73.3 ov), 8-196 (Alex Carey, 74.1 ov), 9-197 (Todd Murphy, 75.3 ov), 10-197 (Nathan Lyon, 76.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Ravichandran Ashwin	20.3	4	44	3	2.14	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	32	8	78	4	2.43	0	3
Axar Patel	13	1	33	0	2.53	0	0
Umesh Yadav	5	0	12	3	2.40	0	0
Mohammed Siraj	6	1	13	0	2.16	0	2

India 2nd Innings 

BATTING		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (c)	lbw b Lyon	12	33	0	0	36.36
Shubman Gill	b Lyon	5	15	0	0	33.33
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Smith b Lyon	59	142	5	1	41.54
Virat Kohli	lbw b Kuhnemann	13	26	2	0	50.00
Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Lyon	7	36	0	0	19.44
Shreyas Iyer	c Khawaja b Starc	26	27	3	2	96.29
Srikar Bharat †	b Lyon	3	8	0	0	37.50
Ravichandran Ashwin	lbw b Lyon	16	28	2	0	57.14
Axar Patel	not out	15	39	0	1	38.46
Umesh Yadav	c Green b Lyon	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	b Lyon	0	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 4)	7
TOTAL	60.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Shubman Gill, 4.6 ov), 2-32 (Rohit Sharma, 14.4 ov), 3-54 (Virat Kohli, 22.4 ov), 4-78 (Ravindra Jadeja, 30.5 ov), 5-113 (Shreyas Iyer, 37.2 ov), 6-118 (Srikar Bharat, 40.1 ov), 7-140 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 48.1 ov), 8-155 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 56.3 ov), 9-155 (Umesh Yadav, 56.5 ov), 10-163 (Mohammed Siraj, 60.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	7	1	14	1	2.00	0	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	16	2	60	1	3.75	0	0
Nathan Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	2.72	0	0
Todd Murphy	14	6	18	0	1.28	0	0

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