New Delhi / Nagpur. Today is the third day of the Nagpur Test (Border Gavaskar Trophy) being played between India and Australia. On the other hand, Australia had scored 177 runs while batting first here, in response to which today Team India has made a big score of 400 runs in the first innings. Apart from Captain Rohit Sharma’s century from Team India, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel’s innings also batted brilliantly in the game so far. Today India got a lead of 223 runs in the first innings.
Lunch on Day 3 of the 1st Test.#TeamIndia all out for 400. Lead by 223 runs.
Rohit Sharma (120)
Aksar Patel (84)
Ravindra Jadeja (70)Scorecard – https://t.co/edMqDi4dkU #INDvAUS @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/iUvZhUrGL1
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Today India’s first innings in Nagpur Test ended on a score of 400. Akshar Patel, who came to bat at number 9, played an excellent inning of 84 runs and diluted Australia’s condition. Australian captain Pat Cummins clean bowled Axar Patel for 84 and broke his dream of a valuable century. Although Patel had caused a lot of damage to the Australian team till his body.
Today, on the third day, India started with a score of 321/7, the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja fell in the beginning itself. But then Akshar Patel kept the front from one end like ‘Angad’s feet’, first Mohammed Shami and later Mohammed Siraj supported Akshar very well. Mohammed Shami played an inning of 37 runs.
Team India got a lead of 223 runs in the first innings. Earlier, Australia were all out for 177 in the first innings, while India scored 400 runs in the first innings. Please tell that Ravindra Jadeja, who scored a half-century, also took five wickets and announced a tremendous return to cricket after about five months.
Playing-11 of India and Australia in the match
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shrikar Bharat (Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia Team: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland