Ind v/s Aus: 3rd Test
India relied on an inspired display by their bowlers who skittled out Australia cheaply to put the the team in the driver’s seat with a substantial 118-run first innings lead in the third cricket Test here on Thursday.
The visitors were dismissed for 330 in the first innings but hit back brilliantly by bundling out the hosts for a paltry 212 to gain the upper hand on a bouncy WACA track.
The Indians were 52 for one in the second innings and had extended their overall lead to 170 runs at close on an action-packed second day which was dominated by the visitors.
Paceman Rudra Pratap Singh was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 4 for 68 while Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma and skipper Anil Kumble chipped in with two wickets apiece to plot a dramatic Australian collapse.
The hosts were gasping at 61 for five at one stage before Andrew Symonds (66) and Adam Gilchrist (55) salvaged the situation to some extent with a 102-run sixth wicket partnership.
The partnership, which was assuming dangerous proportions, was finally brought to an end by Kumble who in the process became the first Indian to scalp 600 Test wickets and the third in the world after Muttiah Muralitharan (723) and Shane Warne (708).
It was a remarkable exhibition by the Indian bowlers who managed to extract a lot of swing from the pacy WACA track to rip through the strong Australian batting line-up.
Brief scores: India 330 and 52 for 1 (Virender Sehwag batting 29, Irfan Pathan batting 2; Stuart Clark 1-7)
Australia: Ist innings: 212 all out.
India second innings:
Wasim Jaffer c Hussey b Clark 11 Virender Sehwag batting 29 Irfan Pathan batting 2 Extras (LB-2, NB-6, W-2) 10
Total (For one wicket in 11 overs) 52
Fall of wicket: 1-45.
Bowling: Lee 4-1-14-0, Johnson 2-0-14-0, Clark 3-1-7-1, Tait 2-0-15-0.
V. V. S. Laxman (R) raises his bat on completing his century as teammate Gautam Gambhir looks on during the second day of the third Test match between India and Australia at Feroj Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on October 30, 2008.
Gautam Gambhir plays a shot during the second day of the third Test match between India and Australia at Feroj Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on October 30, 2008.
Brett Lee(R) congratulates Gautam Gambhir(L) after his double century during the second day of the third Test match between India and Australia at Feroj Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi.
V. V. S. Laxman plays a shot on the second day of their third test cricket match against Australia in New Delhi.
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