New Delhi. The teams of India and Australia are facing each other in the third test match. The third test match of the series is being played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. Today is the fourth day of this test match. Due to rain on the third day of the game, 17 overs could be played in the Indian innings. Indian batsmen started slipping easily on the Gabba pitch after the rain. Top four batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant were killed cheaply. Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Starc especially troubled the Indian batsmen a lot. At the end of the third day’s play, India had scored 51 runs for 4 wickets. Earlier, Australia returned to the pavilion after scoring 445 runs in the first innings. Now it has become difficult for India to save this test match. Continuous rain is also troubling the team in this match.
Indian batsmen were unable to face the Australian fast bowling attack in difficult conditions. The game was stopped several times and then started again due to continuous interruption of rain. Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets for 76 runs but Australia was successful in reaching a big score of 445 runs in the first innings. Australia, playing ahead of 405 runs for 7 wickets, added 40 more runs and lost its remaining 3 wickets. Alex Carey played an inning of 70 runs in 88 balls. He was the last batsman to be out, whereas yesterday Travis Head and Steve Smith laid the foundation of Australia’s big score by scoring centuries in opposite styles.
At the time of stumps, Indian opener Lokesh Rahul is playing with 33 runs while at the other end, he is being supported by captain Rohit Sharma who has not opened his account yet. India is still behind Australia by 394 runs with only 6 wickets remaining and the biggest challenge before the visiting team is to save the follow-on.