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REPORT OF 3^RD TEST: INDIA VS AUSTRALIA    

Winning the 2^nd test against Australia in MCG ground, India settled the series with 1-1 after almost all the fans lost their hope from team India as there was no Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami. Hopes of people were again raised from 2^nd test and then came the 3^rd test match.

The 3^rd test match took place on 7^thof January to 11^th of January.  The test this time took place in the SCG stadium and people came to watch the match. The toss was won by Australia and Australian team decided to bat as they seem to have ideal pitch for batting.

Will Pucovski and David Warner came in ground as the openers from Australian side. David Warner scored 5 runs from 8 balls played and was sent to pavilion by Mohammed Siraj and the catch was taken by Cheteshwar Pujara.  Pucovski and Marnus Labuschagne had a good partnership of 100 runs until Pucovski got leg before on 62 from 110 balls by Navdeep Saini. Labuschagne and Steve Smith again had 100 run partnership as Labuschagne was caught by Captain Ajinkya Rahane on the ball of Ravindra Jadeja on 91 runs from 196 balls. Then there were no more bigger and longer partnerships. Mathew Wade got out on 13 from 16 balls and gave his wicket to Ravindra Jadeja, in the hands of Jasprit Bumrah. The score was 232/4.

 Cameron Green got leg before to Jasprit Bumrah on duck at score of 249 by playing 21 balls. Captain of Australian team, Tim Paine got bowled to Jasprit Bumrah by playing 10 balls and making 1 run. Pat Cummins gave his wicket to Ravindra Jadeja by playing 13 balls but making 0 runs. Mitchell Starc was caught by Shubman Gill on the ball bowled by Navdeep Saini, making 24 runs from 30 balls. Nathan Lyon made no run from 3 balls and got leg before to Ravindra Jadeja. The last wicket was of Steve Smith and he got run out by Ravindra Jadeja, making 131 runs from 226 balls. A total of 338 runs were set on board by Australian team. From Indian side, Ravindra Jadeja got 4 wickets, Navdeep Saini and Jasprit Bumrah got 2-2 wickets each, Mohammed Siraj got 1 wicket and Ravichandran Ashwin got no wicket.

Then it came to Indian team and Indians performed in such a way that Rohit Sharma was the first prey of Indian team and the predator was Josh Hazelwood, who caught and bowled Rohit Sharma when Rohit was on 26 runs off 77 balls. The next wicket was of Shubman Gill, Pat Cummins bowled and Cameron Green caught Gill when he was on 50 runs from 101 balls, this wicket came on 85 runs. The next wicket was of Ajinkya Rahane on 117 runs and Rahane was bowled on 22 runs from by 70 balls by Pat Cummins. Hanuma Vihari got run out by making 4 runs off 38 balls by Josh Hazelwood on 142 runs. Rishabh Pant was caught on 195 runs by David Warner on the ball of Josh Hazelwood after making 36 runs from 67 balls. 

Cheteshwar Pujara played an innings of 50 runs from 176 balls and got caught by Tim Paine on the ball of Pat Cummins when India was on 195. Ravichandran Ashwin got run out by Pat Cummins after making 10 runs from 15 balls when the score of India was on 206. The 8^th wicket of Indian team came on 210 runs in the form Navdeep Saini as Saini got caught by Mathew Wade on the ball bowled by Mitchell Starc by making 3 runs from 13 balls. Jasprit Bumrah got run out by Labuschagne after playing 2 balls and making no run. The last wicket came in the form of Mohammed Siraj on 244 runs when Siraj made 6 runs off 10 balls. From Australian side, Pat Cummins took 4 wickets, Josh Hazelwood 2 wickets and Mitchell Starc took 1 wicket. No wickets were taken by Green, Labuschagne and Lyon.

In the 2^nd innings after getting a lead of 94 runs from the previous innings, David Warner and Will Pucovski from Australian side came on the crease and on the score of 16, Pucovski gave his wicket to Siraj and caught by substitute Saha  by making 10 runs off 16 balls. The next batsman was Warner. Warner got leg before by Ashwin, by making 13 runs out of 29 balls on the score of 35. Labuschagne played an innings of 73 runs off 118 balls until he was caught by Saha on the delivery of Navdeep Saini on the score of 138. 

The 4^th wicket of Australian team came on 148 runs and the player  was Mathew Wade who was caught again by Saha and on the delivery of Navdeep Saini. Wade made 4 runs from 11 balls. Next wicket was of Steve Smith on 208 who made 81 runs from 167 deliveries and got leg before by Ashwin. The last wicket was of Green on 312 and he made 84 runs from 132 deliveries when he was caught by Saha on the ball of Bumrah. Tim Paine was not out on 39 off 52 balls when Australian side declared their innings and a target of 407 was given to India to win this test match.

In the 2^nd innings of Indian team, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill kicked off the Indian innings until on the score of 71, Gill gave his wicket by making 31 runs off 64 balls to Josh Hazelwood in the hands of Tim Paine. The 2^nd wicket from Indian side was in the form of Rohit Sharma as Rohit gave his wicket to Pat Cummins and in the hands of Starc by making 52 runs off 98 balls. Ajinkya Rahane was the player who was the 3^rd wicket from Indian side on the score of 102 as he played an innings of 4 runs from 18 deliveries and was caught by Wade on the delivery of Lyon. Rishabh Pant played fantastically as he made 97 runs after he was hit on his arm but he stood tall and made 97 runs off 118 deliveries and he was caught by Wade on the delivery of Lyon. 

The last wicket was in the form of Cheteshwar Pujara. Pujara made 77 runs off 205 deliveries when he got bowled from Josh Hazelwood. After that, it was Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari who stood strong and tall enough to take the match towards a draw. Vihari was having a problem during the match as he was not even able to walk but he stood on crease and made 23 runs off 161 deliveries. Ashwin made 39 runs off 128 deliveries and both of them were not out and the match was drawn.