Staff India eked out one other preventing day within the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy as Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar stored the Australian bowlers at bay for a big a part of the third day of the Boxing Day Take a look at earlier than it ended with the 21-year-old finishing his maiden Take a look at century on Saturday, December 28. India managed to bat the time out with simply 70 overs of play being potential however the deficit continues to be 116 and so they have only one wicket remaining going into the fourth day.
Nevertheless, given how the final 20 minutes panned out on the second day, India would take a day of 194/4 which included a starring 127-run stand between Reddy and Washington Sundar the place they averted the follow-on as effectively. The day started with Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant placing the hearth out for nearly 10 overs within the morning session earlier than Scott Boland struck.
Pant’s poor Australia tour continued because the wicketkeeper batter has failed to attain a single fifty within the sequence to date. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed by Nathan Lyon quickly after because it appeared just like the innings would possibly get performed for India quite shortly however Reddy and Sundar had different concepts.
The duo made certain that India did not lose any extra wickets for the following couple of minutes. Each Reddy and Sundar performed the ball quite than the bowlers and for the reason that floor wasn’t doing a lot they may take their time earlier than cashing in. Therefore, each Reddy and Sundar combined warning with aggression to peg again Australia and take India’s rating past 300.
The rain interrupted the play when India had been nonetheless 148 runs behind and Reddy was 15 runs away from his maiden Take a look at century. The 20 minutes earlier than the rain break noticed each Reddy and Sundar play the crash-bang cricket however whereas utilizing their mind to get a couple of fast runs. The rain broke their momentum and after the resumption, it took a couple of overs for each of them to grasp the tempo of the pitch and gauge if the showers have modified the circumstances or not.
The ball did swing a bit however each Sundar and Reddy had been capable of get to their milestones. Sundar accomplished a powerful fifty however was caught at slips off Lyon instantly after. Reddy get to his maiden ton and acquired the home down with Pushpa and Bahubali celebrations on the best way. The day was referred to as off prematurely attributable to unhealthy gentle, adopted by rain because it acquired darker and darker within the last session.
Australia are nonetheless 116 runs forward however they might have favored to get their second batting innings underway. A variety of time continues to be left however India would consider that they’ve an opportunity of doing unthinkable, aside from the apparent draw.