Match Blog: Warner, Renshaw, Marsh Out; Australia 3 Down For 67

Umesh Yadav gets India’s third wicket. Shaun Marsh offers no shot and Yadav’s delivery comes back and hits the Australian’s pads.

Marsh and Smith have a long chat and decide not to go for a review. Marsh goes for nine runs.

However, the replays are showing that the ball would have missed the stumps by a long way. Since, Australia have just one review left, maybe they want to save it for later.

Australia: 67/3 after 15 overs.

Warner tries to sweep Ashwin and is trapped LBW! But Warner and Smith decide to go for a review and the replays show, the ball would have just clipped the off-stump.

Umpire’s call stays and India have their second wicket. India are on track, but they need to keep going. There’s no stopping from here.

Australia: 44/2 after 10 overs.

Ishant Sharma has done the trick for India. Matt Renshaw (5 runs) snicks the delivery by Ishant Sharma outside the off-stump and Saha takes a simple catch behind the stumps.

India will need to keep picking up wickets and keep attacking the stumps on the Bengaluru wicket.

Australia: 22/1 after 4.3 overs.

The Australian openers David Warner and Matt Renshaw have come out to bat with a positive intent. They are running between the wickets well and also defending confidently.

While, the Indian bowlers have got close, they need to pick up early wickets to stay in the game.

Australia: 22/0 after 4 overs.

Ishant Sharma falls just before lunch and India get all out for 276 runs. Australia need 188 runs to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the series.

Ishant played a poor shot after playing a classical tail-ender’s innings. He got out caught to Steve O'Keefe.

India were crusing when Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were batting early in the day, but then they lost four wickets in eight balls and were reduced to 246/8.

Thereafter, Saha added 12 runs with Umesh Yadav and 16 runs with Ishant Sharma and took India’s lead to 187 runs.

Is it going to be enough? The Indian bowlers will have the answer for you in sometime.

Oh no! This shot by Umesh Yadav could be the difference between victory and defeat. He wanted to hit Josh Hazlewood over the mid-off fielder but presents a simple catch to David Warner.

Yadav goes for one run and Hazlewood picks up six wickets!

India: 258/9 (lead by 171 runs) after 87.3 overs.

It’s another batting collapse for the Indian team. Ashwin smacked Hazlewood for a boundary in the fourth ball of the 86th over and then in the very next ball he was bowled through the gates.

India have gained a lead of 159 runs with Saha still in the middle. Can they reach 200?

India: 246/8 after 86 overs.

Cheteshwar Pujara loops a simple catch to Mitchell Marsh and gets out in the 90s for the first time in his Test career. He was playing a brilliant innings until a delivery off Hazlewood jumped up to the shoulder of his bat and fell into Marsh’s hands.

India have lost three wickets in the space of six balls. India have got a lead of 155 runs, but that’s not enough.

Mitchell Starc strikes twice in two balls! Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were running away with the match before Starc trapped Rahane in front of the stumps.

First, the umpire gave it not out, but then the Australians reviewed and the replays showed that the ball would have hit the leg-stump.

Rahane walked back and then in the very next ball, Karun Nair was bowled, first ball, to fantastic yorker by Starc.

India: 238/6 after 85 overs.

Ajinkya Rahane answers all his critics with a very gritty fifty. He brings up his 11th Test fifty in 128 balls with a spectacular cover drive off Mitchell Starc. The Mumbai batsman has concentrated very hard and applied himself very well in the second innings.

Rahane and Pujara have put on 108 runs together and India’s lead has gone up to 141 runs.

India: 228/4 after 80.2 overs. (Australia takes new ball)

In just the fourth over of the day, Nathan Lyon hits Pujara’s pads with a classic off-spinner and the umpire raises his finger.

But the Indian batsman reviewes it straight away and the replays show that the ball would have missed leg-stump.

India: 220/4 after 76 overs.

Good morning!

Welcome to the coverage of day four of the second Test between India and Australia from Bengaluru. India clawed their way back into the game on day three after restricting Australia’s lead to 87 runs and notching a lead of 126 runs until the close of play on Monday.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane strung a 93-run partnership and made sure that India didn’t lose a wicket during the entire last session on day three.

If the Indians manage to get a lead of around 250 runs then the they will certainly have a match on their hands. On the other hand, the Australians will be looking to wrap up the Indian innings as soon as possible. The home side ended day three at 213/4.

Here’s what our cricket expert Nishant Arora had to say in his review of day three of the second Test.