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Tea Scoreboard: India vs Australia, day 1, Third Test
Melbourne: The following is the scoreboard at tea on the first day of the third Test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Friday.
Australia:
Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Mohammed Shami 57
David Warner c Dhawan b Yadav 0
Shane Watson lbw b Ashwin 52
Steven Smith batting 23
Shaun Marsh batting 32
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 10
Total (for three wickets in 59 overs) 174
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 1, nb 2) 10
Fall of wickets 1-0: (Warner, 1.6 overs), 2-115 (Rogers, 36.2), 3-115 (Watson, 37.2)
Bowling:
Ishant Sharma 15-4-40-0
Umesh Yadav 14-1-55-1
Mohammed Shami 13-4-40-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 15-5-26-1
Murali Vijay 2-0-6-0
Match Details:
Toss: Australia chose to bat
Test debuts: Joe Burns (Australia); Lokesh Rahul (India)
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Richard Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire: John Ward (Australia)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: Geoff Joshua (Australia)
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
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