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Scoreboard: Australia vs India, day 4, Third Test
Melbourne: Scoreboard on day four of the third Test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Monday.
Australia (first innings): 530 all out
India:
Murali Vijay c Marsh b Watson 68
Shikhar Dhawan c Smith b Harris 28
Cheteshwar Pujara c Haddin b Harris 25
Virat Kohli c Haddin b Johnson 169
Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Lyon 147
Lokesh Rahul c Hazlewood b Lyon 3
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Haddin b Harris 11
Ravichandran Ashwin c & b Harris 0
Mohammed Shami c Smith b Johnson 12
Umesh Yadav c Haddin b Johnson 0
Ishant Sharma not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2
Total (all out in 128.5 overs) 465
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Dhawan, 14.2 overs), 2-108 (Pujara, 37.2), 3-147 (Vijay, 49.5), 4-409 (Rahane, 107.4), 5-415 (Rahul, 109.6), 6-430 (Dhoni, 116.4), 7-434 (Ashwin, 118.2), 8-462 (Kohli, 126.2), 9-462 (Yadav, 126.4), 10-465 (Shami, 128.5)
Bowling:
Mitchell Johnson 30.5-6-135-3
Ryan Harris 26-7-70-4
Josh Hazlewood 25-6-75-0
Shane Watson 16-3-65-1
Nathan Lyon 29-3-108-2
Steven Smith 2-0-11-0
Australia (2nd innings):
David Warner lbw b Ashwin 40
Chris Rogers b Ashwin 69
Shane Watson c Dhoni b Sharma 17
Steven Smith c Rahane b Yadav 14
Shaun Marsh batting 62
Joe Burns c Dhoni b Sharma 9
Brad Haddin c Dhoni b Yadav 13
Mitchell Johnson c Rahane b Mohammed Shami 15
Ryan Harris batting 8
Extras (lb 8, w 1, nb 5) 14
Total (for seven wickets in 75 overs) 261
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Warner, 14.2 ov), 2-98 (Watson, 24.1), 3-131 (Smith, 33.3), 4-164 (Rogers, 40.3), 5-176 (Burns, 45.3), 6-202 (Haddin, 55.2), 7-234 (Johnson, 67.1)
Bowling:
Umesh Yadav 14-1-73-2
Mohammed Shami 20-2-75-1
Ishant Sharma 19-4-49-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 22-2-56-2
Match Details:
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.
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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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