BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (c)	st †Carey b Kuhnemann	12	23	27	3	0	52.17

Shubman Gill	c Smith b Kuhnemann	21	18	37	3	0	116.66

Cheteshwar Pujara	b Lyon	1	4	15	0	0	25.00

Virat Kohli	lbw b Murphy	22	52	64	2	0	42.30

Ravindra Jadeja	c Kuhnemann b Lyon	4	9	12	0	0	44.44

Shreyas Iyer	b Kuhnemann	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Srikar Bharat †	lbw b Lyon	17	30	53	1	1	56.66

Axar Patel	not out	12	33	57	1	0	36.36
Ravichandran Ashwin	c †Carey b Kuhnemann	3	12	22	0	0	25.00

Umesh Yadav	lbw b Kuhnemann	17	13	17	1	2	130.76

Mohammed Siraj	run out (Head/Lyon)	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Extras		0
TOTAL	33.2 Ov (RR: 3.27)	109
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Rohit Sharma, 5.6 ov), 2-34 (Shubman Gill, 7.2 ov), 3-36 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 8.2 ov), 4-44 (Ravindra Jadeja, 10.5 ov), 5-45 (Shreyas Iyer, 11.2 ov), 6-70 (Virat Kohli, 21.4 ov), 7-82 (Srikar Bharat, 24.5 ov), 8-88 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 28.3 ov), 9-108 (Umesh Yadav, 32.2 ov), 10-109 (Mohammed Siraj, 33.2 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	5	0	21	0	4.20	22	3	0	0	0
Cameron Green	2	0	14	0	7.00	8	3	0	0	0
Matthew Kuhnemann	9	2	16	5	1.77	43	1	0	0	0
5.6 to RG Sharma, Rohit fails to capitalise on those two opportunities. Skips out of his crease and looks to go big but fails to get to the pitch of the ball. It turns big to beat the attempted slog. Extra bounce once again but Carey does well to collect it and break the stumps. Rohit had no chance of getting back. 27/1 7.2 to Shubman Gill, Gill departs. A length ball around off, Gill comes forward and looks to defend but ends up sort of pushing at it. The ball turns away just enough to take the outside edge, and Smith takes a comfortable catch at first slip. 34/2 11.2 to SS Iyer, the slowness of the pitch gets Shreyas. Was a length ball around off, Iyer went for the cut but ended up chopping it into the ground and it ricocheted to hit the off stump. The bail didn't came off immediately and the umpires are checking upstairs to see if the ball got deflected off the keeper's pad. No, nothing like that, and India are five down after the first hour. 45/5 28.3 to R Ashwin, full on the stumps and spinning away sharply. Ashwin goes for the drive but is beaten. Extra bounce but Carey does well to collect it and break the stumps. An appeal for caught behind as well as stumping. The umpire goes upstairs and there's a spike as the ball went past the bat. The bat too was close to the ground but the third umpire says it wasn't touching the ground. 88/8 32.2 to UT Yadav, given lbw and that's a five-for for Kuhnemann. Surprisingly, Umesh doesn't review the decision. It felt it was touch and go with the pitching. Was a length ball that landed around leg stump and kept low. Hit Umesh low in front of leg and would have hit leg. The ball-tracking shows it pitching just inside the line of leg stump. 108/9 See all photos
Nathan Lyon	11.2	2	35	3	3.08	49	3	1	0	0
8.2 to CA Pujara, Lyon castles Pujara! Was short of length outside off. Pujara went back to cut/force it through the off side but it not only kept low but also spun back a lot to hit the middle and leg. 36/3 10.5 to RA Jadeja, taken at short extra cover. Slightly short of good length, around off. Jadeja goes back and cuts it but the slowness of the surface means he fails to keep it down and it goes much straighter. Kuhnemann takes a sharp catch to his left. 44/4 24.5 to KS Bharat, struck just below the knee roll as he lunges fully forward. Lyon belted out a massive appeal that would've been heard as far as Ujjain and Gwalior, maybe. No surprises then that Australia have reviewed. Ball tracking shows ball would've hit middle and leg. Bharat has to walk back. Excellent review from Australia The only reason umpire Menon may have felt that wasn't out is probably because he thought Bharat may have been struck outside the line. Clearly it's been a challenging day on home turf for him too.. 82/7 See all photos
Todd Murphy	6	1	23	1	3.83	26	1	2	0	0
21.4 to V Kohli, big appeal and Kohli has been given! He has reviewed after a brief chat with Bharat. This one's fired full and fast, keeps a touch low too, Kohli plays across the front pad and is beaten as he prods forward. Ball tracking confirms this would've crashed into the stumps. India sink further.. 70/6 See all photos

Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	lbw b Jadeja	9	6	8	1	0	150.00

Usman Khawaja	c Shubman Gill b Jadeja	60	147	162	4	0	40.81

Marnus Labuschagne	b Jadeja	31	91	118	1	0	34.06

Steven Smith (c)	c †Bharat b Jadeja	26	38	60	4	0	68.42

Peter Handscomb	c Iyer b Ashwin	19	98	111	1	0	19.38

Cameron Green	lbw b Yadav	21	57	94	2	0	36.84

Alex Carey †	lbw b Ashwin	3	7	20	0	0	42.85

Mitchell Starc	b Yadav	1	3	9	0	0	33.33

Nathan Lyon	b Ashwin	5	8	16	1	0	62.50

Todd Murphy	b Yadav	0	6	6	0	0	0.00

Matthew Kuhnemann	not out	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 8, nb 5)	22
TOTAL	76.3 Ov (RR: 2.57)	197
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Travis Head, 1.4 ov), 2-108 (Marnus Labuschagne, 34.3 ov), 3-125 (Usman Khawaja, 42.3 ov), 4-146 (Steven Smith, 48.5 ov), 5-186 (Peter Handscomb, 70.6 ov), 6-188 (Cameron Green, 71.6 ov), 7-192 (Mitchell Starc, 73.3 ov), 8-196 (Alex Carey, 74.1 ov), 9-197 (Todd Murphy, 75.3 ov), 10-197 (Nathan Lyon, 76.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ravichandran Ashwin	20.3	4	44	3	2.14	88	1	0	0	0
70.6 to PSP Handscomb, big wicket that will get India going. Sharp catch at short leg by Shreyas Iyer. Ashwin tosses this up nicely on middle and leg, it draws Handscomb forward but beats him with the dip and spin to take the inside edge to bring the close-in fielder into the picture. Iyer stayed nice and low to take it right on his midriff.. 186/5 74.1 to AT Carey, struck on the pad from around the stumps and Nitin Menon says, 'on ya bike, mate.' Carey says 'no yet' and signals for a review. Absolutely no bat involved. That much is sure. Carey lunged forward but played down the wrong line to be beaten on the inside edge, ball tracking confirms this would have crashed into leg stump. Carey has to make the long walk back. What a spell of play for India post drinks.. 196/8 76.3 to NM Lyon, bowled him! Lyon sees this tossed up and goes for that slog sweep, misses it altogether and the stumps are smashed. Ashwin ends with three wickets as Australia have been bundled out in quick time after an excellent first hour of play. They've lost their last six wickets for just 12.. 197/10 See all photos
Ravindra Jadeja	32	8	78	4	2.43	144	7	0	0	3
1.4 to TM Head, length ball on the stumps, goes back and across but misses the flick. An appeal for lbw but not given. India have gone for the review. It pitched on middle and leg, hit around middle and hit the batter near the knee roll. The ball-tracking shows it was going on to hit middle and leg. Australia lose their first. 12/1 34.3 to M Labuschagne, the arm ball does the trick. Was a length ball that kept coming in. It kept a touch low as well. Labuschagne was caught on the back foot and failed to get his bat down in time. The middle stump has been pegged back. 108/2 42.3 to UT Khawaja, that's a massive wicket and India will be mighty relieved to have got this against the run of play. Khawaja attempts a sweep, just like he did off the very first ball of the over, and this time nailed it. Except he didn't account for Shubman Gill patrolling the boundary at deep midwicket. All he had to do was come in a few paces and get down nice and low to pouch it. Is that the opening India needed? You bet.. 125/3 48.5 to SPD Smith, got him! That's a massive wicket. Denied in the previous over, but gets him this time. This one explodes off the pitch as Smith lunges forward, the ball deviates big and kisses the edge as Bharat takes an excellent catch.. 146/4 See all photos
Axar Patel	13	1	33	0	2.53	60	4	0	0	0
Umesh Yadav	5	0	12	3	2.40	23	1	0	0	0
71.6 to C Green, Green has reviewed an lbw decision against him, but it looks quite adjacent. He is beaten by the late inward movement from Umesh. Green is playing across the line and has been hit on the back pad from where the ball didn't have much distance to cover. Ball tracking confirms this would've hit the top of leg stump and it comes back as umpire's call. Since it was given out on field by Joel Wilson, it will remain as out. Green has to walk back after a defiant knock in his first Test outing in India.. 188/6 73.3 to MA Starc, flattens the off-stump with a pearler from around the wicket. Umesh gets this short of a length delivery to angle in and hold its line, Starc feebly pushes at that, he's also done in for pace as the ball skids through and crashes into the stumps. 100th wicket at home for Umesh.. 192/7 75.3 to T Murphy, bowled him! Through Murphy's defence again. He attacks the stumps yet again, gets the ball to reverse back in from around the stumps. Murphy plays inside the line and that split-second decision of prodding half-heartedly costs him as he hears and later sees the stumps blasted out.. 197/9 See all photos
Mohammed Siraj	6	1	13	0	2.16	29	1	0	0	2

India 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma (c)	lbw b Lyon	12	33	61	0	0	36.36

Shubman Gill	b Lyon	5	15	22	0	0	33.33

Cheteshwar Pujara	c Smith b Lyon	59	142	227	5	1	41.54

Virat Kohli	lbw b Kuhnemann	13	26	35	2	0	50.00

Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Lyon	7	36	35	0	0	19.44

Shreyas Iyer	c Khawaja b Starc	26	27	31	3	2	96.29

Srikar Bharat †	b Lyon	3	8	17	0	0	37.50

Ravichandran Ashwin	lbw b Lyon	16	28	35	2	0	57.14

Axar Patel	not out	15	39	64	0	1	38.46
Umesh Yadav	c Green b Lyon	0	2	6	0	0	0.00

Mohammed Siraj	b Lyon	0	7	27	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 3, lb 4)	7
TOTAL	60.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Shubman Gill, 4.6 ov), 2-32 (Rohit Sharma, 14.4 ov), 3-54 (Virat Kohli, 22.4 ov), 4-78 (Ravindra Jadeja, 30.5 ov), 5-113 (Shreyas Iyer, 37.2 ov), 6-118 (Srikar Bharat, 40.1 ov), 7-140 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 48.1 ov), 8-155 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 56.3 ov), 9-155 (Umesh Yadav, 56.5 ov), 10-163 (Mohammed Siraj, 60.3 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	7	1	14	1	2.00	32	1	0	0	0
37.2 to SS Iyer, forget the bouncer, Starc has got him with a full ball. On the stumps and Iyer went for the flick. But he failed to keep it down and Khawaja took an excellent catch diving to his left. Went reverse cups and ensured the ball didn't touch the ground as he tumbled over. The umpires want to go upstairs but it's a clean, clean catch, and a big breakthrough for Australia. India effectively 25 for 5. 113/5
Matthew Kuhnemann	16	2	60	1	3.75	68	7	2	0	0
22.4 to V Kohli, got him! Kohli goes back to pull this shortish delivery that skids in but the ball scoots low to hit him flush on the pad. Kohli shakes his head vehemently as he walks back. This would've crashed into the middle of middle. No need for a review. He was trying to use the depth of the crease to put this away through midwicket. Stunned faces in the crowd, Kohli is disappointed, Australia ecstatic.. 54/3 See all photos
Nathan Lyon	23.3	1	64	8	2.72	102	4	2	0	0
4.6 to Shubman Gill, down the track, misses and is bowled! That's the end of Gill. Didn't even get to the pitch of the ball but went for the wild heave. Australia have a wicket in the first over after the break. 15/1 14.4 to RG Sharma, a long appeal for lbw and given out. Was a length ball on the stumps that straightened. Rohit was looking for the flick but misses and is hit in front of middle. He has gone for the review but only an inside edge can save him. No bat involved, says UltraEdge. The ball pitched around middle, hit Rohit in front of middle and would have taken out the middle stick. 32/2 30.5 to RA Jadeja, Massive, massive lbw appeal that can be heard on the moon. Australia signal for a review straightaway. The ball drifts in from around the stumps to hit Jadeja right below the knee roll and ball tracking confirms three reds - this would've hit leg. Jadeja played down the wrong line by a long, long way. It's the drift that Lyon gets that did the trick. Lyon roars, Smith pumps his fists. Australia have their fourth as Joel Wilson changes his decision.. 78/4 40.1 to KS Bharat, bowled 'im. A length ball on the stumps. Bharat plays for the turn but it goes straight with the arm and crashes into the exposed off and middle stumps. India 30 for 6 effectively. 118/6 48.1 to R Ashwin, a huge appeal for lbw, not given but Lyon signalled for the review straightaway. Was good length ball pitching around off. Ashwin came forward to defend with bat and pad next to each other but the ball spun back to hit the pad. No inside edge and the ball-tracking shows the it would have gone on to hit the leg stump. Nathan Lyon has a five-for. 140/7 56.3 to CA Pujara, blinder at leg slip sees the back of Pujara! This is bowled on a length around middle, spins back in as Pujara tickles it fine. He thinks he's got enough bat on it to get four but Smith dives low to his right and stick his right hand out to pull off a stunner.. 155/8 56.5 to UT Yadav, he's clobbered this straight down to Green at deep midwicket. It needed the tallest man in the Australian camp to be stationed there. Umesh saw this tossed up and couldn't hold back. Went with it and thought he'd muscled it up and over until he saw Green take a couple of steps back, right to the ropes, to take that with his palms facing the sky. So no Umesh magic this time around. India effectively 67 for 9.. 155/9 60.3 to Mohammed Siraj, steps out to go downtown but misses it altogether and gets bowled. Lyon saw Siraj coming and slowed this down considerably. Siraj was through with the shot even before the ball arrived. The target for Australia to make this 2-1 is 76. . 163/10 See all photos
Todd Murphy	14	6	18	0	1.28	68	0	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 76 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja	c †Bharat b Ashwin	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Travis Head	not out	49	53	77	6	1	92.45
Marnus Labuschagne	not out	28	58	72	6	0	48.27
Extras	(lb 1)	1
TOTAL	18.5 Ov (RR: 4.14)	78/1
Did not bat: Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey †, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Usman Khawaja, 0.2 ov) • DRS

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ravichandran Ashwin	9.5	3	44	1	4.47	40	6	1	0	0
0.2 to UT Khawaja, a wicket off the second ball. Much closer to the off stump this time and a touch fuller. Khawaja comes forward to defend and gets a faint outside edge. A vociferous appeal from Indians and up goes the finger. Khawaja looks confused and opts to review it. And there's a spike on UltraEdge. Australia 0 for 1. 0/1
Ravindra Jadeja	7	1	23	0	3.28	31	4	0	0	0
Umesh Yadav	2	0	10	0	5.00	8	2	0	0	0

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Wed, 01 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 156/4 (Peter Handscomb 7*, Cameron Green 6*, 54 ov)

Thu, 02 Mar - day 2 - India 2nd innings 163

Fri, 03 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 78/1 (18.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

India 1st innings
Over 10.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - RA Jadeja (Upheld)
Drinks: India - 45/5 in 11.2 overs (V Kohli 7)
India: 50 runs in 12.6 overs (78 balls), Extras 0
Over 16.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - KS Bharat (Struck down)
Over 21.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - V Kohli (Struck down)
Over 24.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - KS Bharat (Upheld)
Lunch: India - 84/7 in 26.0 overs (AR Patel 6, R Ashwin 1)
India: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 0
Innings Break: India - 109/10 in 33.2 overs (AR Patel 12)
Australia 1st innings
Over 1.4: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - TM Head (Upheld)
Over 5.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
Over 9.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
Australia: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (94 balls), Extras 8
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 113 balls (UT Khawaja 29, M Labuschagne 16, Ex 8)
Tea: Australia - 71/1 in 22.0 overs (UT Khawaja 33, M Labuschagne 16)
UT Khawaja: 50 off 102 balls (4 x 4)
Australia: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (181 balls), Extras 14
Drinks: Australia - 120/2 in 40.0 overs (UT Khawaja 60, SPD Smith 3)
Over 44.3: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
Australia: 150 runs in 49.5 overs (303 balls), Extras 17
End Of Day: Australia - 156/4 in 54.0 overs (PSP Handscomb 7, C Green 6)

Day 2

Drinks: Australia - 186/4 in 70.0 overs (PSP Handscomb 19, C Green 19)
Over 71.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - C Green (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Over 74.1: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - AT Carey (Struck down)
Innings Break: Australia - 197/10 in 76.3 overs (MP Kuhnemann 0)
India 2nd innings
Lunch: India - 13/0 in 4.0 overs (RG Sharma 5, Shubman Gill 4)
Over 14.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - RG Sharma (Struck down)
Drinks: India - 44/2 in 19.0 overs (CA Pujara 17, V Kohli 6)
India: 50 runs in 21.1 overs (127 balls), Extras 4
Over 30.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - RA Jadeja (Upheld)
Tea: India - 79/4 in 32.0 overs (CA Pujara 36, SS Iyer 0)
India: 100 runs in 34.4 overs (208 balls), Extras 6
CA Pujara: 50 off 108 balls (5 x 4)
Drinks: India - 140/7 in 48.1 overs (CA Pujara 51)
Over 48.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - R Ashwin (Upheld)
India: 150 runs in 54.3 overs (327 balls), Extras 7
Over 56.4: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Yadav (Upheld)
Over 57.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - AR Patel (Struck down)
End Of Day: India - 163/10 in 60.3 overs (AR Patel 15)

Day 3

Australia 2nd innings
Over 0.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
Over 6.5: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - M Labuschagne (Struck down)
Australia: 50 runs in 14.2 overs (86 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (TM Head 35, M Labuschagne 15, Ex 1)
Drinks: Australia - 56/1 in 15.0 overs (TM Head 36, M Labuschagne 19)

MATCH DETAILS

Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India ICC World Test Championship
Season	2022/23
Player Of The Match	Nathan Lyon
Series result	India led the 4-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 2496
Match days	1,2,3, March 2023 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Joel WilsonDRS Nitin MenonDRS
TV Umpire	Richard Kettleborough
Reserve Umpire	Virender Sharma
Match Referee	Chris Broad
Points	Australia 12, India 0

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
UT Khawaja	caught	0	2
TM Head	not out	49	53
M Labuschagne	not out	28	58
Extras	(lb 1)
Total	78(1 wkt; 18.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ashwin	9.5	3	44	1	4.47
RA Jadeja	7	1	23	0	3.28
UT Yadav	2	0	10	0	5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	0	Usman Khawaja	Travis Head
2nd	78	Travis Head	Marnus Labuschagne

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ICC World Test Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	PCT
AUS	19	11	3	5	152	66.67
IND	18	10	5	3	127	58.80
SA	15	8	6	1	100	55.56
ENG	22	10	8	4	124	46.97
SL	12	5	6	1	64	44.44
NZ	13	4	6	3	60	38.46
PAK	14	4	6	4	64	38.10
WI	13	4	7	2	54	34.62
BAN	12	1	10	1	16	11.11

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