India vs Australia, 3rd Test at Indore, Mar 01 2023, Australia tour of India

RESULT
3rd Test, Indore, March 01 - 03, 2023, Australia tour of India
109 & 163
(T:76) 197 & 78/1

Australia won by 9 wickets

Player Of The Match
3/35 & 8/64
nathan-lyon
Match centre 
Scores: M Venkat Raghav | Comms: Abhimanyu Bose
Scorecard summary
India 109/10(33.2 overs)
1st INNINGS
21 (18)
3/35 (11.2)
Australia 197/10(76.3 overs)
1st INNINGS
India 163/10(60.3 overs)
2nd INNINGS
8/64 (23.3)
Australia 78/1(18.5 overs)
2nd INNINGS
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11.25am That's a wrap from Indore. Australia are in the WTC final, while India need to win in Ahmedabad to secure their spot against Australia at Lord's. If India fail to win the fourth Test, a 2-0 series win in New Zealand could see Sri Lanka knock Rohit and co. out. You can check out Hemant's report to catch up on the action today. For now, it's Abhimanyu signing off on behalf of Hemant Brar and Venkat Raghav.

11.24am Here's Labuschagne: "Just needed to make sure that whatever it is, we are there. They bowled beautifully and we held the fort down. But luckily after that period, it opened up. I think the most important thing in a partnership is, if you're under pressure and you see that your partners is going well, you just make sure you hang in there. That's what I did today, I locked down one end. Everyone just revisited their options, their plans, their technique. For me, I batted five or six different ways. I've ramped, I've swept, I've done a lot. But as the series goes on, you'll see that I didn't play as many shots. And I think you just need to keep trusting your defence. And once you get a feel, the game will open up naturally. One thing we've learned here is that it's never game over here. It just shows you the conditions, how tough it is. But I think as a unit we have the right combination. I think it's just about trusting in each other's skills and continuing to grow and learn. As I was telling Rohit when we were walking out "I want to do what you do. You guys are the best in these conditions". It just comes down to a partnership. And we knew that it was about getting one partnership and we'll break 76."

11.05am It's time for the post-match presentation ceremony.

Nathan Lyon is the player of the match: "It's been a pretty remarkable series. But to come out here and put out a good team performance it was pretty special. I don't have all the skills and all the tricks in the trade but the one thing I have is the belief in my stock ball. And I think if you have that, you can get success. I don't think I've mastered it. I've been lucky enough to challenge against some of the best players to play the game, the likes of Virat and Pujji and the rest of the guys. I just like challenging myself."

Steve Smith: "I think obviously that first day, losing the toss and having to bowl first. But our bowlers did really well, specially Kuhnemann. All our bowlers contributed. With the bat, Usman was really good in the first innings. We had some good partnerships. India bowled really well in the back end, we had a bit of a collapse. We had to toil hard yesterday, Pujji played a good knock, but all our bowlers did really well. It was a complete performance in the end. We are thinking of Patty back home, our thoughts are with him. But I really enjoyed this week. I like captaining in this part of the world. I think I understand a lot of the intricacies. It's a place where I really enjoy and I think I did a reasonable job this week. The approach will be much the same. We have to see how the conditions are like. It's good to be in the WTC final but it's just about playing good cricket. Hopefully we can finish the series well."

Rohit Sharma: "When you lose a Test match, there's a lot of things that didn't go our way. To start with, we didn't bat well in the first innings. We understand how important it is to put runs on the board in the first innings. And obviously when they got a 80-90 run lead, we needed to put in a big performance with the bat but we couldn't do that, taking just a 75-run lead. Honestly, we haven't thought about it yet. We just finished this Test now so we need to regroup and try. We need to understand that we need to improve as a team. When you are playing on challenging pitches you have to bowl. We allowed their bowlers to bowl in one spot. Not to take any credit away from their bowlers, Nathan Lyon especially. We had to try and be brave, which I think we were not. We can take a lot of credit as well, how we batted in the first two games. One odd game can happen where things don't come together, but even then you need players to come together and chip in. We wanted a few guys to stand up but it didn't happen. We were slightly behind and we did not apply ourselves the way we would have liked to.

Jesse: "@SACHU I think those celebratory beers will make the hard feelings fade away pretty fast!"

shaun: "How long since Australia won a test in India?" Well, they won the first Test in Pune when they last toured India, back in 2017.

Here's Travis Head: "I just tried to take it one step a time. We have seen it throughout the series that with the wickets, the quality of bowling, anything can happen. So we were just trying to take it one ball at a time. It's just nice to contribute. [On reacting after the first two Tests] Make sure to go out and execute in the first innings and I think we did that really well. In the lead up to the test series, we had to make sure to be clear in our plans. We had to make some changes, but I think we've done a fantastic job to come back after being under pressure in the first two games. We knew it wasn't going to be clean sailing. There were going to be times when India were going to be on top, times when we could get the runs. It was important that we just kept a calm head. There was no message coming from the top. Unbelievable. He does what he does. He has the most wickets in the subcontinent for an Australian bowler. Long may he continue."

10.50am Australia have made short work of their small target, despite losing Usman Khawaja in the very first over. Head took the attack to the Indian spinners and his 49 off 53 helped Australia seal victory without any nervy moments. Labuschagne also joined in the party, and it took them just under 19 overs to get the job done. Australia have now qualified for the WTC final.

SACHU: "Wow! How selfish of Labuschagne to leave Head hanging on 49*"

18.5
4
Ashwin to Labuschagne, FOUR runs

And that is that! Labuschagne skips out of the crease and lofts it over mid-on for the winning runs. Head finishes unbeaten on 49, but he won't mind. Series stands at 2-1 now

18.4
Ashwin to Labuschagne, no run

Pitched up by Ashwin and Labuschagne defends

18.3
Ashwin to Labuschagne, no run

Skips out of the crease to hit a full delivery but inside edges onto the pads

18.2
1
Ashwin to Head, 1 run
18.1
4
Ashwin to Head, FOUR runs

Comes out of the crease and smacks him down the ground! That was pitched up by Ashwin and Head latched on to it immediately

end of over 185 runs
AUS: 69/1CRR: 3.83 
Marnus Labuschagne24 (55b 5x4)
Travis Head44 (51b 5x4 1x6)
Umesh Yadav 2-0-10-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 9-3-35-1
17.6
4
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, FOUR runs

Dug in short on off and Labuschagne swivels and pulls behind square. Just 7 needed now, for Australia

Peter: "We can lose our 6/12 now"

17.5
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, no run

Full on off, he drives to mid-off

17.4
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, no run

On a length on off, he flicks it to midwicket

17.3
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, no run

Full on off, Labuschagne defends

17.2
1
Umesh Yadav to Head, 1 run

On a length on leg, he clips it to long leg

17.1
Umesh Yadav to Head, no run

Dug in short on leg, going across him and Head pulls it hard, but straight to midwicket

end of over 173 runs
AUS: 64/1CRR: 3.76 
Marnus Labuschagne20 (51b 4x4)
Travis Head43 (49b 5x4 1x6)
Ravichandran Ashwin 9-3-35-1
Umesh Yadav 1-0-5-0

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16.6
Ashwin to Labuschagne, no run

Full on off, Labuschagne skips out an drives to mid-off

16.5
1
Ashwin to Head, 1 run

Full outside off, he taps it to cover point for a quick single

16.4
1
Ashwin to Labuschagne, 1 run

On a length on off, Labuschagne clips it to deep midwicket

16.3
1
Ashwin to Head, 1 run

Full outside off and Head steers it past the slip fielder for a single

16.2
Ashwin to Head, no run

Full outside off. Defended to point

16.1
Ashwin to Head, no run

On a length on off, the ball stays low as Head misses his pull

Ashwin to continue

end of over 165 runs
AUS: 61/1CRR: 3.81 
Marnus Labuschagne19 (49b 4x4)
Travis Head41 (45b 5x4 1x6)
Umesh Yadav 1-0-5-0
Ravichandran Ashwin 8-3-32-1
15.6
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, no run

Full and straight, Bharat with a good take down the leg side. There was a noise, but the ball came off the pad

15.5
Umesh Yadav to Labuschagne, no run

On a length outside off, punched to cover

15.4
1
Umesh Yadav to Head, 1 run

Back of a length around off, going across him and Head clips it behind square on the leg side

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
UT Khawaja
60 runs (147)
4 fours0 six
Productive shot
cover drive
23 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
78%
CA Pujara
59 runs (142)
5 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
28 runs
2 fours0 six
Control
86%
Best performances - bowlers
NM Lyon
O
23.3
M
1
R
64
W
8
ECO
2.72
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
1W
4W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
MP Kuhnemann
O
9
M
2
R
16
W
5
ECO
1.77
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
3W
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
Match details
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
TossIndia, elected to bat first
Series
Season2022/23
Player Of The Match
Series resultIndia led the 4-match series 2-1
Match numberTest no. 2496
Match days1,2,3, March 2023 - day (5-day match)
Umpires
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Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsAustralia 12, India 0
Language
English
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