BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Rahane b Kuldeep Yadav	56	87	135	8	1	64.36

Matt Renshaw	b Yadav	1	6	10	0	0	16.66

Steven Smith (c)	c Rahane b Ashwin	111	173	224	14	0	64.16

Shaun Marsh	c †Saha b Yadav	4	14	12	0	0	28.57

Peter Handscomb	b Kuldeep Yadav	8	23	28	1	0	34.78

Glenn Maxwell	b Kuldeep Yadav	8	17	19	1	0	47.05

Matthew Wade †	b Jadeja	57	125	144	4	1	45.60

Pat Cummins	c & b Kuldeep Yadav	21	40	37	3	1	52.50

Steve O'Keefe	run out (sub [SS Iyer]/†Saha)	8	16	36	2	0	50.00

Nathan Lyon	c Pujara b Kumar	13	28	36	2	0	46.42

Josh Hazlewood	not out	2	2	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 10)	11
TOTAL	88.3 Ov (RR: 3.38, 347 Mts)	300
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Matt Renshaw, 1.4 ov), 2-144 (David Warner, 34.1 ov), 3-153 (Shaun Marsh, 37.4 ov), 4-168 (Peter Handscomb, 44.5 ov), 5-178 (Glenn Maxwell, 48.6 ov), 6-208 (Steven Smith, 59.5 ov), 7-245 (Pat Cummins, 72.4 ov), 8-269 (Steve O'Keefe, 79.3 ov), 9-298 (Matthew Wade, 87.4 ov), 10-300 (Nathan Lyon, 88.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	12.3	2	41	1	3.28	55	6	0	0	0
88.3 to NM Lyon, and the inswinger claims Lyon. An innings without any reviews comes to an end. India will have to bat for about four minutes this evening. This is actually a good shot for a No. 10. Bhuvneshwar swings it in, he clips it away late, but fails to keep this down, and Pujara takes a good catch diving forward at midwicket. 300/10
Umesh Yadav	15	1	69	2	4.60	56	9	1	0	0
1.4 to MT Renshaw, bowled him but he was lbw before he was bowled. An uncharacteristic shot from Renshaw. Umesh has pegged him back with short deliveries, and has now bowled the perfect pitched-up outswinger, which swings back for Renshaw. He plays an expansive-looking drive instead of defending, and it sneaks back to miss the inside edge, hit him in front, and the ricochet into the wicket. 10/1 37.4 to SE Marsh, strangle down the leg side. This term is often abused but this is a proper strangle. Not intended, mind you. Short delivery, rib high, at his body, marsh looks to get inside the line but the ball follows him. He aborts the pull but is a little casual in getting out of its way, and the ball kisses the bottom of the glove on the way through to Saha. 153/3
Ravichandran Ashwin	23	5	54	1	2.34	103	3	2	0	0
59.5 to SPD Smith, Smith is gone. Huge wicket. Rahane takes a lovely low catch at slip. Smith plays for an offbreak. This is a length ball, around off. Smith is back, looks to cover the turn, but the ball doesn't turn, and takes a sharp outside edge. Rahane catches this low to his left. Second big catch from Rahane this session. 208/6
Ravindra Jadeja	15	1	57	1	3.80	65	9	0	0	0
87.4 to MS Wade, how long do you keep Jadeja out of action? He gets one now, kissing the off stump of Wade. Wade tries the big sweep in front of square, but misses the ball. It looks like it is in the slot for the shot, but has it drifted away? It squeezes under the bat, and takes the top of off. Wade is filthy with himself after having batted so well. Gestures he should be playing straight. More so because there are just 18 minutes to go to stumps. 298/9
Kuldeep Yadav	23	3	68	4	2.95	99	8	0	0	0
34.1 to DA Warner, caught at slip! Stayed back to one that was a bit fuller and the extra bounce resulted in an edge on the high part of the bat, first Test wicket for Kuldeep Yadav and it was one India sorely needed. He pitched that around off stump and Warner pushed at the ball with firm hands. Turned a bit, not too much but enough. 144/2 44.5 to PSP Handscomb, lovely bowling. The drift has got Handscomb. It is the late drift that has created the gap between bat and pad. Handscomb sees a full ball and drives. He is right in terms of length, but the ball drift away late, making him play away from the body. The ball turns back after pitching, beats the inside edge, and Handscomb is bowled. This is special bowling from the debutant. 168/4 48.6 to GJ Maxwell, wrong'un. Beautiful bowling. India's trump card is coming good here. A bit of magic there. Kuldeep slips in the wrong'un with the scrambled seam. Maxwell doesn't pick it. He goes back to work this around the corner. The ball turns towards off from middle and leg. Maxwell is squared up, and the ball turns to flick his pad on the way to the top of off. Sensational wristspin bowling. 178/5 72.4 to PJ Cummins, teasing bowling from Kuldeep, and he strikes. Just like with Handscomb, he tosses one right up to Cummins. He can't resist driving at it, but the ball dips on him, and he ends up chipping this back to Kuldeep, who has four on debut. That too on the first day of a Test. 245/7

India 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c Warner b Cummins	60	124	175	9	1	48.38

Murali Vijay	c †Wade b Hazlewood	11	36	47	2	0	30.55

Cheteshwar Pujara	c Handscomb b Lyon	57	151	199	6	0	37.74

Ajinkya Rahane (c)	c Smith b Lyon	46	104	145	7	1	44.23

Karun Nair	c †Wade b Lyon	5	16	17	1	0	31.25

Ravichandran Ashwin	lbw b Lyon	30	49	71	4	0	61.22

Wriddhiman Saha †	c Smith b Cummins	31	102	160	2	0	30.39

Ravindra Jadeja	b Cummins	63	95	133	4	4	66.31

Bhuvneshwar Kumar	c Smith b O'Keefe	0	7	7	0	0	0.00

Kuldeep Yadav	c Hazlewood b Lyon	7	17	20	1	0	41.17

Umesh Yadav	not out	2	8	17	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, w 5)	20
TOTAL	118.1 Ov (RR: 2.80, 500 Mts)	332
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Murali Vijay, 10.2 ov), 2-108 (KL Rahul, 40.2 ov), 3-157 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 60.6 ov), 4-167 (Karun Nair, 64.4 ov), 5-216 (Ajinkya Rahane, 78.6 ov), 6-221 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 82.1 ov), 7-317 (Ravindra Jadeja, 112.1 ov), 8-318 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 113.5 ov), 9-318 (Wriddhiman Saha, 114.1 ov), 10-332 (Kuldeep Yadav, 118.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Josh Hazlewood	25	8	51	1	2.04	128	7	0	0	0
10.2 to M Vijay, and Hazlewood finally strikes. He has been testing this channel relentlessly. he has beaten the edge repeatedly, one edge has fallen short, and finally Vijay makes a mental error, pushing out in front of his body. The length ball deviates after pitching, deviating enough to take the edge. Wade takes a regulation catch. Vijay looks back when walking off. Words spoken? If yes, not a great sight after the spirit this Test has been played in. Watched the replays. No send-off. Just a long look at Vijay. 21/1
Pat Cummins	30	8	94	3	3.13	142	11	2	1	0
40.2 to KL Rahul, and Cummins has got Rahul. The India opener goes for the low-percentage hook to a red-hot bouncer. Rahul hooks from well outside off, and toe-ends it to cover. This is high-quality fast bowling, and Rahul loses his concentration. That third man has made him hook by blocking the ramp. 108/2 112.1 to RA Jadeja, the bluff from Cummins. Bowls the wide length ball after bowling short for a long time. Jadeja drives at it with no feet. He is expecting a bouncer. He throws his hands at this, away from the body, and gets a thick inside edge back onto the stumps. But what an innings from Jadeja. He has got India's noses ahead, and has frustrated Australia. 317/7 114.1 to WP Saha, what a great catch from Smith. He is doing it all by himself here. Brute from Cummins to get the resolute Saha off. Short of a length, rises at his face, and because it has reared off from this length, Saha has to take evasive action. The shoulder of the bat is hit, and the ball looks like it is flying over Smith at second slip. He rushes back and takes it one-handed behind his body and over his head. And while he is coming down, the ball tries to slip out of his hand, but he regains control of it with his whole body out of balance. Australia staying alive now. 318/9
Nathan Lyon	34.1	5	92	5	2.69	151	8	2	0	0
60.6 to CA Pujara, and Lyon has produced the wicket. Old-fashioned offspin bowling. Tosses this up wide, drifts it away, has Pujara defending it away from the body, the ball rips back in to hit the glove, then the pad, and then lob up to short leg. Huge wicket. The immovable Pujara has been removed. 157/3 64.4 to KK Nair, sharp turn and bounce. Nair a dead duck there the moment he goes to play a defensive shot off the back foot. Sharp turn and bounce from just short of a length, hits the glove, onto the thigh pad, and a simple catch for short leg. Wade moves there to deny Handscomb the catch. 167/4 78.6 to AM Rahane, what a sharp catch. Smith returns the favour to Rahane after Rahane took that great catch to send Smith back. This is even better, I'd venture. Rahane stays back to a flat delivery. This is flat all right but quite full, which means it has less time to turn as much as Rahane expects it to. This bounces at him too. The outside edge flies sharply to slip, but his hands go up perfectly and pouch it. My word, if Lyon is done for a while, what a final kill this is. 216/5 82.1 to R Ashwin, Lyon has another big fish. Catches Ashwin on the back foot, and spins this past his inside edge. Ashwin has a chat with Saha, and reviews this decision. Ashwin caught on the wrong foot here. On a length, outside off, turns past the off stumps, we have an umpire's call on impact, and the ball is hitting the middle stump on projection. Lyon on a roll again. 221/6 118.1 to Kuldeep Yadav, five-for for Lyon. Kuldeep sweeps from outside off, and he gets a massive top edge. A superb catch in the deep by Hazlewwod. It looks easy on TV. He has judged this perfectly, goes to his right, and takes it overhead a couple of feet inside the fence. 332/10
Steve O'Keefe	27	4	75	1	2.77	128	10	2	0	0
113.5 to B Kumar, loose drive from Bhuvneshwar, and a sharp catch from Smith again. O'Keefe tosses this up wide, Bhuvneshwar drives on the up and away from the body. The edge is taken, and Smith takes a quick sharp offering. O'Keefe has a wicket in his first over of the day. 318/8
Glenn Maxwell	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0	0	0

Australia 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Renshaw	c †Saha b Yadav	8	33	49	2	0	24.24

David Warner	c †Saha b Yadav	6	5	17	1	0	120.00

Steven Smith (c)	b Kumar	17	15	25	3	0	113.33

Peter Handscomb	c Rahane b Ashwin	18	46	65	3	0	39.13

Glenn Maxwell	lbw b Ashwin	45	60	87	6	1	75.00

Shaun Marsh	c Pujara b Jadeja	1	6	4	0	0	16.66

Matthew Wade †	not out	25	90	100	2	1	27.77
Pat Cummins	c Rahane b Jadeja	12	49	44	1	0	24.48

Steve O'Keefe	c Pujara b Jadeja	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Nathan Lyon	c Vijay b Yadav	0	6	6	0	0	0.00

Josh Hazlewood	lbw b Ashwin	0	9	18	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5
TOTAL	53.5 Ov (RR: 2.54, 213 Mts)	137
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (David Warner, 3.1 ov), 2-31 (Steven Smith, 8.3 ov), 3-31 (Matt Renshaw, 9.2 ov), 4-87 (Peter Handscomb, 24.3 ov), 5-92 (Shaun Marsh, 25.3 ov), 6-106 (Glenn Maxwell, 32.3 ov), 7-121 (Pat Cummins, 47.4 ov), 8-121 (Steve O'Keefe, 49.2 ov), 9-122 (Nathan Lyon, 50.3 ov), 10-137 (Josh Hazlewood, 53.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	7	1	27	1	3.85	33	6	0	0	0
8.3 to SPD Smith, bowled him. One short of 500 runs this series. One short of India's lead. This is just massive. Don;t think this is a part of a plan. Bhuvneshwar bowls another hit-me short ball, Smith hits it, but it doesn't quite come on, and he gets a bottom edge that flattens the off stump. Bhuvneshwar is pumped up. Much like Prasad was after flattening Sohail's off stump in 1996. Is this the Test and the series? Should have cut it, Smith's gesture after the wicket suggests. 31/2
Umesh Yadav	10	3	29	3	2.90	48	5	0	0	0
3.1 to DA Warner, this drop from Nair doesn't hurt India too much. Australia minus-22 for 1. Perfect delivery. This is on a length, shaping up to swing back in, lands just outside off, and seams away after pitching. Warner has to pay at it. Not sure he has to drive at it as hard as he has done here. His outside edge kisses the seam of the ball as it passes him. Great seam bowling. Late wobble too for Saha, but he adjusts well. Nair gets pats on his back. 10/1 9.2 to MT Renshaw, Umesh has got one more. India are running away with this here. Great bowling. No matter how good you are, if the short bowling is so fast and so good, you are going to make a mental error. This is short of a length, rising into the chest, and he is squared up and fends at it. Saha does the rest after the edge. 31/3 50.3 to NM Lyon, and second slip takes the catch. A meek push to a length ball outside off, and Vijay laps it up at second slip. Sharp catch. India one strike away. 122/9
Kuldeep Yadav	5	0	23	0	4.60	21	3	1	0	0
Ravindra Jadeja	18	7	24	3	1.33	92	2	0	0	0
25.3 to SE Marsh, Jadeja strikes again. Tame shot from Marsh. Like Nair yesterday to Lyon. Going back to a length ball, with excessive turn and bounce from a length outside off. Gloves to short leg. India well ahead now. 92/5 47.4 to PJ Cummins, beautiful bowling to a lower-order batsman. Toss it up, tease them, draw a drive, turn it to take the edge, and watch your captain and swallow another catch. 121/7 49.2 to SNJ O'Keefe, what a catch by Pujara at silly point. This is straight off the bat. Not off the bat and pad. O'Keefe defends in front of his body, the ball bounces at him, goes to silly point's left off the shoulder of the bat. Pujara sticks his left hand out. The ball props up, and he gets his both hands around before the ball can touch the helmet grille. 121/8
Ravichandran Ashwin	13.5	4	29	3	2.09	68	2	1	0	0
24.3 to PSP Handscomb, that's another beauty from Rahane. Smith and Rahane are outdoing each other at slip. This is a length ball, outside off, hits the bare patch and refuses to turn. What it also does is takex extra bounce, and flies off the edge. Rahane is falling behind, adjusting for this quick offering, and takes it two handed. Great reflexes, great hands. 87/4 32.3 to GJ Maxwell, brain fade from Maxwell? He has padded up to one outside off. No shot offered, the umpire confirms. Maxwell reviews the out decision. He has padded up to a fullish offbreak outside off. This is a massive break in concentration. This is a big offbreak, looks like it could even miss leg, but desperately for Maxwell it returns an umpire's call on the leg stump. One centimetre of the ball hitting the leg stump there. The on-field call stays. 106/6 53.5 to JR Hazlewood, another appeal, given again, and Hazlewood has reviewed this one. Will this innings resume again? Seems like this has been given out caught at silly point. No edge, though. This has hit him on the knee roll in front of off. They check the lbw too. This has returned umpire's call for height on middle stump. The on-field decision remains, which means the umpire must have given him out lbw on the field. 137/10

India 2nd INNINGS (Target: 106 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	not out	51	76	111	9	0	67.10
Murali Vijay	c †Wade b Cummins	8	35	60	0	0	22.85

Cheteshwar Pujara	run out (Maxwell)	0	5	5	0	0	0.00

Ajinkya Rahane (c)	not out	38	27	44	4	2	140.74
Extras	(b 4, lb 5)	9
TOTAL	23.5 Ov (RR: 4.44, 111 Mts)	106/2
Did not bat: Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha †, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Murali Vijay, 13.1 ov), 2-46 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 13.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pat Cummins	8	2	42	1	5.25	34	6	2	0	0
13.1 to M Vijay, Cummins gets his man. This is a beauty. Vijay pushes at one outside off. The length ball holds its line to take the edge through to Wade. This time he appeals. 46/1
Josh Hazlewood	6	2	14	0	2.33	31	2	0	0	0
Steve O'Keefe	4.5	1	22	0	4.55	18	3	0	0	0
Nathan Lyon	5	0	19	0	3.80	18	2	0	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	2016/17
Player Of The Match	Ravindra Jadeja
Player Of The Series	Ravindra Jadeja
Series result	India won the 4-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 2258
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days	25,26,27,28 March 2017 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Kuldeep Yadav
Umpires	Ian Gould Marais Erasmus
TV Umpire	Chris Gaffaney
Reserve Umpire	Virender Sharma
Match Referee	Richie Richardson

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 25 Mar - day 1 - India 1st innings 0/0 (KL Rahul 0*, Murali Vijay 0*, 1 ov)

Sun, 26 Mar - day 2 - India 1st innings 248/6 (Wriddhiman Saha 10*, Ravindra Jadeja 16*, 91 ov)

Mon, 27 Mar - day 3 - India 2nd innings 19/0 (KL Rahul 13*, Murali Vijay 6*, 6 ov)

Tue, 28 Mar - day 4 - India 2nd innings 106/2 (23.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

Day 1

Australia 1st innings
Australia: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Australia - 59/1 in 12.0 overs (DA Warner 24, SPD Smith 30)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (DA Warner 15, SPD Smith 31, Ex 4)
SPD Smith: 50 off 67 balls (6 x 4)
Australia: 100 runs in 24.2 overs (146 balls), Extras 4
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 147 balls (DA Warner 29, SPD Smith 67, Ex 4)
DA Warner: 50 off 72 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: Australia - 131/1 in 31.0 overs (DA Warner 54, SPD Smith 72)
Australia: 150 runs in 35.6 overs (216 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Australia - 168/4 in 44.5 overs (SPD Smith 93)
SPD Smith: 100 off 150 balls (13 x 4)
Australia: 200 runs in 56.5 overs (341 balls), Extras 6
Tea: Australia - 208/6 in 61.0 overs (MS Wade 13, PJ Cummins 0)
Australia: 250 runs in 75.2 overs (452 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Australia - 269/7 in 79.0 overs (MS Wade 45, SNJ O'Keefe 8)
Reviews used before 80 overs: Australia 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); India 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful)
MS Wade: 50 off 113 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 300 runs in 87.6 overs (528 balls), Extras 11
New ball taken after 88 overs
Innings Break: Australia - 300/10 in 88.3 overs (JR Hazlewood 2)
India 1st innings
End Of Day: India - 0/0 in 1.0 overs (KL Rahul 0, M Vijay 0)

Day 2

Drinks: India - 31/1 in 14.0 overs (KL Rahul 14, CA Pujara 6)
India: 50 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 0
Lunch: India - 64/1 in 28.0 overs (KL Rahul 31, CA Pujara 22)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 126 balls (KL Rahul 25, CA Pujara 23, Ex 4)
KL Rahul: 50 off 98 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
India: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (229 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: India - 122/2 in 42.0 overs (CA Pujara 33, AM Rahane 10)
CA Pujara: 50 off 132 balls (5 x 4)
India: 150 runs in 56.3 overs (339 balls), Extras 10
Tea: India - 153/2 in 60.0 overs (CA Pujara 53, AM Rahane 19)
India: 200 runs in 74.4 overs (448 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: India - 202/4 in 75.0 overs (AM Rahane 41, R Ashwin 18)
Over 75.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - AM Rahane (Struck down)
Over 79.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - WP Saha (Struck down)
Reviews used before 80 overs: India 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); Australia 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
Over 81.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - WP Saha (Struck down)
Over 82.1: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - R Ashwin (Struck down)
New ball taken after 87 overs
End Of Day: India - 248/6 in 91.0 overs (WP Saha 10, RA Jadeja 16)

Day 3

Over 91.1: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - RA Jadeja (Upheld)
India: 250 runs in 92.2 overs (554 balls), Extras 13
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (WP Saha 16, RA Jadeja 29, Ex 5)
Drinks: India - 285/6 in 104.0 overs (WP Saha 24, RA Jadeja 37)
Over 107.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - WP Saha (Struck down)
India: 300 runs in 108.4 overs (652 balls), Extras 15
RA Jadeja: 50 off 83 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
Australia 2nd innings
Drinks: Australia - 37/3 in 11.0 overs (PSP Handscomb 4, GJ Maxwell 1)
Australia: 50 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 1
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (PSP Handscomb 18, GJ Maxwell 32, Ex 1)
Tea: Australia - 92/5 in 25.3 overs (GJ Maxwell 37)
Over 26.1: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - MS Wade (Struck down)
Australia: 100 runs in 30.6 overs (186 balls), Extras 5
Over 32.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - GJ Maxwell (Struck down)
Drinks: Australia - 120/6 in 46.0 overs (MS Wade 8, PJ Cummins 12)
Innings Break: Australia - 137/10 in 53.5 overs (MS Wade 25)
Over 53.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - IJ Gould, Batsman - JR Hazlewood (Struck down)
Lunch: Australia - 0/0
India 2nd innings
Over 4.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - M Vijay (Struck down)
End Of Day: India - 19/0 in 6.0 overs (KL Rahul 13, M Vijay 6)