India were all out for 296 in their first innings, giving Australia a big lead of 173 runs on the third day of the World Test Championship final at Oval on Friday.
For India, Ajinkya Rahane scored a brilliant 89 off 129 balls while Shardul Thakur played a gutsy innings of 51 from 109 balls.
Resuming the third day on overnight 151 for five and 318 runs behind Australia’s first innings total of 469 all out, India lost KS Bharat early but Rahane and Thakur added 109 runs for the seventh wicket to help their team avoid follow-on at The Oval.
For Australia, Skipper Pat Cummins picked up three wickets for Australia while there were two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green.
Chief Scores:
Australia 1st innings 469 all out in 121.3 overs (Travis Head 163, Steven Smith 121, Alex Carey 48, David Warner 43, Mohammed Siraj 4-108, Shardul Thakur 2-83, Mohammed Shami 2-122, Ravindra Jadeja 1-56)
India 1st innings 296 all out in 69.4 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 89, Shardul Tharku 51, Ravindra Jadeja 48, Pat Cummins 3-83, Cameron Green 2-44, Scott Boland 2-59, Mitchell Starc 2-71, Nathan Lyon 1-19).
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