Scorecard: India Vs Australia »
Australia have decided not to enforce follow-on.
Highlights from the Indian innings
11:23 a.m. Over 96: Ben Hilfenhaus trapped Kohli in front of the wickets to put an end to a superb innings of 116 runs. With the fall of this wicket, India have been dismissed for 272 runs in their first innings.
11: 17 a.m. Over 94: Out! Hilfenhaus gets Ishant Sharma the next delivery after being hit square for a boundary. India have lost nine wickets.
11: 04 a.m. Over 92: Virat Kohli slammed a maiden Test ton and the first from India in the series to stand tall amid weathering Indian batting.
10: 44 a.m. Over 88: Double strike! Peter Siddle has once again proven to be the tormenter of Indian batting. He first removes R Aswhin and then Zaheer Khan of back to back deliveries reducing India to 230/8.
Tea Report
Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha had forged a 100-run partnership before the latter's departure to provide stability to the Indian innings as India were 225/6 at tea on the third day of the Adelaide Test on Thursday.
India lost the wicket of set batsman Wriddhiman Saha at the stroke of tea just as they were looking steady.
Kohli went past his previous best score of 75 runs, to be unbeaten at 91 while Saha (35) played with belief and confidence to steer Indian innings in a positive direction after morning session blues got the better of the Indian batsmen.
However, in the last over of the second session, he misjudged Ryan Harris’s delivery--shouldered his arms and the result-- his bails were off as India lost their sixth wicket.
Kohli's approach to the innings was evident from the two hits-a boundary and a six towards mid wicket-- off Clarke in the 72nd over in consecutive deliveries.
Highlights from the second session
Over 85: Out! Wriddhiman Saha misjudges and shoulders arm to a delivery pitched just outside off stump that jsut nips in to hit the stumps. Ryan Harris gets his first wicket.
Over 80: New ball taken and also a testing time for the batsmen before the tea break.
Over 77: 100 run partnership between Kohli and Saha. Both have played a positive cricket unlike the top order batsmen and are exhibiting much needed character and resilience.
Over 73: A cover drive from Kohli brings 200 for India
Over 72: Virat Kohli hits a boundary and then follows it up with a six over mid wicket off Clarke’s consecutive deliveries.
Over 69: Wriddhiman Saha dispatches Nathan Lyon over midwicket boundary for a six. Certainly, they need a positive batting like this.
Over 63: 50-run partnership between Saha and Kohli
Over 52: Play resumes as India need 283 to avoid follow-on.
Lunch Report
India were 120/5 after three early blows in the morning left them struggling in pursuit of Australian first inning’s total of 604 runs. They still trail Australia by 482 runs with Kohli (21*) and Saha (5*) on crease.
A tight Australian bowling and a defensive approach from the Indian batsmen was the highlight of the session.
Peter Siddle, who led the charge with the dismissal of Virender Sehwag on day 1, again came charging on Thursday morning to do what he has done all this series. He first removed Tendulkar with an angled delivery that was pitched up and led him to drive forward. The ball was edged towards Ponting in the slips where he completed a low catch to end Tendulkar’s inning at 25 runs.
Next to go was Gautam Gambhir who fell to a brilliant Siddle bouncer. The delivery caught Gambhir by surprise and all he could do was hop and play it towards the gully area where Hussey came forward and took a diving catch to remove the opener at 34 runs.
Nathan Lyon then stifled the Indian batsmen with a tight line and length and was aptly rewarded when he found the edge of VVS Laxman who looked positive before departing after scoring 18 runs.
The mantra was simple. On a pitch full of runs, Australians kept a tight, attacking length and their discipline earned them rich dividends in the 30 overs they bowled before lunch where they gave only 61 runs while picking three wickets.
Highlights from the morning session
7: 12 a.m. Over 47: Out! Laxman is caught behind off Lyon delivery that spins outside off. Laxman’s (18) wicket means that India are five wickets down when they are trailing Australian score by 493 runs.
7: 12 a.m. Over 46: Hussey into the attack, India 111/4
6: 54 a.m. Over 41: 100 up for India. Virat Kohli and VVS Laxman are in the middle. India 100/4
6: 27 a.m. Over 34: Out! It’s Gambhir who is the second wicket to fall and it is Peter Siddle again who is troubling Indians. Siddle produces a brilliant bouncer on a flat track and all Gambhir could do was hop and play it towards gully where Hussey takes a good diving catch to end his innings at 34 runs.
6: 12 a.m. Over 32: Peter Siddle removes Sachin Tendulkar as he is caught at slip by Ponting at the score of 25 runs. India have lost their third wicket. Siddle has again provided Australia with the crucial breakthrough as has been the case so far in the series. India 78/3.
5: 36 a.m. Over 22: First runs of the day, Tendulkar gets a boundary off Hilfenhaus at square leg.
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