Due to rain, once again on the third day of the third Test being played between India and Australia in Brisbane, only 13.2 overs could be played, but the rain did not make any difference on the second day. The next day, about 78 overs were played.
On the third day, rain once again troubled the players and almost two sessions of play got spoiled due to rain. By the end of the third day’s play, the Indian team was trailing by 394 runs on the basis of first innings.
Big blow to India in the beginning of the innings
Australia had added 40 runs to their score on the second day and as their innings ended at 445 runs, it started raining. After waiting for about half an hour, India’s innings started and India lost the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal on the very second ball. After this, Shubman Gill was also out on the first ball of the third over of the innings and both these wickets were taken by Mitchell Starc. Virat Kohli was also out on the second ball of the eighth over.
As soon as Kohli’s wicket fell, it rained again and then the umpires announced lunch. The match started after lunch and rain returned after just seven balls had been bowled. The match started again after a break of 40 minutes and after 3.5 overs of bowling, it rained again and this time too there was a break of half an hour.
Rishabh Pant’s wicket fell, rain stopped the game
As soon as the match started, India lost the wicket of Rishabh Pant on the fourth ball. After Pant’s dismissal, only two balls were bowled when the rain returned. During this break the umpires announced ‘T’ time. This time the game stopped for more than two hours and then the match started again. As soon as 2.5 overs were over, the rain returned and this time after a short wait, stumps were declared.