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IND vs AUS: After Adelaide, the disappointing performance of the star batsmen of the Indian team continued in Brisbane also. The match was affected by rain throughout the day. Indian batsmen could not face the fast bowling attack of Australia and due to this the team is on the backfoot. At the time of stumps on the third day, the Indian team’s first innings score was 51/4. Earlier, the Australian team scored 445 runs in the first innings. India still trails Australia by 394 runs in the first innings.
Bumrah performed brilliantly and took 6 wickets
The next day, after centuries by Australian batsmen Steve Smith (101 runs) and Travis Head (152 runs), Alex Carey’s innings of 70 runs in 88 balls laid the foundation of the team’s excellent score. In the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets for 76 runs for India. Apart from KL Rahul’s 33 runs, no top order batsman of India was seen at the crease, Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 9 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal 4, Virat Kohli 3 and Shubman Gill was out after scoring 1 run.
Once again Virat was out on off stump.
Players like Virat Kohli were once again facing the ball outside the off stump. There is no doubt that the situation was challenging. But Indian batsmen could learn from Steve Smith. Initially, he had to face challenging spells of fast bowling from Akashdeep and Bumrah to score a century.
India’s top batsman flopped
On Australia’s score of 445 runs, left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket. At one time the Indian team’s score was 22 runs for 3 wickets. In the second session, Pat Cummins took the big wicket of Rishabh Pant. Due to which the condition of the Indian team worsened. India’s top order was a complete flop. Last time, Pant had played a historic innings on the same ground and led the team to victory. But this time he could not do anything special.