03/03Result
2nd Test, Australia tour of India at Bengaluru, Mar 4-7 2017
India won by 75 runs
Player of the Match
KL Rahul
KL RahulIndia
03/03Result
2nd Test, Australia tour of India at Bengaluru, Mar 4-7 2017
India won by 75 runs
Player of the Match
KL Rahul
KL RahulIndia

11.27am And this will be lunch too. A valuable 16-run partnership in the end after some casual batting from the rest of the tail. Saha and ishant have taken India to a lead of 187. Australia don't like that number. They will have to go one past it. Australia have made an excellent comeback with six wickets for 36 runs. Starc and Hazlewood were amazing. They just willed themselves through. Having said that Australia needed nothing less than that to stay in the game. A measure of the task that awaits them is here: if Australia win this match, this will be the fifth-highest successful chase against India in India. This Test is not over by a long way

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97.1
W
O'Keefe to Sharma, OUT, Ishant will be disappointed after having shown so much of application. Loose drive to a length ball, and it chips to short cover for a catch

I Sharma c SE Marsh b O'Keefe 6 (44m 28b 1x4 0x6) SR: 21.42

END OF OVER:
97 | (maiden) | IND: 274/9

  • Wriddhiman Saha20 (37b)
  • Ishant Sharma6 (27b)
  • Josh Hazlewood24-5-67-6
  • Steve O'Keefe21-3-36-1
96.6
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, slower short ball, and beats his pull to keep Ishant on strike for the next over
96.5
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, Warner flies to nearly take an impossible catch, and there is a run-out appeal too. All happening. Saha looks to pull, gets the toe end, Warner flies from mid-off, miraculously he gets a touch on that, and knocks it to mid-on. Ishant is wandering somewhere and is sent back. He plonks his bat as opposed to sliding, but he does so just in the nick of time

Now the field comes up. Will Saha try to clear the infield?

96.4
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, kicks at him from short of a length again. Saha arches back and manages to keep this down
96.3
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, short of a length, into the body, worked to leg, and he turns down the single
96.2
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, this nearly takes the glove and the off stump. It kicks off from just short of a length, hits the glove as he takes it hand off, and then it nearly rolls on to the stumps
96.1
0
Hazlewood to Saha, no run, short of a length, into the body, tucked away, but doesn't take the single

It's 11.20am now. A wicket any time in the next 40 minutes will bring the lunch break

END OF OVER:
96 | 1 Run | IND: 274/9

  • Ishant Sharma6 (27b)
  • Wriddhiman Saha20 (31b)
  • Steve O'Keefe21-3-36-1
  • Josh Hazlewood23-4-67-6
95.6
0
O'Keefe to Sharma, no run, full, slow, high, and Ishant defends it. Applause from the crowd. They are right into it
95.5
0
O'Keefe to Sharma, no run, too full, and Ishant smothers the turn
95.4
0
O'Keefe to Sharma, no run, flat, short, some turn, and Ishant defends off the back foot

IND v AUS 2016-17 News

Can India defend?

3

No. of times India have successfully defended targets of less than 188. Two of those against Australia - 107 at Wankhede in 2004 and 143 at MCG in 1981.

Quick wickets

9

No. of balls in which India lost 4 wickets - Rahane, Nair, Pujara and Ashwin. In the first Test, they had lost 4 wickets in a span of 8 balls in their first inns.

Rahul's double

3

No. of openers to score 50+ in both innings of a Test in Bangalore, including Rahul. Other 2: Greenidge (1974) and A Jadeja (1995).

Room for improvement

12.20

KL Rahul's average in the 2nd inns in Tests, before this, compared to his 1st inns average of 60.64. His highest score in the 2nd inns is only 38.

Marsh at No. 4

18

Runs scored by Shaun Marsh at No. 4 position in his last five innings, before today - scores of 0, 0, 0, 2, 16. He has scored a fifty at that position in this innings.

Resolute Renshaw

5

No. of times Matt Renshaw has faced 100+ deliveries in his 9 Test innings, including this innings.

Ashwin again

8

No. of times Ashwin has dismissed Warner in 12 Tests - the most he has dismissed any batsman. Also the most Warner has fallen to any bowler.

Opening high for visitors

7

No. of 50+ opening stands for visiting teams in this Indian home season, including Warner-Renshaw today. The home team has had only 2 such partnerships.