India vs Australia - 4th Test, Day 3: Talking Points

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started off aggressively

Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill continued playing positive cricket in the morning session treating Mitchell Starc with disdain, the opening pair smacked him and other spinners as well. Matt Kuhnemann got Australia their first breakthrough when he made Sharma play an ugly shot, spin once again did the trick for the Aussies but this pitch was very different from what we have been witnessing throughout this series. India went on to win the first session of play on day 3 and the Australian bowlers toiled hard but were unable to get the desired results.

Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara stitched a brilliant partnership

Gill and Pujara had a pivotal 113-run partnership for the second wicket three figures becoming the first Indian opener to score a century in all formats in the same year following his double century in ODI in January and his maiden T20I century last month. Pujara was trapped leg before wicket by Todd Murphy bowling round the wicket, the ball just straightened from the line and it was enough to break the big stand, but India were in a solid position in the game and Virat Kohli walked into bat with the pitch looking quite flat and full of runs.

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Virat Kohli answers his critics with a gritty fifty

Virat Kohli had some early trouble against Nathan Lyon on 3 consecutive deliveries but he looked like a compact batter which he is after tea. Gill and Kohli added 58 runs for the third wicket but it was time for Shubman Gill to depart as Nathan Lyon snared his wicket trapping him in front of the sticks also getting his first and only wicket of the match so far. Ravindra Jadeja got a promotion at number 5 ahead of Shreyas Iyer and he has added 44 runs in a slow-scoring final session with Kohli and broke the shackles with a big six over long-on. Virat Kohli is unbeaten on a well-made 59 but India still trail by 191 runs with the score at 289/3. Shubman Gill scored a record-making ton (128) and was the star of the day for India.

Tough day for the Aussie bowlers

Only three wickets fell in the day which had little amount of something for the spinners. Australia need to pull a trick off the hat tomorrow to push for a positive result as India which bats deep gets closer to the total. Virat Kohli also looks set for another big knock and India will be looking to take a lead tomorrow (Day 4), they will try to play only 1 inning and try to get the Aussies bundled out on the last day (Day 5) of this test match.