India tour of Australia 2020-21: 3rd Test ends as draw after valiant effort from Team India and series is still level 1-1 with one more test to go in this series.
3rd Test
Game Date: 7th Dec-11th Jan 2021
Result: Draw
Man of the Match: Steve Smith
#TeamIndia have pulled off the most remarkable DRAW!
The series stands at 1-1
Scorecard – https://t.co/tqS209srjN #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/2zkWGJZtZG
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 11, 2021
Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this historical test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.
Day 1.
Australia captain Tim Paine won the toss in the 3rd test against India and decided to bat first at SCG. They made 2 changes in the playing XI and included David Warner and debutant Will Pucovski in place of Joe Burns and injured Travis Head.
Team India made 2 changes for this test match and included Rohit Sharma and Debutant Navdeep Saini in place of Mayank Agarwal and injured Umesh Yadav
KL Rahul is ruled out of this test series due to his injury after Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami.
Australia scored 166/2 at the end of day 1. Due to rain only 55 overs bowled in whole day.
AUS: 166/2 on day 1 stumps
STUMPS!
That's that from Day 1 of the 3rd Test.
Australia 166/2
Scorecard – https://t.co/xHO9oiKGOC #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/7sTrm06djs
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 7, 2021
Stats
– Smith vs Jadeja
474 balls
151 runs
Four dismissals
– This is the first time they facing each other in Australia
– Maiden Test wicket for an Indian bowler that of an opposition debutant:
VS Hazare – AV Bedser, Lord’s 1946
SG Shinde – JT Ikin, Lord’s 1946
Arshad Ayub – WKM Benjamin, Delhi 1987/88
Zaheer Khan – Mehrab Hossain, Dhaka 2000/01
NA Saini – WJ Pucovski, Sydney 2020/21
– David Warner’s last five Tests at SCG:
101 & 4 vs Ind 2014/15
122* vs WI 2015/16
113 & 55 vs Pak 2016/17
56 vs Eng 2017/18
45 & 111* vs NZ 2019/20
– Australia’s opening pair
2nd Test, MCG: Joe Burns & Matthew Wade
3rd Test, SCG: David Warner & Will Pucovski
– The last time Australia opened with four different opening batsmen in successive Tests in a series was in 1985/86.
Andrew Hilditch & Kepler Wessels opened in Perth were replaced by Robbie Kerr & Wayne Phillips in Sydney against New Zealand in 1985/86.
– Cameron Green (21y 197d) & Will Pucovski (22y 339d) are two debutants aged under 23 making debut in the same series for Australia. Last pair to do so in the same series was Mitchell Starc (21y 305d) & James Pattinson (21y 212d) against New Zealand in 2011/12
Day 2.
– Australia bowled out for 338 runs in their first innings despite brilliant century from Steve Smith. For Australia Steve Smith scored 131 runs and Marnus labuschangne scored 91 runs. For India Ravindra Jadega pick 4 wickets.
A bullet throw ☄️from @imjadeja gets the centurion Steve Smith OUT👌🏻
That will be the end of the Australian innings 🇦🇺
Jadeja, pick of the bowlers with 4️⃣ wickets in his bag🔝#TeamIndia #AUSvIND
Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/tqS209srjN pic.twitter.com/Iu45T2fp8c
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 8, 2021
India scored 96/2 in their first innings at day and still trail by 242 runs. Shubman Gill scored his maiden fifty.
AUS: 338
IND: 96/2 on day 2 stumps
STUMPS on Day 2 of the 3rd Test.
India 96/2, trail Australia (338) by 242 runs.
Join us for an all important Day 3 of the 3rd Test tomorrow.
Scorecard – https://t.co/tqS209srjN #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/QnkDalr3wW
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 8, 2021
Stats
– Jadeja’s best figures away from home (Tests)
6/138 v SA Joburg 2013/14
5/152 v SL Colombo SSC 2017
4/62 v Aus Sydney 2020/21 *
4/79 v Eng The Oval 2018
– 14 innings between Steve Smith last century (211 in Manchester) and this in Test cricket the most innings he has had between two hundreds in his career.
– Steve Smith‘s first Test hundred in 22 innings outside Ashes Tests since making 111 on Mar 25, 2017 against India in Dharamsala. In 14 innings against England in the interim, Smith hit six hundreds (and five fifties).
– Most Test hundreds against India – eight each by
Steven Smith (25 inngs) *
Gary Sobers (30 inngs)
Viv Richards (41 inngs)
Ricky Ponting (51 inngs)
– Pat Cummins batting average:
Till India series, 2018/19: 21.12 (29 innings)
Since: 9.38 (18 innings)
Cummins faced an average of 52.1 balls per dismissal till India series in 2018/19 which has come down to 32.3 since.
– Pujara – Rahane avg partnerships
in Asia: 65.43 (15 inngs)
outside Asia: 24.47 (15 inngs)
– Youngest Indian openers to score 50+ outside Asia
20y 44d Ravi Shastri in Eng, 1982
20y 108d Madhav Apte in WI, 1952/53 (he hit four 50+ scores in the tour)
20y 112d Prithvi Shaw in NZ, 2019/20
21y 122d Shubman Gill in Aus, 2020/21
– This is the first time India’s openers have lasted 20 overs in a Test outside Asia since Sehwag & Gambhir played out 29.3 overs in the second innings of the Centurion Test in Dec 2010 – 92 innings ago.
– Rohit & Gill have already outlasted more overs than the openers combined in the first four innings in the series (8.5 overs) and also it was first 50+ partnerships in this series.
Day 3.
India bowled out for 244 runs in their first innings and Australia have now lead of 94 runs. Shubman Gill scored 50 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara also scored 50 runs. For Australia Pat Cummins pick 4 wickets.
#TeamIndia's innings ends at 244, which is 94 short of Australia's first innings total of 338.
Action will soon resume after the Tea break. #AUSvIND
Details – https://t.co/lHRi0Qef30 pic.twitter.com/21p2B9SLTV
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 9, 2021
= Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadega was hit on the left elbow and left thumb while batting in the second session on Saturday. They have been taken for scans. Wriddhimaan Saha will do wicket-keeping.
Australia scored 103/2 at the end of day 3 stumps and they have only lead of 197 runs with 8 wickets in hand and they were in very strong position.
AUS: 338 and 103/2 at the day 3 stumps
IND: 244
Stumps on Day 3 of the 3rd Test.
Australia 338 & 103/2, lead India (244) by 197 runs.
Scorecard – https://t.co/tqS209srjN #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/QuuisLrasN
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 9, 2021
Stats
– Batsmen dismissed most often by R Ashwin (Tests)
10 D Warner *
9 A Cook
7 E Cowan/ B Stokes
Only Stuart Broad has dismissed Warner more often in Test cricket – 12 times.
– Substitute wicketkeepers effecting a dismissal for India in Tests:
D Karthik vs SA Joburg 2017/18 (replaced Partiv)
W Saha vs Aus Sydney 2020/21
– Last time Australia lost a home Test after batting first and taking a first innings lead was against South Africa at the WACA in 2008/09. The lead for Australia then was 94 is exactly the same in this Test.
– Seventh time three or more Indian batsmen have been run-out in an innings. Last was against England in Mohali in 2008/09 is Sehwag, Laxman & Yuvraj were dismissed run-out in the second innings
– Indian batsmen dismissed run-out this series is Kohli, Rahane, Vihari & Ashwin. The last time four or more of India’s top eight got run-out in a series was in Pakistan in 1989/90 is Sachin Tendulkar’s maiden Test series. Manjrekar, Azharuddin, Sidhu, Prabhakar & Tendulkar were runout in that series.
– Pujara vs Cummins this series
Five inngs
129 balls
119 dots
19 runs
SR 14.73
Four dismissals
– Pujara’s slowest 50s
173 balls vs SA Joburg 2018
174 balls vs Aus Sydney 2021
– In both innings he was dismissed exactly for the score of 50, both times caught by WK.
Day 4.
Australia declared their 2nd innings for 312/6 and set the target of 402 runs for India. Cameron Green scored 84 runs and Steve Smith scored 81 runs. For India Ashwin and Saini picks 2 wickets each.
Australia have declared their 2nd innings at 312-6 and #TeamIndia will now need 407 runs to win the 3rd Border-Gavaskar Test. #AUSvIND
Details – https://t.co/lHRi0Qef30 pic.twitter.com/pWfGLG7T4G
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 10, 2021
Team India scored 98/2 at the end of day 4 and still they need 309 runs to win on last day and Australia need 8 wickets to win this test match.
AUS: 338 and 312/6d
IND: 244 and 98/2 on day 4 stumps
Stumps on Day 4 of the 3rd Test.
A big final day coming tomorrow. India need 309 runs to win.
Scorecard – https://t.co/tqS209srjN #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/WEi4QhlpV9
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 10, 2021
Stats
– Last time India’s openers batted out 20+ overs in each innings of a Test (home or away)
Sehwag & Gambhir against Pakistan in Bengaluru in 2004/05
23.2 overs in 1st inngs
23.4 overs in 2nd inngs
– First 50+ opening partnership in fourth innings for India away from home since Wasim Jaffer & Virender Sehwag put together 109 against West Indies in Basseterre in 2006. Two 50+ opening partnership for India in a Test outside Asia and eighth time overall, last coming in at Trent Bridge in 2018 (Dhawan & Rahul).
– The last time a team batted out 100+ overs in the fourth innings to save a Test in Australia was South Africa in Adelaide in 2012/13 (148 overs).
– Only seven times India have batted out 100+ overs in the fourth innings to save a Test and only twice outside Asia (Bridgetown, 1975/76 & Oval, 1979). Last time they did that anywhere was against SL at Colombo SSC in 1997 (100 overs).
– Scoring a century & half-century in a Test most times
10 S SMITH
9 J Kallis
8 A Cook
7 A Border/ S Tendulkar/ R Ponting/ K Sangakkara/ V Kohli
– Scoring 50+ in both innings of a Test most times:
15 R Ponting
14 J Kallis/ A Cook
13 A Border
12 K Sangakkara
11 Inzamam-ul-Haq/ S Chanderpaul/ S SMITH
– Two 100+ p’ships by a pair in a Test vs India
R Dias – D Mendis Chennai 1982
Younis Khan – Mohd Yousuf Faisalabad 2005/06
M Labuschagne – S Smith Sydney 2020/21 *
– all three partnerships coming for the third wicket
Day 4.
India scored 334/5 and draw this test match with their remarkable performance. Rishabh Pant scored 97 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara scored 77 runs. For Australia Lyon and Hazlewood picks 2 wickets each.
Stats
– Most overs batted out by India in 4th innings in draws
150.5 v Eng Oval 1979
136.0 v WI Kolkata 1948/49
132.0 v WI Mumbai BS 1958/59
131.0 v Pak Delhi 1979/80
131.0 v Aus Sydney 2020/21 *
– Most overs batted out by Asian teams in 4th innings in draws in Australia
131.0 Ind Sydney 2020/21 *
89.5 Ind Sydney 2014/15
85.0 SL Cairns 2004
75.0 Ind Adelaide 1980/81
– 131 overs is the most number of overs India have batted in the fourth innings of a Test since 1980.
– Hanuma Vihari‘s 7(112) a SR of 6.25 is currently the slowest innings by an Indian player (where balls faced details available). Yashpal Sharma hit 13(157) in Adelaide in 1980/81 is SR of 8.28. He was also on seven after 112 balls at one point in the innings.
– Lyon to Ashwin:
in Ind: 51 balls | Five dismissals
in Aus: 218 balls | No dismissals (before this innings)
– Ashwin has batted 100+ balls in an innings 11 times and last was against England in Chennai in Dec 2016, 41 innings ago.
– Highest 4th wkt p’ships for India in 4th innings:
148 C Pujara – R Pant v Aus Sydney 2020/21
139 Rusi Modi – Vijay Hazare v WI Mumbai BS 1948/49
122 Dilip Vengsarkar – Yashpal Sharma v Pak Delhi 1979/80
– Highest scores by India’s wicket-keepers in 4th innings
114 R Pant v Eng Oval 2018
97 R Pant v Aus Sydney 2020/21 *
76* MS Dhoni v Eng Lord’s 2007
67* P Patel v Eng Mohali 2016/17
A partnership to remember – @ashwinravi99 & @Hanumavihari
62* off 259 deliveries 👌👌#TeamIndia #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/jKR6lO9LHP
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 11, 2021
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