IND vs AUS 3rd Test LIVE Score: India 84/7 at Lunch as Australian spinners make blazing start

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We are back after lunch. India have Ashwin and Axar batting, while Matt Kuhnemann, who has three wickets so far, will start the proceedings for Australia in the second session of the day. 

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Perfect start for Australia. Their batters will have it tough but right now their spinners are shining. India have lost seven wickets in just the first session of the match. While Lyon and Kuhnemann were great, the shot selection from Rohit, who got stumped, and Iyer, who chopped on, wasn't great. Horizontal shots on this track are equivalent to batting suicide. 

India still have Ashwin and Axar batting, and the management will hope they can take the team to at least 150, if not more. 

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LUNCH on DAY  1

After 26 overs,India 84/7 ( Axar Patel 6 , Ravichandran Ashwin 1)

India are 84/7 at the end of first session

Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each while Todd Murphy got the wicket of Virat Kohli

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Pacer Mitch Starc is back in action to bowl the last over before lunch. What a session this has been for Australia. 

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Srikar Bharat lbw b Lyon 17(30) 

Another batter bites the dust. He looked well settled in but gets out LBW as Lyon gets the ball to drift in nicely to beat the inside edge. 

R Ashwin joins Axar Patel in the middle.

IND 82/7

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First maximum of the match comes from Bharat's bat off Murphy. A slog sweep over the midwicket. Maybe a counterattack is the right way to go about it here. 

IND 82/6

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Axar gets a boundary off Lyon. Short ball and the left-hander punishes it through the covers.

IND 75/6

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Axar Patel is the new man in for India as Australia also recall Lyon after a small break, replacing Kuhnemann in the attack.

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Kohli falls, lbw b Murphy 22(52) 

After a brief fight, the former skipper is back in the hut. Murphy gets his first wicket. 

Kohli came on the front foot for a defence but the ball drifted in to beat the inside edge and dismiss the batter LBW. It also stayed low. 

IND 70/6

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Change of ends for Kuhnemann. he's back operating, with Murphy now as Lyon gets a breather. Kuhnemann has three wickets so far. 

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After 20 overs,India 69/5 ( Virat Kohli 21 , Srikar Bharat (W) 10)

Things have calmed down a little. Todd Murphy is now bowling in tandem with Lyon. A breather for Kuhnemann. Three runs have come in the last three overs with Kohli and Bharat batting cautiously.

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Hayden and Shastri, on air, spoke about how it will be a proper battle of attrition now on this pitch and it seems like Kohli is in the mood for the same. The star batter has got to 19 off 30, showing some good application on the spinning track. 

Meanwhile, KS Bharat gets a four at midwicket off Lyon. 

IND 66/5

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50 up for India in tough conditions, but they have also lost five wickets.

Virat Kohli and KS Bharat are at the crease.

Kohli gets a four after India get to fifty off Kuhnemann. Short ball and the batter smashes it to midwicket.

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LOL!

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India five down

Shreyas Iyer b Kuhnemann 0(2)

Iyer is a good player of spin but here he was trying to play a cut shot as the ball stayed low and the edge ran down to the stumps

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Jadeja is out

Jadeja c Kuhnemann b Lyon 4(9)

India all-rounder falls on the next ball after surviving an LBW call from the umpire. He smashed the short ball straight to the short extra-cover fielder. 

IND 44/4

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Jadeja survives

This looked plumb but Jadeja wanted to get it checked and this has worked for him. Arm ball from Nathan Lyon hit his pads straight in the line of stumps but there was an inside edge.

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Just 10 overs gone in this match and we already have Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli at the crease. Matt Kuhnemann got two wickets and Nathan Lyon added one more. Matt Hayden was clear in the pitch report that this will be a spin-friendly track but it has turned out to be a graveyard. Let's see what is to follow next. 

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Jadeja and axar watching this turn and bounce and smacking their lips.— Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee) March 1, 2023

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What is happening?

Pujara b Lyon 1(4)

This is a spin paradise. Lyon in his first over gets the ball to turn in viciously and Pujara has been cleaned up. 

IND 36/3

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Kuhnemann strikes again!

Shubman Gill c Smith b Kuhnemann 21(18) 

Gill experiment fails for now. Went for a forward defence but the ball spun away, took the edge and went into the safe hands of the slip fielder. 

IND 34/2

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Gill has hurt himself diving to avoid a run out in Starc's over. The opener is now receiving some treatment for the bruises around the abdomen.

He's alright and the over comes to an end.

IND 34/1

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Kuhnemann strikes!

Rohit st Carey b Kuhnemann 12(23)

Rohit is gone. He survived twice in the first over but falls immediately after the spinner comes on. 

The India skipper charged down the ground, but the ball turned away and Carey did the rest. 

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Five overs of pace and Australia now bring in the spinner...the pitch is dry and seems to have cracks, so a forced decision in many ways.

Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann is bowling and has already beaten Rohit once.

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Angled fuller ball from Starc and Rohit drives it uppishly over the mid-on fielder to collect four more runs.

IND 26/0

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Another boundary for Gill. This time he takes a step forward to the fuller ball from Green and drives it through the cover region.

IND 22/0

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Cameron Green is bowling from the other end. He bowls a wide ball and Gill throws his bat at it. Thick edge flies over the slip cordon for a four. 

IND 18/0

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Width on offer from Starc and Rohit blasts that through the cover region. Shaky but unscathed start for India here.

IND 14/0

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More drama from the first over....

Apart from the caught behind, Australia also lost another opportunity as Starc managed to beat Rohit's inside edge to hit him on the pads. Height was an issue, so Australia didn't review, but ball tracker shows it would have been out.

Poor umpiring from Nitin Menon, do doubt. 

IND 10/0 after 2 overs

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Chance missed

Rohit edged the first ball of the Test match off Starc, trying to defend the length ball. Australia however decided to not for the review but UltraEdge shows there's a spike. Terrific start.

Rohit gets away in the over with a boundary.

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Time for live action in IND vs AUS 3rd Test

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are at the crease for India, while Mitch Starc will open the bowling for Australia.

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Get to know the Indore venue

Spick and span Indore brings old world charm to modern cricket, writes Sahil from the city.

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Steve Smith at toss: "The pitch looks pretty dry and no surprises Rohit Sharma decided to bat first. Hopefully we can execute our skills early and put the Indian batters under pressure. The break came in at a good time for us. Obviously disappointing how we ended the last Test match and the guys have had time to reflect, rest and get back into preparation. Just need stick to our methods for longer periods, we went away from it especially in the second innings in Delhi." 

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Rohit Sharma at toss: "We will bat first. Like you said the morale is high and the guys are confident about their skills which is a good thing going forward. We have played a lot of cricket (in Indore) but this one (pitch) is slightly different. Looks little dry and you have to adapt your skills. We have to try and repeat the things we did in the first two Tests."

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India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj

Australia XI: Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann

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TOSS NEWS: India win toss and opt to bat first in Indore

Rohit Sharma informs that KL Rahul will be replaced by Shubman Gill, while Umesh Yadav will be playing as Mohammed Shami has been rested.

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Pitch report

Matthew Hayden and Murali Kartik recommend the pitch is similar to what we had in the first two Tests, so bat first.

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Mission Indore is a go!

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