The visitors lost their last seven wickets for 73 runs, and the last five for 25 runs, as they were bowled out for 307 runs in the second innings.

After bowling out India for 307, Australia were set a target of 323 but have lost four wickets in the bargain, courtesy of Ashwin and Shami's strikes. India are 6 wickets away from a win.

Taking a leaf out of Pujara's book, Head scored a 167-ball 72 to steer Australia to 235 on the third day of first Test on Saturday.

Ashwin will obviously play a more crucial now role because with the rough, said Bumrah.

Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul put India in a strong position after day three's play in the Adelaide Test.

Ganguly termed India's batting display as 'loose' and said that the batsmen failed in their shot selection.

Pujara scored 246-ball 123 to pull India out of trouble in the ongoing match at Adelaide Oval.

The talismanic batsman, who is famous for his grounded shots and hard-fought run between the wickets broke his almost five years jinx.

Australia dominated proceedings most of the day but Cheteshwar Pujara's 123 guided India to 250/9 at stumps on day one of the Adelaide Test.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored 123 off 246 balls to bail India out of trouble and help the visitors post 250/9 at the end of the first day's play in Adelaide.

India were in danger of being bowled out cheaply after reckless batting in the opening two sessions, but Pujara scored 123 runs as India reached stumps at 250 for 9.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 16th Test ton before falling for 123 off 246 balls at the Adelaide Oval in the first Test versus Australia.

It will be surely a series to watch out for before the 2019 ICC World Cup and both teams will give their all to achieve the glory and the journey will start from Adelaide Oval.

The 30-year-old batsman said that injury to their pacers is not a big concern for the team as they have now got the sufficient bench strength.

R Ashwin struggled against Cricket Australia XI in the tour game and has taken 21 wickets at an average of 54.71 in six previous Tests in Australia.

Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari and Cheteshwar Pujara struck fifties as India scored 358 on Day 2 of the tour game versus Cricket Australia XI.

Ahead of another season, it would be too early to speculate if there will be a first-time winner of Ranji Trophy.

The Vijay Hazare Trophy will be played in New Delhi where last year's runners-up Saurashtra will play their first match against Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA).

There are very high chances that KL Rahul will sit out at the Oval Test as visitors will like to experiment with young players like Prithvi Shaw or Hanuma Vihari.

Chasing a tricky target of 245, India were bowled out for a paltry 184 on the fourth day on a pitch where survival wasn't a problem.