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Cricket | January 07, 2021 13:18 ISTIndia vs Australia 3rd Test Day 1: When and where to watch (IND vs AUS) 3rd Test Live Cricket Score Streaming Online.
India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 1: When and where to watch (IND vs AUS) 3rd Test Live Cricket Score Streaming Online.
Ahead of third test match against Australia, Team India stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane said that the team is focused on playing some "good cricket."
While Ashwin is currently leading the wicket-takers' chart with 10 scalps, Jadeja's half-century and the hundred plus stand with skipper Rahane in the second Test formed the cornerstone of India's eight-wicket win in Melbourne.
Rahane, while sidestepping on unconfirmed series pull-out threats, made it clear that the focus is on the Test match starting tomorrow at the SCG.
The stand-in skipper also added that the call on future of fourth Test in Brisbane will be taken by BCCI and team management.
The MCG win of eight wickets helped Rahane maintain his 100 per cent winning streak as a skipper although in only three Tests
In the cryptic message, Jaffer explained how he spent his day with each of his actions hinting towards a player that he would want in the lineup. He then suggested fans to decode the message.
Lyon acknowledges that the stand-in Indian skipper was extremely good against him in the Boxing Day Test and the spinner has chalked out plans against Rahane for the Sydney Test.
The win in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was also remarkable considering India were without their talismanic batsman Virat Kohli and ace pacers Ishant Sharma and Mohammad Shami.
Rahane's dogged 112, which according to head coach Ravi Shastri was the turning point of the game, became the cornerstone of India's famous win in the second Test in Melbourne.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, meanwhile, ended the year at the top position after he dethroned Australia's Steve Smith, who slipped to the third spot after managing scores of 0 and 8 in the two innings at MCG.
Tendulkar was all praise for Rahane's captaincy as well as his match-changing hundred on a day when batting was difficult under overcast conditions.
Ajinkya Rahane-inspired India defeated Australia at the MCG by eight wickets to level the four-match series 1-1.
It took less than an entire four days for the same Indian team, who were without four of their main players - Kohli, Shami, Ishant Sharma and injured Umesh Yadav - to wrap up an epic comeback, one to be part of India's cricket folklore for ages to come.
India's fifth bowler, Ravindra Jadeja who played as an all-rounder came good after pacer Umesh Yadav limped off the field early in Australia's second innings on Monday following pain in his ankle.
The 58-year-old former India all-rounder compared Rahane to Kohli, saying that though both are good readers of the game they are different in nature.
Following the eight-wicket win, Virat Kohli took to Twitter to congratulate the Indian team and Ajinkya Rahane for his captaincy.
Rahane, who scored a brilliant century in the first innings to lead India's revival after they were reduced to 116/4, said going in with five bowlers worked well.
With the win, Rahane, the Man of the Match for his 112 and 27*, etched his name in history for his inspiring captaincy while India extended their supremacy in Melbourne hence adding to Australia's woes at the venue.
India’s comprehensive victory, led brilliantly by stand-in skipper and man of the match Ajinkya Rahane, levels the four-match series at one-all.
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