Match Blog: India Lose Pune Test by 333 Runs
All the latest updates and pictures and reactions from Day 3 of the Pune Test.
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- Australia: 260 and 285
- India: 105 and 107 all out in 33.5 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 31, Steve O’Keefe 6/35)
India All Out on 107
Nathan Lyon picks the last wicket of the match. Australia have ended India’s 19-match unbeaten streak in Tests.
The visitors’ first Test win in India since 2008.
Ishant Goes for a Duck
Two wickets in one over again. This time it is Nathan Lyon.
First Jadeja and now Ishant Sharma, he’s sent packing. This one’s an lbw decision.
India: 102/9
Jadeja Bowled
Ok, Steve O’Keefe is finally sharing the spoils. Nathan Lyon picks up his second wicket of the innings. Ravindra Jadeja gets an inside edge on the ball as it heads straight to his stumps.
India: 102/8
Pujara Falls Second Ball Post Tea
This is a complete one man show in Pune now. Steve O’Keefe has trapped Cheteshwar Pujara on 31 for his 12th wicket of the match.
That’s his second wicket of the over.
India: 100/7
O'Keefe Gets Saha Next
Dream run, anyone? Steve O’Keefe has his second five-wicket haul of the match.
Wriddhiman Saha trapped lbw. India now just four wickets from defeat. Still trailing Australia by 342 runs.
Here’s a look at India’s biggest defeats in Tests at home.
Fun Fact: The last Australian, before Steve O'Keefe in Pune now, to take 10 wickets in a Test in India was Greg Matthews, in the 1986 Tied Test
O'Keefe Gets 10 in Pune
Ravichandran Ashwin came out to bat ahead of Wriddhiman Saha but didn't really disturb the scorecard much before Steve O’Keefe trapped him lbw.
The umpire gave ‘not out’. Steve Smith referred this one and the decision was overturned. India lose fifth wicket. The Aussie spinner picks up his 10th wicket of the match.
India: 89/5.
Rahane Goes to O'Keefe
This is looking like it’s going to end today itself. Ajinkya Rahane becomes Steve O’Keefe’s third wicket of the innings. Nathan Lyon with a comfortable catch at cover.
Rahane out on 18. India: 77/4.
Virat Kohli Clean Bowled
Just when India were looking like they were going to get this partnership going, Virat Kohli is castled by Steven O’Keefe. The skipper looks to defend, the ball spins its way past his pads and onto the stumps.
O’Keefe’s second wicket. India need another 394 runs.
After 15 Overs
Two quick wickets and Virat Kohli is at the crease for India with Cheteshwar Pujara. Both batsmen will be carrying disappointments from the first innings with Pujara having scored 6 and Kohli falling for a duck.
India have posted 41/2 in 15 overs
India Lose Second Wicket
Both the openers are back in the hut. But that’s not all India’s lost. Rahul too asks for a review of his lbw decision off Lyon. No change in the call, once again.
India:16/2 in 5.3 overs
Vijay Falls
Murali Vijay and KL Rahul started India’s innings in this monumental chase of 441 runs.
Not too much time spent together in the middle though, Vijay is trapped lbw by O’Keefe. He does ask for a review. There will be no change in the decision.
LUNCH WRAP
Steven Smith led from the front with a century as Australia posted 285 in their second innings at lunch. Dropped by Ajinkya Rahane off Ravichandran Ashwin's bowling, the Australian skipper went on to make the most of the reprieve to post 109, his first century in India. He hit 11 boundaries during his 202-ball stay in the middle before being trapped leg before by Ravindra Jadeja.
Ashwin dismissed Steve O'Keefe to put an end to Australia's second innings at the stroke of lunch. The visitors now have a lead of 440 runs. The spinner was the most successful among the Indians with figures of 4/119. Jadeja and fast bowler Umesh Yadav clinched three and two wickets respectively, while rookie off-spinner Jayant Yadav had one scalp to his name
India need 441 runs to win the match. A historic chase, if they manage.
Australia: 285 all out in 87 overs (Steven Smith 109; R Ashwin 4/119, Ravindra Jadeja 3/65)
Umesh Strikes
Virat Kohli makes a bowling change. Ashwin and Jadeja change to Umesh and the results are there. Fourth delivery of the over and Nathan Lyon is caught lbw on 13.
Australia: 279/9, lead by 434 runs.
Lunch will have to wait. Play continues for half n hour more to possibly wrap up the innings.
Australia Lead by 424
Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe continue to give India a tough time, this time with the bat. The two tough aren't all that India has to fight. There’s history as well!
Australia are piling on their lead and our stats man says India will have to record the highest run-chase in history to win the match.
Australia Eight Down
30 off 31. He was looking for the big runs, having scored three sixes already but Mitchell Starc’s charge is stopped at 31 by Ashwin.
A carrom ball to get his bowling counterpart out. Caught by KL Rahul.
Australia: 258/8
Jadeja Gets Smith
Ravindra Jadeja has managed to get the big wicket India needed this morning. One and a half hours into the day’s play and Steve Smith is back in the hut on 109.
Steve Smith Completes Ton
The Aussie skipper has completed his century. This one will be special. A tough pitch to bat on, only three half centuries in the entire match and Smith reaches the first three-figure mark.
The world’s top Test batsman and his 18th century in the format. 10th Test hundred as Captain.
Wade Walks
The focus is on Wade. He knows what he’s done and three deliveries later - he edges again. This time he’s walking.
Umesh Yadav has got his wicket. Virat has his eyes on Wade, and he’s nodding his head.
The keeper is out on 20. Australia: 204/6
Australia Cross 200
Skipper Steve Smith and Matthew Wade are forging ahead for Australia, crossing the 200-run mark with ease.
On 202, the ball catches an edge off Wade’s bat and Saha catches it low behind the stumps. Wade indicates that it was not out. And the umpire too gives it not out. India have no reviews left and replays show there was a nick.
Virat Kohli is livid, to put it mildly.
Mitch Marsh Out on 31
A thin outside edge is all that’s needed, and India have their first wicket of the day. Ravindra Jadeja’s delivery. Wriddhiman Saha’s safe hands.
Mitch Marsh walks on 31. Australia 169/5.
Smith and Marsh Continue
Smooth sailings for the Aussie skipper and Mitch Marsh in the middle this morning.
India starting with Ashwin and Jadeja from the two ends.
India's Collapse, In Stats
7 wickets in 11 deliveries. On a disaster scale, this Indian collapse rates pretty much on top. And the numbers agree.
Read statistician Arun Gopalakrishnan’s Day 2 analysis here: In Stats: India’s Record Collapse & the Advent of O’Keefe on Day 2
Day 2 Summery
Left-arm spinner Steeve O'Keefe's career-best six-wicket haul gave Australia a firm grip on the first Test against India in Pune on the second day itself. Virat Kohli’s team lost 7 wickets in the space of 11 runs to be bowled out for a pathetic 105, handing the momentum to the Australians, who had themselves folded for an underwhelming 260 here.
With a 155-run cushion on a square turner, Australia pressed home the advantage by finishing the day at 143/4 in their second innings, grabbing a lead of 298 runs on just the second day of the match.