Australia danger man Steve Smith was unbeaten on 76 but India snared the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade to leave the th...
Australia danger man Steve Smith was unbeaten on 76 but India snared the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade to leave the third Test finely poised at lunch on day two Friday.
On an overcast and breezy morning at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the hosts resumed at 166 for two after losing 35 overs to showers on day one, when they lost David Warner for five and Will Pucovski scored 62 on debut.
After a session that started half-an-hour early to make up for lost time, but was also hit by two rain breaks, Australia had moved to 249 for five by lunch.
All-rounder Cameron Green was out without scoring to Jasprit Bumrah on the last ball before the break, after Labuschagne (91) and Wade (13) both fell to the spin of Ravindra Jadeja.
Labuschagne resumed on 67 and Smith 31, with both men, close friends, making the most of a relatively flat pitch to bring up a 100-partnership.
It was a typically patient innings from Labuschagne on a ground where he scored 215 this time last year against New Zealand.
But as he closed in on a fifth Test century, he was bamboozled by Jadeja.
Facing a ball that took extra bounce, he thick-edged it to Ajinkya Rahane at slip, with...
