Openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill took India to 13/0 at lunch and now trail Australia by 75 runs on day two of third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin picked three wickets each to lead a frantic fightback and bowl out visitors for 197 in their first innings at the Holkar Stadium, here on Thursday.
The first hour of the morning session belonged to Australia as India were unable to make breakthroughs in 16 overs. But after the drinks break, things turned dramatically in the second hour as Umesh and Ashwin took 3/12 and 3/44 respectively.
While Umesh was efficient with his exhibition of reverse swing and reached 100 Test wickets at home, Ashwin was able to extract turn, and use it with flight to trigger an Australian batting meltdown, as they lost their last six wickets for just 11 runs in 28 balls. Though, visitors took a healthy lead of 88 runs.
