INDIA 303/4 (90.0 ov, CA Pujara 130*, GH Vihari 39*, NM Lyon 1/88) - Stumps | Match Report | ESPNCricinfo

But had he succeeded, and planted doubt in Australia's mind about their holding bowler, at a time when they had dropped the allrounder from the XI, their big three quicks might have had an even tougher outing.Starc, who is one wicket shy of 200, Cummins and Josh Hazlewood did their best to stay threatening through the day, bowling at 140 kph and above. His struggles as opener continued, a good length ball from Hazlewood grabbing his edge and going to first slip.Mike Hussey, who was on commentary at the time, recalled a chat he had with Rahul in Melbourne where the India batsman said he felt like he was in an awkward phase of his career. Big time.A surprise choice for first drop, Marnus Labuschagne spent the opening day at Sydney watching and learning from his Indian counterpart, Cheteshwar PujaraPujara's success in Australia goes much deeper than the 30 hours he has spent at the crease so far in this series. Twitter applauded Cheteshwar Pujara after his third hundred in the ongoing Australia-India Test seriesIndia's No. 3 made his third century of the series, helping his team into a position of strength to perhaps take more than a share of the Border-Gavaskar TrophyTo help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies?