INDIA 1st innings 109

Australia 1st innings 197

INDIA 2nd innings

Rohit Sharma lbw Nathan Lyon 12

Shubman Gill b Nathan Lyon 5

Cheteshwar Pujara c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon 59

Virat Kohli lbw Matthew Kuhnemann 13

Ravindra Jadeja lbw Nathan Lyon 7

Shreyas Iyer c Usman Khawaja b Mitchell Starc 26

Srikar Bharat b Nathan Lyon 3

Ravichandran Ashwin lbw Nathan Lyon 16

Axar Patel Not Out 15

Umesh Yadav c Cameron Green b Nathan Lyon 0

Mohammed Siraj b Nathan Lyon 0

Extras 3b 4lb 0nb 0pen 0w 7

Total (60.3 overs) 163 all out

Fall of Wickets : 1-15 Gill, 2-32 Sharma, 3-54 Kohli, 4-78 Jadeja, 5-113 Iyer, 6-118 Bharat, 7-140 Ashwin, 8-155 Pujara, 9-155 Yadav, 10-163 Siraj

Bowling: Mitchell Starc 7 – 1 – 14 – 1, Matthew Kuhnemann 16 – 2 – 60 – 1,

Nathan Lyon 23.3 – 1- 64 – 8, Todd Murphy 14 – 6 – 18 – 0.

Aussies close on victory as Lyon wrecks

India top order with 8-64

Australia are on the verge of victory inside three days in the third Test against India after Nathan Lyon claimed eight for 64 in Indore on Thursday.

Following a first-innings score of 109, India were dismissed for 163 in their second go.

Australia need just 76 to win – but have to score them on a pitch where 30 wickets have fallen within two days.

Victory for Australia would secure their place in the final of the World Test Championship in June.

India lead the four-Test series 2-0 after big wins in Delhi and Nagpur, and they know a 3-1 series win or better will guarantee their place in the World Test Championship final at The Oval.

The second day began with Australia resuming on 156-4, and after overnight batters Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb added 30 to the total, the tourists lost their last six wickets for 11 runs to fold for 197.

It left Australia with a lead of 88 and Lyon wrecked India’s top order before they could erase their deficit.

He removed both openers, Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma, before dismissing Ravindra Jadeja, while Matthew Kuhnemann claimed the prized wicket of Virat Kohli (13).

Only Cheteshwar Pujara (59) resisted to keep India in the contest, but a superb one-handed catch from stand-in captain Steve Smith at leg slip dismissed him off Lyon’s bowling.

“It’s a difficult pitch to bat on. I hope we’ll be able to bowl them out,” Pujara said.

“I know it’s not enough. Seventy-five may look like it’s not too many, but still, there is a chance.”(BBC Sport).