Rahane, Pujara put on 100-run stand
March 07, 2017  09:42


India 220-4 (76 ovs) & 189 vs
Aus 276 | Scorecard


Left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe to open the bowling for Australia on Day 4. Cheteshwar Pujara turns the first ball on the leg side to get a single and three balls later Rahane drives it to sweeper cover for another run.

Spinners from both end for Australia to being the fourth day. He gets Rahane to edge the first ball but it falls short of the fielder in the slips before he takes a single in the covers. The last ball is a bit short as Pujara steers it past point for a couple.

Pujara gets an inside edge off O'Keefe as Peter Handscomb at short leg appeals for a low catch at short leg which the umpire refers upstairs. His soft signal is not out and the replays show that the ball did bounce just before Handscomb took it. He cuts the last ball of the over to deep point for a single to raise the 100-run stand for the fifth wicket from 221 balls.

This is the first time in the series that either of the teams has put up a 100-run stand.

However, Lyon strikes in the very next over with the key wicket of Pujara, who is given out leg before wicket. He immediately takes the DRS and it proves to be a good decision as the impact is on the leg stump and the ball is going on to miss the stumps courtesy of the turn. Pujara made the mistake of going right back in the crease but the big turn saved him this time around.

So, for the first time in six attempts, a DRS decision has gone India's way.
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