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Ranchi Test: Stumps called as Australia lose 2nd wicket
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16:42 Jadeja strikes again!
Aus 23-2 (7.2 ovs) and 451 vs India 603-9 (210 ovs) | Scorecard
Australia's nightwatchman Nathan Lyon bowled by Jadeja.
And with that wicket, stumps have been called.
It was a day dominated by India -- first by Pujara, Saha and Jadeja and then by bowler Jadeja, who picked two quick wickets to rattle Australia.
It will be interesting to see how Australia go about Day 5 as India will look give nothing away to the opponents and wrap up the match for victory.
16:32 Jadeja takes first wicket
Aus 19-1 (6 ovs) and 451 vs India 603-9 (210 ovs) | Scorecard
Warner goes for 14!
Jadeja gets some turn off the rough and Warner is bowled through the gates!
Australia have 2 overs to see out the Indian bowlers till close of play.
Some turn here for the bowlers but Warner and Renshaw tackling the spin well.
16:23 India start with spinners at both ends
Aus 12-0 and 451 vs India 603-9 (210 ovs) | Scorecard
Ravindra Jadeja bowls second over. He is well negotiated by Warner and Matt Renshaw.
Virat Kohli gives the ball to Ashwin to open the bowling.
David Warner starts positively, cutting Ashwin for two fours.
16:06 Jadeja gets to his half century
India 603-9 (210 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
India have declared their first innings on 606-9 after taking a big lead of 152.
Australia will have to see off eight overs in the day without losing wickets if they have to give themselves a chance in the match.
Ravindra Jadeja scored another valuable half-century off 53 balls.
He then works a Cummins delivery fine to the boundary.
15:56 Jadeja now closes in on another half-century
India 595-9 (209 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Umesh Yadav comes down the track to O'Keefe only to hand a catch to David Warner, who takes a good low catch at mid-off.
Umesh Yadav hits Cummins for a four towards point.
Cummins comes back with a bouncer.
Umesh finds another boundary as India's lead goes to 144.
Jadeja deceived in the air. But Wade takes time to knock off the bails.
He swings his arm and gets two runs off O'Keefe.
Jadeja now closes in on another half-century.
Jadeja strikes O'Keefe for a straight, big six.
Lyon gets smashed for a straight six overhead by Jadeja.
15:29 Jadeja-Umesh at crease
India 565-8 (203 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Jadeja knocks around Hazlewood for a couple on the on-side. Good runing by Jadeja and Umesh.
Hazlewood running in hard and shares some words with Jadeja.
Umesh Yadav scampers for a run off the fifth ball, gives Jadeja the strike, who can manage just a single.
O'Keefe to Jadeja, he manages just a single.
Umesh blocks successfully to see off O'Keefe.
Hazlewood running in again at full throttle.
Jadeja runs the ball to third man past gully for a boundary.
Jadeja's pulls one, goes up in the air but falls short of the long-on fielder.
Jadeja takes a run off O'Keefe.
India take 100-run lead.
Umesh does well to block next five deliveries.
Jadeja has a swing and misses and then survives a near run-out.
Smith gives the ball to Hazlewood as they get the last two wickets quickly.
Umesh Yadav gets lucky. Tries to swing his arm, ball balloons up into the air and O'Keefe drops the catch.
Hazlewood frustrated.
15:08 India lose both set batsmen
India 548-8 (197 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Jadeja plays across the line to fire O'Keefe for a boundary on the leg side.
India now have an 96-run lead.
Saha out!
Saha looking to go big but sends the ball straight to Maxwell at mid-off.
O'Keefe gets his second wicket.
Jadeja replaces his Saurashtra mate Pujara in the middle.
He sends Lyon for a boundary, Hazlewood at backward point can't stop the ball from going to the ropes.
14:58 Lyon breaks partnership
India 533-7 (194 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Pujara's dogged resistance came to an end when he chipped a Lyon delivery in the air to Maxwell at mid-wicket.
Pujara took 525 balls and batted for 668 minutes, recording the longest innings by an Indian.
Saha goes inside-out to hit O'Keefe for a boundary on the off side.
14:48 Saha scores third century
India 521-6 (120 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Pujara gets to his 2nd double ton against Australia. He pushes Lyon for a single to get to the landmark.
Saha and Pujara push for the singles.
Saha doesn't time a hoick over the bowler's head. Renshaw dives to save a certain boundary. Three runs earned.
Pujara takes another single to get to 199.
Saha goes down the track, looking to go big on O'Keefe but the ball stops on him and he plays it back to the bowler.
Pujara pulls O'Keefe for a boundary to get to 195.
Both batsmen running hard between wickets.
14:48 India in control
India 505-6 (189 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Australia start with Glenn Maxwell after tea and Saha gets to his century off 214 balls.
Saha has been instrumental in sharing a record partnership of 177 runs with Pujara.
14:14 Pujara records longest innings by an Indian
India 503-6 (188 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
And that is tea!
India take 52-run lead while Saha and Pujara have stitched up a 175-run record partnership for the 7th wicket vs Australia in Test cricket.
Cheteshwar's innings is the longest by an Indian in Tests, in terms of balls faced, beating Rahul Dravid's effort vs Pakistan in 2004
Smith misfields to let Saha get a single and go to 99.
Pujara hits Lyon for a single.
Saha has paced his innings well to get to his century. An invaluable one indeed!
O'Keefe bowls, Saha takes a run. Pujara grabs another single.
Saha tackles O'Keefe nicely. He is no hurry, playing the ball to its merit.
O'Keefe gets one to pitch up.
He slaps Lyon for a boundary and then picks a single to head to a century.
14:00 Pujara-Saha soldier on
India 490-6 (184 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
India now stretch their lead to 40. Last five overs India have scored 23 runs.
Lyon comes in for Cummins.
Saha guides that behind the stumps for a couple.
Saha inching towards his century here.
13:39 Pujara-Saha stitch 150-run partnership
India 478-6 (178 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Pat Cummins bowling his 35th over.
Saha plays one near short mid-on, ball ball short of Renshaw.
Pujara and Saha soldier on as India accumulate the runs.
Some words exchanged between Cummins and Pujara.
Pujara runs a single down to the leg side, Saha-Pujara complete 150-run partnership.
13:19 India take lead
India 471-6 (175 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
India take 20-run lead.
O'Keefe bowls another lovely over. Maiden bowled.
Hazlewood bangs one in short, Pujara gets the edge, ball goes flying past keeper Wade on the leg side.
Ball goes through Pujara's bat and hits his back leg thigh guard. Wade catches it. Australia not interested in the referral.
O'Keefe continues over the wicket. Bowling a leg stump line to Saha, hardly troubling the batsmen.
Saha picks a run and now Saha and Pujara have posted a record seventh-wicket partnership (133 runs) against Australia in Tests.
India see off O'Keefe.
Hazlewood continues from the other end.
Pujara guides one off his legs for a single.
Hazlewood banging in the ball short but Saha tops Hazlewood challenge.
12:49 India frustrate Australia
India 457-6 (169 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
India take six-run lead.
Saha comes down the wicket to O'Keefe but only gets a single on the off side.
Pujara also using his feet against the left-arm spinner to guide the ball on the on-side beating the fielder and stealing a single.
Cummins continues at the other end.
He has put in the work today but with no success.
He has bent his back, searching for his 5th wicket. Bowling at a good line and length, Cummins is persevering in his 34th over.
He has kept India batsmen quite for a while.
O'Keefe replaces Hazlewood.
He gets Pujara outside the line on the pads. The left-arm spinner starts well, gives only one run in that over.
12:27 India 435-6 at lunch
India 448-6 (164 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Saha hammers Cummins through the covers for an immaculate boundary.
Cummins makes Saha smell leather. What a superb delivery!
Another delivery making Saha play! What pace and bounce!
Saha being tested here, but does well to stay put.
Josh Hazlewood at the other end.
He beats Pujara.
Hazlewood bowls straighter, Pujara whips the ball through his pads for a boundary on the off side.
Pat Cummins starts the session after lunch.
Saha punches it through the covers for a beautiful boundary.
Cummins comesback with the inswinger.
Pressure now on Australia to put the breaks on India's scoring and that breakthrough.
Last ball off the over, Cummins bowls a peach of a delivery. Australia still unsuccessful.
11:38 Trail Australia by 16 runs
India 435-6 (161 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Lunch is called as India make 435 for 6. The hosts trail by 16 runs.
India dominated the morning session, making 75 runs, as Pujara and Saha batted with ease.
Australia have frittered away a good total by some ordinary bowling in the morning session.
India look good to go past the Aus total and if they are to get a good lead Australia will be in some trouble.
Having similar thoughts, Harsha Bhogle tweets: "If anything, Australia will need to guard against a collapse should India get a lead. Especially if it is greater than 70-80."
Wade finally gets catches one, this time Saha is the batsmen.
Lyon and Wade go up for the catch. Umpire Gould says not out. Smith goes for the DRS, wrong call.
11:23 India dominate this session
India 428-6 (159 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
100 partnership up for India.
Pujara-Saha batting without any worries here.
The morning session clearly belongs to the hosts here as they now trail by just 23 runs.
Saha gets an outside edge off O'Keefe.
Ball bobs off the gloves off Wade. Another opportunity missed by Australia.
Nothing going for the visitors here.
Saha sweeps Lyon for a couple.
Lyon gets some turn here, gets Pujara on the pads. Umpire Gould raises his finger. India ask for a referral. DRS decision not out. Another good referral taken by India.
India getting the runs with ease as the frustration builds for Smith and Co.
11:05 Pujara gets 150 off 391 balls
India 419-6 (154 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Saha brings up his 50 off 100 ball, his 5th Test half-century.
O'Keefe bowling around the wicket but no success for the Aussies.
Saha frees his arms and dances down the pitch to hit Lyon for a six through long on.
He gets a single off the next ball.
Lyon mixing the pace here.
Spin operating from both ends now as O'Keefe replaces Cummins.
Pujara gets a big deflection off the bat, it hits Wade's gloves. O'Keefe is frustrated to miss out on the wicket.
Pujara gets 150 to keep India in control.
10:49 Trail by 50 runs
India 401-6 (148 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Smith needs to be a lot more inventive here because the match is beginning to run away from them.
Cummins continues to bang in the ball short, bowling from over the wicket.
Pujara is hardly troubled.
India complete 400 runs as Pujara hits one on the leg side.
Ball comes high on the bat, Saha deals with it well. Cummins derives some bounce.
Saha gets a single from the last ball.
Lyon bowling around the wicke.
Saha dealing with Lyon well here, plays one through his pads for a single.
Ditto for Pujara off the next ball.
Lyon wraps Saha on the pads but the ball was going down leg, umpire turns down Lyon's appeal and Australia decide against using DRS.
10:49 Trail by 50 runs
India 401-6 (148 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Smith needs to be a lot more inventive here because the match is beginning to run away from them.
Cummins continues to bang in the ball short, bowling from over the wicket.
Pujara is hardly troubled.
India complete 400 runs as Pujara hits one on the leg side.
Ball comes high on the bat, Saha deals with it well. Cummins derives some bounce.
Saha gets a single from the last ball.
Lyon bowling around the wicke.
Saha dealing with Lyon well here, plays one through his pads for a single.
Ditto for Pujara off the next ball.
Lyon wraps Saha on the pads but the ball was going down leg, umpire turns down Lyon's appeal and Australia decide against using DRS.
10:38 Saha-Pujara march on
India 397-6 (146 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
India trail by 54 runs.
Smith looking for the breakthrough and brings in Pat Cummins after drinks.
Cummins bowling from around the wicket and banging the ball in short.
Pujara doing well to get underneath the ball and just leave it.
Nathan Lyon comes in for the unimpressive O'Keefe.
Gets some turn straight off. Saha pushes him for 2 on the off side.
India going smoothly here.
Saha whips one on the leg side for a single.
Pujara comes down the track to whip Lyon for another single through mid-on.
Drinks called as India cruise towards Australian total.
10:22 India close-in on Aus total
India 390-6 (142 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
12 runs off the last five overs.
Hazlewood and Saha exchange a few words.
Hazlewood continues to bang in the ball.
Easy runs for India here. Pujara and Saha rotating the strike well.
Steve Smith persisting with O'Keefe at the other end.
Two runs off the over and no success for the visitors yet.
Unusual for this time of the year, overcast conditions means the lights have come on in the stadium.
Pujara-Saha going through the paces as another Hazlwood over is dealt with without a fuss.
10:04 India going steady
India 378-6 (137 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Saha gets one on the leg side, 50 run partnership complete with one run off O'Keefe.
Pujara sees off O'Keefe.
India trail by 73 runs.
09:53 Pujara in total control
India 375-6 (132 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Pujara goes on back foot and pulls O'Keefe to the mid-wicket boundary. That was so good to the eyes!
Pujara playing well here.
Runs ticking for India.
Cummins mixing up the bowling here. Australia fielders doing well, Lyon dives to stop a certain single.
Saha playing Cummins well here.
Couple of runs from the over.
O'Keefe bowls a good maiden with Pujara dealing with him well.
09:40 Cummins gives India early scare
India 368-6 (132 ovs) vs Aus 451 | Scorecard
Pat Cummins wraps Saha on the pad off the first ball.
Umpire raises the finger. India ask for a review.
Impact in line but ball going down and missing leg stump. Ball is reversing here.
Saha gets a life and India use DRS rightly this time.
Next ball, Saha gets a four past deep cover.
Six runs off the Pat Cummins over.
Steve O'Keefe opens the bowling on Day 4.
Pujara plays it on the off side and scampers through for a single.
Saha gets the outside and pushes for a single
09:16 Pujara's stoic effort takes India close to Aus total
Good morning, folks and welcome as we bring you timely updates from play on Day 4.
On Saturday, Day 3, Cheteshwar Pujara batted stoically all day to score his 11th Test century and take India close to the Aus total.
With the wicket expected to offer some turn today, the question is can India go past Australia's 451 or will the hosts crumble early?
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