India vs Australia LIVE Cricket Score, 3rd Test Day 5: Weather in focus again as Gabba Test heads to a draw; AUS lead by 193

India vs Australia 3rd Test Live: Day 5 action is upon us from Brisbane.

IND vs AUS 3rd Test Day 5, Live Cricket Score Updates: After a dramatic finish to Day 4, India will return for another nervy skirmish against Australia on the final day of the Gabba Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Wednesday. After all seemed lost for the visitors on Tuesday evening, India’s last pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep put up an admirable resistance at the Gabba to see off Pat Cummins’ attack and save India from the follow-on ignominy. The gritty duo poked, prodded and slogged in a 45-ball stand before bad light called stumps. While Deep moved up to 27 after steering Cummins for four and clobbering a six over mid-wicket, the Indian dressing room erupted in joy at the sight of the deficit shrinking below 200.

Having lost Josh Hazlewood to injury and a horde of WTC points at stake, Australia’s approach on the final day of another Gabba thriller will be worth a watch. Can India hold on?

How Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep pulled India out from the doldrums

On a dramatic day replete with thrills and spills, Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep’s heroic partnership helped India evade a massive ignominy at the Gabba on Tuesday. India teetered on the brink of disaster in their first innings, facing the prospect of a follow-on against Australia. When the two joined in the middle, India were 213 for 9, still 36 runs away from avoiding follow-on. Had they succumbed, Australia, their coach Daniel Vettori confirmed, would have enforced! (READ MORE from Sriram Veera’s report)

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First uploaded on: 18-12-2024 at 04:39 IST