Ashwin, Pujara reveal run-ins with Aussies

I think you all should look that video and I think, yeah, that says it all. That might sound like a one-eyed analysis, but take a good look at the pitch used in Benguluru when the Royal Challengers IPL team steps out in a month, and get back to us then. I pointed it out to the umpire as well that it’s happened twice, and I have seen their players looking upstairs (to the dressing room) for confirmation.

“They were always under pressure when they walk into bat”. They were the better team.

“Ashwin did what he’s done so well over here for a very long time – hit good areas and challenged our batters, and we weren’t up to it today. We showed the intent and the belief that we can win from any position”, Kohli said at post match presentation ceremony.

Australia resumed the day at 237 for six, having a lead of 48 runs over India.

He was then brilliantly caught by Steve Smith at slip off Steve O’Keefe as India lost a second wicket just before overcoming the 87-run first-innings deficit. But I am still proud of the boys. We kept on losing the wickets.

“I saw it two times when I was batting”.

“That was probably our worst batting display in the last two years”.

The Bendemeer Bullet collected 6-67 from 24 outstanding overs to bowl out the hosts for 274 in their second innings at Bangalore.

The paceman did much of the heavy lifting for the tourists late on day three.

One thing is that we never stopped trying.

For India, Ravindra Jadeja bagged the highest wickets as he finished the day with the figures of three for 49.

Umesh Yadav went down swinging to Hazlewood, who could be booked for dissent after expressing disbelief over an lbw appeal and review that were both turned down during a final-wicket stand of 16 runs.

And Pujara admitted that the bowlers did a pretty well job, adding that his side will now look to bowl out Australia inside 300. Lillie kicked Miandad’s flush on his thigh and in response, Miandad raised his bat to strike the Aussie fast bowler. In a way it was victory for us. Jadeja could not justify the promotion as he managed to score just two runs before he was dismissed by Hazlewood. “I told them if we get 150 lead we will win by 30”. After that first loss, to come here and do what we did is really special. We will obviously think about what we could have done better. It’s home to India’s previous Test skipper MS Dhoni, but all eyes will again be on the current captain, Virat Kohli, whose aggressive body language and persona now embodies everything about modern Indian cricket.

Kohli, who has not been in great touch in the two Test matches of the series so far, credited the side for showing the character and intent to bounce back from a hard situation.