Fair to say a perfect day for India and what a clash of Perfect Bowling vs Resilient Batting.
A good day for India in the series so far, it's fair to say Pujara was lucky, but you need some luck when all the odds are against you.
At the start of Day 3 India came back into the game by picking early wickets but the lead was 87, in the series considering the conditions and the pitch, 87 lead is equivalent to 170 lead in Australian pitch conditions.
An early collapse was expected from India, but they some how survived for 10 overs before Aussie pacer Hazlewood hunted down Abhinav Mukund with a peach of a delivery.
Once again KL Rahul stood up when the team needed the most and that wicket in the 11th over brought Pujara to the crease, KL soon brought up his 4th Fifty in the 23rd over.
Soon he perished to SOK, where Smith took an absolute blinder, I think this is where Aussies were so good, they held on to the half chances and made them count on the field, which India couldn't replicate.
The dismissal of KL brought the Indian Skipper into the crease, who put up a ten over partnership with Pujara worth 28 runs as he departed for a meager 15 of 25 balls, and once again he wasted another review for which was an absolute plumb LBW of Hazlewood's bowling.
Pujara and Rahane (Image Source)
But the skipper had a plan, he promoted Jadeja, and the commentators expected it was a good move since he would be aggresive and India could get some runs in quick succession.
But the plan failed like many times in the series for Kohli, just like his DRS.
That brought Ajinkya Rahane who has had a tough time like many Indian Batsmen, who would know that this pair (Rahane and Pujara) would put up a series best partnership worth 93 runs of 203 balls before the stumps of Day 4.
The stumps of Day 4 left Pujara on 79 of 173 balls while Rahane looked solid with his 40 of 105 balls, leaving India with a lead of 126.
Safe to say a wonderful day of cricket for the Sport Lovers
A good day for India in the series so far, it's fair to say Pujara was lucky, but you need some luck when all the odds are against you.
At the start of Day 3 India came back into the game by picking early wickets but the lead was 87, in the series considering the conditions and the pitch, 87 lead is equivalent to 170 lead in Australian pitch conditions.
An early collapse was expected from India, but they some how survived for 10 overs before Aussie pacer Hazlewood hunted down Abhinav Mukund with a peach of a delivery.
Once again KL Rahul stood up when the team needed the most and that wicket in the 11th over brought Pujara to the crease, KL soon brought up his 4th Fifty in the 23rd over.
Soon he perished to SOK, where Smith took an absolute blinder, I think this is where Aussies were so good, they held on to the half chances and made them count on the field, which India couldn't replicate.
The dismissal of KL brought the Indian Skipper into the crease, who put up a ten over partnership with Pujara worth 28 runs as he departed for a meager 15 of 25 balls, and once again he wasted another review for which was an absolute plumb LBW of Hazlewood's bowling.
But the skipper had a plan, he promoted Jadeja, and the commentators expected it was a good move since he would be aggresive and India could get some runs in quick succession.
But the plan failed like many times in the series for Kohli, just like his DRS.
That brought Ajinkya Rahane who has had a tough time like many Indian Batsmen, who would know that this pair (Rahane and Pujara) would put up a series best partnership worth 93 runs of 203 balls before the stumps of Day 4.
The stumps of Day 4 left Pujara on 79 of 173 balls while Rahane looked solid with his 40 of 105 balls, leaving India with a lead of 126.
Safe to say a wonderful day of cricket for the Sport Lovers
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