LONDON, June 9: Australia reached 123 for four at stumps in their second innings to extend the overall lead to 296 runs against India on the third day of the World Test Championship final here on Friday.
At stumps, Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green were batting on 41 and 7 respectively.
Resuming on overnight 151 for five, India lost KS Bharat early but Ajinkya Rahane (89) and Shardul Thakur (51) added 109 runs for the seventh wicket to help their team avoid follow-on at The Oval.
However, India lost the remaining wickets quickly after the lunch break to end at 296 in 69.4 overs.
Skipper Pat Cummins picked up three wickets for Australia while there were two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green. (PTI)
Scoreboard
Australia 1st Innings: 469
India 1st Innings:
Rohit Sharma lbw b Cummins 15
Shubman Gill b Boland 13
Cheteshwar Pujara b Green 14
Virat Kohli c Smith b Starc 14
Ajinkya Rahane c Green b Cummins 89
Ravindra Jadeja c Smith b Lyon 48
Srikar Bharat b Boland 5
Shardul Thakur c Carey b Green 51
Umesh Yadav b Cummins 5
Mohammed Shami c Carey b Starc 13
Mohammed Siraj not out 0
Extras: (B-10, LB-10, NB-8, W-1) 29
Total: (All out in 69.4 overs) 296
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-30, 3-50, 4-71, 5-142, 6-152, 7-261, 8-271, 9-294, 10-296
Bowling: Mitchell Starc 13.4-0-71-2, Pat Cummins 20-2-83-3, Scott Boland 20-6-59-2, Cameron Green 12-1-44-2, Nathan Lyon 4-0-19-1.
Australia 2nd Innings
Usman Khawaja c Bharat b Yadav 13
David Warner c Bharat b Mohd Siraj 1
Marnus Labuschagne batting 41
Steven Smith c Thakur b Jadeja 34
Travis Head c & b Jadeja 18
Cameron Green batting 7
Extras: (B-4 LB-2 NB-2 W-1) 9
Total: (For 4 wickets in 44 overs) 123
Fall of wickets: 1/2 2/24 3/86 4/111
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 10-4-17-0, Mohammed Siraj 12-2-41-1, Shardul Thakur 6-1-13-0, Umesh Yadav 7-1-21-1, Ravindra Jadeja 9-3-25-2. (PTI)
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