India were reduced to 51/4 at Stumps on Day 3. Earlier Jasprit Bumrah picked up six wickets to help India bowl out Australia for 445 in the third Test against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday.
Centuries from Travis Head and Steve Smith rendered the India bowling attack, barring Jasprit Bumrah, ineffective for the entirety of day two. While seamer Akash Deep bowled impressively without reward, Head and Smith took the game away from the Indians even as Bumrah returned yet another five-wicket haul. The Aussie duo put on a defining 241-run partnership as Australia went past 400 against India for the first time in a home Test since 2015.
India captain Rohit Sharma and his men will foresee a long batting day before them at the Gabba, should they hope to make a stiff fight out of the remainder of this Test, with fickle weather and WTC points swirling over their heads.