Ominous remark lingers as Aussies stall in India

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Shubman Gill scored his 2nd Test 100 to pb India to 3-289 successful reply to Australia's first-innings full of 480 connected time 3 of the 4th and last Test connected Saturday.

Making usage of benign batting conditions, Gill deed 128 portion Virat Kohli besides crushed retired a important half-century, his archetypal successful 16 Test innings. Kohli was connected 59 not retired astatine stumps, with Ravindra Jadeja (16) for company.

With 2 days remaining, India — which leads the bid 2-1 — trails by 191 runs astatine Narendra Modi Stadium.

Australia enactment a choky leash connected scoring post-lunch, with lone 23 runs coming disconnected 14 overs.

Gill remained resolute, though, and reached his 100 disconnected 194 balls. It was his archetypal Test period connected location soil.

Pujara was trapped lbw to Todd Murphy (1-45) aft his DRS reappraisal was struck down. He faced 121 balls and deed 3 fours.

Kohli took a portion to get going successful his innings arsenic India went to beverage astatine 2-188, but Gill played much fluently, passing his erstwhile highest Test people of 110 scored against Bangladesh successful December. Gill faced 235 balls, hitting 12 fours and a six.

India scored 40 runs successful the archetypal hr of play aft tea, but past mislaid Gill. He had cramps and it disturbed his attraction capable arsenic Nathan Lyon (1-75) trapped him lbw.

"It feels large to people a 100 present arsenic I play a batch of cricket connected this ground," Gill said.

"The transportation was beauteous bully to bat connected and things were lone happening disconnected the rough.

"I was looking to prime singles and score.

"We volition look to people large connected time four, and possibly the wicket volition assistance our bowlers connected time five."

That was an ominous remark by Gill.

So lethal are India's spinners, and truthful caller are the memories of Australia's batting collapses successful this series, that India remains bullish astir triumph contempt the lifeless wicket.

Kohli was joined by Jadeja and looked much assured and fluent aft the beverage break.

They batted successful a little gear, though, with lone 31 runs coming disconnected the last hr of play.

Jadeja, surprisingly, faced 42 deliveries earlier hitting a bound — a six disconnected Matthew Kuhnemann (1-43).

Kohli reached his 50 disconnected 107 balls to extremity his tally without a half-century stretching backmost to January 2022.

Australia took the 2nd caller shot with six overs to go, but the Indian brace resisted.

Australia's players wore achromatic armbands arsenic a people of respect for skipper Pat Cummins' mother, Maria, who died successful Sydney connected Friday. Cummins flew location instantly aft the 2nd Test successful Delhi to beryllium with his family, with Steve Smith present starring the team.

India won the archetypal 2 Tests, successful Nagpur and Delhi, earlier Australia triumphed successful Indore.

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