Pujara
forged
partnerships
with
as
many
as
seven
India
batters
to
help
the
hosts
set
a
75-run
target
for
Australia
on
a
raging
rank
turner
in
Indore.
The
35-year-old
brought
his
fifty
off
108
balls
and
kept
on
holding
one
end
to
hold
the
fort
for
India.
Pujara’s
eighth
wicket
partnership
for
15
runs
off
50
balls
with
Axar
Patel
had
just
started
to
create
panic
in
the
Australian
camp
when
Smith
took
an
extraordinary
catch
to
get
rid
of
the
right-hander.
On
the
third
ball
of
the
57th
over,
a
Nathan
Lyon
delivery
drifted
towards
leg
after
pitching
on
the
middle.
Pujara
played
it
fine
thinking
the
ball
will
race
to
the
boundary
ropes,
however,
Smith
dived
low
to
his
right
and
plucked
a
one-hander
blinder
to
stun
each
and
every
person
at
the
Holkar
Cricket
Stadium
in
Indore.
Steve
Smith’s
sensational
catch
Steve
Farking
Smith
pic.twitter.com/2Su4atEcft—
AJ
Mithen
(@AJMithen)
March
2,
2023
Smith
is
captaining
the
Australian
side
in
the
absence
of
regular
captain
Pat
Cummins
who
is
back
in
Australia
to
attend
his
ailing
mother.
India
added
eight
more
runs
after
the
Saurashtra
star’s
departure
as
India
were
bundled
out
for
163
in
the
second
innings.
Veteran
off-spinner
Lyon
picked
an
eight-wicket
haul
to
ensure
his
team
doesn’t
have
to
chase
more
than
76
runs
in
the
fourth
innings.
Hosts
India
won
the
first
two
Test
matches
in
Nagpur
and
Delhi
respectively
and
are
leading
the
4-Test
Border-Gavaskar
Trophy
by
a
2-0
margin.
The
last
match
is
scheduled
to
be
played
in
Ahmedabad
from
March
9.
Rohit
Sharma’s
men
need
to
win
either
of
the
last
two
Test
matches
to
qualify
for
the
World
Test
Championship
(WTC)
2021-23
final
which
will
be
played
from
June
7
in
London.
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