Captain
Steve
Smith
(38*
off
129
balls)
and
opener
Usman
Khawaja
(65*
off
180
balls)
have
shared
a
stand
of
77*
off
238
deliveries
for
the
third
wicket
as
Australian
batters
dominated
the
post-lunch
session
at
the
Narendra
Modi
Stadium
on
Thursday
(March
9).
Usman
Khawaja
continues
to
impress
Khawaja
–
who
slammed
his
third
Test
half-century
in
the
ongoing
series
–
put
Indian
bowlers
to
grind
and
played
a
crucial
knock
to
put
his
team
in
a
commanding
position
alongside
stand-in
captain
Smith.
The
left-and-right-handed
batting
combination
applied
itself
brilliantly
on
a
surface
where
batting
looked
easy,
for
a
change.
Khawaja
and
Smith
–
who
resumed
batting
in
the
second
session
from
75/2
–
ended
up
adding
74
runs
in
the
next
session.
1
56738
Smith
–
who
has
failed
to
slam
a
single
fifty
on
this
tour
–
is
aiming
to
get
to
his
first
50
against
a
quality
Indian
bowling
attack.
Australia
solid
at
tea
break
By
the
tea
break,
captain
Rohit
Sharma
operated
all
five
of
his
premier
bowlers
diligently
in
the
post-lunch
session
but
all
failed
to
get
a
breakthrough.
Mohammed
Shami
(31/1
in
11
overs),
Umesh
Yadav
(35/0
in
10
overs),
R
Ashwin
(32/1
in
18
overs),
Ravindra
Jadeja
(28/0
in
13
overs),
and
Axar
Patel
(12/0
after
9
overs)
had
bowled
but
couldn’t
pick
up
a
single
wicket.
Rohit
also
introduced
part-time
spinner
Shreyas
Iyer
(2/0
from
1
over)
but
that
move
too
didn’t
bear
any
fruits
as
they
failed
to
get
any
breakthrough.
Earlier
in
the
first
session,
Khawaja
(27
batting,
94
balls)
was
being
given
company
by
Smith
(2
batting,
17
balls)
after
opener
Travis
Head
(32)
and
top-order
batter
Marnus
Labuschagne
(3)
were
dismissed
in
quick
succession
by
Ashwin
(1/18
in
10
overs)
and
Shami
(1/14
in
8
overs)
respectively.
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