Australia vs India, 3rd Test: 5 Talking points from Day 3

#3 Australia go back to the old school cricket

Cummins bowled his heart out to dent India four times in the 2nd innings

Indian batsmen were high on spirit after taking a lead of 292 runs in the first innings and many expected them to handle things easily as the Aussie bowlers were still tired after bowling almost 170 overs in the first innings.

But what followed was a dramatic middle order collapse as Cummins picked up 4 wickets to give Australia some much-needed confidence. The main reason for this collapse was the legside trap set by Tim Paine. He asked his best bowler, Pat Cummins to bowl into the batsman’s body and kept a forward short leg in position for the leg glance.

The plan worked and Pujara was dismissed for a duck. Surprisingly, even the mighty Kohli fell for the trap and the Australians were elated. Rahane tried to paddle the ball to fine leg and gloved the ball to the keeper. After all the hard work done by their bowlers, the Indians would be disappointed by their performance with the bat.