Australia beat India by 9 wickets in third Test, Lyon became man of the match

1 of 1

Indore. Australia defeated India by 9 wickets on the third day of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy here at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Batsman Travis Head and Labuschagne shared an unbeaten half-century partnership of 78 runs. At the same time, bowler Nathan Lyon got the Man of the Match trophy. Earlier on the second day, India were all out for 163 in 60.3 overs, leaving the Kangaroos a target of 76 runs to win. Bowler Nathan Lyon took 11 wickets in both the innings.

At the same time, on the third day, Australia’s opening pair Usman Khawaja and Travis Head started the innings. However, Khawaja got out for zero after being hit by Ashwin’s ball. Then Marnus Labuschagne came to the crease and took the innings forward with the head. Both the batsmen batted brilliantly and shared a 78-run partnership to help the team win against India by 9 wickets.

India is still ahead 2-1 in the series. The fourth Test will be played in Ahmedabad from March 9.(IANS)

read this also – Click to read the news of your state / city before the newspaper