Pujara puts Australia on the back foot after Kohli decision controversy

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India seized momentum on day three of the second Test, rattling Australia’s confidence then reaching 213-4 at stumps to claim a 126-run lead in Bangalore. The top-ranked side lived up to their mantle on what is traditionally the “moving day” of any Test, scoring freely on a treacherous pitch that the tourists struggled to read in their first innings.
Half-centuries from Lokesh Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara – who is 79 not out after being given lives on three and four – have already ensured Australia will need to earn a 2-0 lead in the four-Test series. The highest and only successful run-chase by a visiting Test side at a M. Chinnaswamy Stadium came in 1998 when Australia haulHazlewood failed to exhibit his trademark control but fired out Kohli, opener Abhinav Mukund and Ravindra Jadeja, who was promoted to No5. Smith dropped a low slips catch when Pujara was on four, but produced one of his greatest ever moments in the field to remove Rahul. The skipper flung himself to the right and the ball somehow stuck in his outstretched right hand, prompting Matthew Hayden to label him “Superman” in the commentary box.
Coach Darren Lehmann, who debuted in the 1998 match between the sides, noted last month that “everything’s going to have to go right” for Australia to trump India. The tourists’ batting, bowling and fielding were all subpar on Monday, when they failed to make the most of a first-innings lead of 87 runs. Australia resumed at 237-6 and were rolled for 276, suffering a collapse of 4-7 as left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja finished with six wickets.
Matthew Wade also missed a sharp chance when Pujara was on three, while David Warner dropped what would have been a remarkable leg-slip catch when Rahane was on three. Hazlewood grabbed three wickets, including the key scalp of Virat Kohli, but all of the tourists’ bowlers lacked control and leaked runs. Nathan Lyon threatened at various points but couldn’t add a single wicket to his first-innings haul of 8-50.

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