Australia vs India Match Scorecard, 3rd Test, Brisbane, December 14-18, 2024

The third match of the BGT 2024-25 in Brisbane ended in a draw, after a struggle for 90 overs of play in a day, over the past five days because of the rain. India was trailing behind Australia after a disappointing batting performance in the first inning where they had just got past the score to avoid follow-on. With this draw, India’s hopes for the WTC final are still alive.

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Match Scorecard: Australia vs India 3rd Test, Brisbane

Australia Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Usman Khawaja	c Pant b Bumrah	21	54	38.88	3	0
Nathan McSweeney	c Kohli b Bumrah	9	49	18.36	1	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Kohli b Nitish Kumar Reddy	12	55	21.81	0	0
Steven Smith	c Sharma b Bumrah	101	190	53.15	12	0
Travis Head	c Pant b Bumrah	152	160	95	18	0
Mitchell Marsh	c Kohli b Bumrah	5	16	31.25	0	0
Alex Carey	c Shubman Gill b Akash Deep	70	88	79.54	7	2
Pat Cummins (c)	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	20	33	60.6	1	0
Mitchell Starc	c Pant b Bumrah	18	30	60	1	1
Nathan Lyon	b Mohammed Siraj	2	30	6.66	0	0
Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	3	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 17, nb 5, w 13)	35
Total	117.1 Ov (RR: 3.79)	445

India Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	28	9	76	6	2.71
Mohammed Siraj	23.2	5	97	2	4.15
Akash Deep	29.5	5	95	1	3.18
Nitish Kumar Reddy	13	1	65	1	5
Ravindra Jadeja	23	2	95	0	4.13

India Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Marsh b Starc	4	2	200	1	0
KL Rahul	c Smith b Lyon	84	139	60.43	8	0
Shubman Gill	c Marsh b Starc	1	3	33.33	0	0
Virat Kohli	c Carey b Hazlewood	3	16	18.75	0	0
Rishabh Pant	c Carey b Cummins	9	12	75	0	0
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Carey b Cummins	10	27	37.03	2	0
Ravindra Jadeja	c Marsh b Cummins	77	123	62.6	7	1
Nitish Kumar Reddy	b Cummins	16	61	26.22	1	0
Mohammed Siraj	c Carey b Starc	1	11	9.09	0	0
Jasprit Bumrah	not out	10	38	26.31	0	1
Akash Deep	st Carey b Head	31	44	70.45	2	1
Extras	(b 8, lb 2, nb 3, w 1)	14
Total	78.5 Ov (RR: 3.29)	260

Australia Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	24	3	83	3	3.45
Josh Hazlewood	6	2	22	1	3.66
Pat Cummins	22	2	81	4	3.68
Nathan Lyon	23	1	55	1	2.39
Travis Head	1.5	0	3	1	1.63
Mitchell Marsh	2	0	6	0	3

Australia Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Nathan McSweeney	c Pant b Akash Deep	4	25	16	0	0
Usman Khawaja	b Bumrah	8	7	114.28	2	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Pant b Bumrah	1	9	11.11	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	c Pant b Akash Deep	2	13	15.38	0	0
Travis Head	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	17	19	89.47	2	0
Steven Smith	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	4	5	80	1	0
Alex Carey	not out	20	20	100	2	0
Pat Cummins (c)	c Rahul b Bumrah	22	10	220	2	2
Mitchell Starc	not out	2	2	100	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 2)	9
Total	18 Ov (RR: 4.94)	89/7d

India Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	6	1	18	3	3
Mohammed Siraj	7	0	36	2	5.14
Akash Deep	5	1	28	2	5.6

India Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	not out	4	6	66.66	0	0
KL Rahul	not out	4	7	57.14	0	0
Extras		0
Total	2.1 Ov (RR: 3.69)	8/0

Australia Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	1.1	0	4	0	3.42
Pat Cummins	1	0	4	0	4

Man of the Match: Australia vs India 3rd Test, Brisbane

Travis Head’s 152 runs in Australia’s 1st inning earned him the title of player of the match.

Player	Team	Score
Travis Head	Australia	152 & 17

Most Runs: Australia vs India 3rd Test, Brisbane

Travis Head was the top scorer in the third Test of the 2024–25 BGT in Brisbane after smashing a century in Australia’s 1st inning and 17 runs in the second inning.

Player	Team	Score
Travis Head	Australia	152 & 17

Most Wickets: Australia vs India 3rd Test, Brisbane

Jasprit Bumrah again proved to be a savior for Team India, who rescued them by taking nine wickets total in the Brisbane Test match. Bumrah claimed six wickets in the first inning and three in the second inning.

Player	Team	Bowling Figures
Jasprit Bumrah	India	6/76 & 3/18

Playing XIs: Australia vs India 3rd Test, Brisbane

Australia Playing XI

Usman Khwaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazelwood

India Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

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