One such delivery saw him nick an edge off the bat of Mitchell Marsh in the 87th over. The length of the ball was so perfect that Marsh couldn’t commit either on the frontfoot or the back, and the deflected ball was safely caught by Kohli at second slip.
#INDvsAUS Marsh Gone #bumrah #kohli pic.twitter.com/I5uhXgeEV2
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Travis Head put an insipid Indian bowling attack to sword for his second successive hundred while veteran Steve Smith wore the opposition down with a statement century to put Australia in a favourable position on day two of the third Test here on Sunday.
Australia reached a commanding 405 for 7 at stumps courtesy, a 241-run stand between Head (152 off 160) and Smith (101 off 190) for the fourth wicket after the visitors put them in a spot of bother at 75 for three in the morning. The Indian bowlers, who impressed in the first session, lost their way to allow Head and Co to dominate the proceedings.
Head’s hundred came after a match-winning 140 in Adelaide while it was a classical Test match knock for Smith, who reached three figures for the first time in 25 innings, silencing his detractors.
While reaching their personal milestones, Smith now is the international batter with joint most Test hundreds (10) against India alongside Joe Root followed by Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Garfield Sobers (8 each).
Head, since his century in WTC final at the Oval in 2023 has been India’s nemesis with another classic ton in ODI World Cup final and two more in the current series. No player in last one year has scored more runs against India across formats.
(With PTI inputs)
