Ind vs Aus: Umesh Yadav Scripts History After Scalping 100 Test Wickets On Indian Soil

Skipper Rohit Sharma then called Umesh to attack and he ended up picking two wickets in the same number of overs.

Umesh Yadav in action.

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In the ongoing third Test between India and Australia, speedster Umesh Yadav scripted history for India as he picked 100 Test wickets on Indian soil on day 2 at Indore. He took 31 Tests to achieve this milestone. It was the wicket of Mitchell Starc that helped Umesh get into record books.

#IndvsAus 3rd test, day 2: Umesh Yadav bags 100 Test wickets on Indian soil. Mitchell Starc becomes Umesh Yadav's 100th wicket. Umesh Yadav achieves this milestone in 31 Tests.

Australia 196/8, lead by 87 runs.

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Cameron Green and Peter Handscomb started the day by giving Australia a wholesome start. The duo added 30 runs to yesterday’s total before Ashwin snared Handscomb for 19. Skipper Rohit Sharma then called Umesh to attack and he ended up picking two wickets in the same number of overs. The Indian team restricted the Kangaroos to 197 runs.

Earlier, Australia dominated on day 1 of the game at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. And unsurprisingly, it was their spinners who helped them achieve that. Matthew Kuhnemann's maiden five-wicket haul coupled with Nathan Lyon's 3 for 25 and Todd Murphy's 1 for 23 allowed the Kangaroos to bowl India out for 109 after they were asked to field first.

Kuhnemann's slow left-arm spin was too good on the day for the star-studded Indian lineup as he took the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav to register his first-ever five-wicket haul in Test match cricket. It took Australia a little over a session to bowl out the Men in Blue in their home conditions.

In response, while India had got the wicket of Travis Head early, a 96-run stand between Usman Khawaja (60) and Marnus Labuschagne (31) had more or less ensured that Australia would take the lead and even though the Aussies ended the Day's play at 156/4 with all wickets falling to Ravindra Jadeja, the day completely belonged to the visitors, who had faced a lot of criticism heading into this Test match.

The scoreboard at the end of the Day's play showed Australia leading by 47 runs with 6 wickets in hand and Peter Handscomb and Cameron Green out in the middle. Jadeja was the only wicket-taker for India but was guilty of bowling a no-ball on which he had removed Labuschagne early before his stand with Khawaja compelety helped Australia seal the day.