Ind vs Aus Indore Test: The third Test of the four-match India vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Test series is being played at Indore's Holkar Stadium. Batting first, India could manage to put up just 109 runs with Virat Kohli top-scoring for the hosts with 52-balls, 22-run innings. India have a 2-0 lead in the ongoing series and are a win away from winning the Ind vs Aus Test series, making them No. 1 ranked team across formats.
Meanwhile, during second session on Day 1 of Ind vs Aus 3rd Test, India was hoping their lower order batters would add some crucial runs during closing end of their first innings. 35-year-old Umesh Yadav came out to bat and entertained the crowd in Indore by hammering Aussie spinners Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy for two big sixes.
Umesh Yadav, who replaced Mohammed Shami in India XI for 3rd Test, played 13-ball, 17-run innings. By the virtue of his two sixes, the senior pacer equaled Virat Kohli's six-hitting tally in Tests.
Virat Kohli has so far hit 24 sixes in his Test career -- his teammate Umesh, by hitting two sixes in Indore Test, matched that tally.
A video showing Virat's excited reaction to Umesh's big six against Australia has gone viral on social media. In the video, Virat Kohli can be seen cheering for Umesh as takes Murphy to the cleaners.
Umesh not just matched Virat's six-hitting tally in Test but also became joint 17th highest six-hitter for India in Tests, surpassing Ravi Shastri's tally of 22 sixes. Ex-India opener Virender Sehwag (91 sixes) holds the record for hitting most sixes in Tests, followed by Dhoni (78), Sachin Tendulkar (69), Rohit Sharma (68) and Kapil Dev (61).
Aussies take firm control on opening day of Ind vs Aus Indore Test
Day 1 of India vs Australia 3rd Test was dominated by Australia. Matthew Kuhnemann bagged a fiery five-fer while Usman Khwaja notched up a hard-fought fifty. Australia ended the day with a 47-run lead.