IND vs AUS 3rd Test: India lose openers on Day 4 in chase of 407

India lost openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill on Sunday in their pursuit of the 407run target set by Australia in the ongoing third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground SCGAt Stumps on Day Four the visitors reached 982 having lost the wickets of Sharma 52 and Gill 31 still needing 309 runs with eight wickets in hand to take a 21 lead in the ongoing fourmatch seriesEarlier Australia declared their second innings at 3126 riding on brilliant half centuries from Cameron Green Steve Smith and Marnus LabuschagneResuming the day at 1032 overnight batsmen Labuschagne 73 and Smith added 35 before the former was caught behind by substitute wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha down the legside off the bowling of Navdeep Saini Matthew Wade 4 followed soon after as he edged one off Saini also to SahaSmith and Green saw Australia off to the end of the first session with no further damage adding 34Resuming the postlunch session at 1824 Smith and Green collected runs at a brisk pace and scored boundaries at will thus adding pressure on the Indian bowlers Smith 81 however missed out on his second century of the match as he got out lbw against off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for the third time in the seriesSkipper Tim Paine who came in next started off slowly but once he got set he punished the Indian bowlers and alongside Green hit the ball to all parts of the ground Green in particular was highly impressive as he scored his maiden halfcentury The hosts were also helped by poor fielding by the Indian players who dropped plenty of catchesAfter reaching the milestone the allrounder unleashed and scored four sixes before getting out and bringing an end to his 132ball inningChasing a mammoth target Sharma and Gill once again provided India with a good start as the duo added 71runs for the opening wicket Both the batters collected runs at a brisk paceHowever just when things seemed to be under control for the Indian team Gill got out to a peach of a delivery from Josh Hazlewood in the 23rd over as he was caught behindCheteshwar Pujara who came in next survived some nervy moments in the initial stage of his innings Criticised heavily for his slow batting in the first innings Pujara continued to bat in the same manner and shared a 21run partnership with Sharma who after reaching the 50run milestone fell prey to a bouncer bowled by Pat Cummins Trying to hit a maximum the 32yearold was caught at fineleg boundary by Mitchell Starc and thus provided a big boost to the hostsPujara 9 and skipper Ajinkya Rahane 4 then made sure India didnt lose any further wicket till the end of the days playAustralia had made 338 in the first innings and bowled India out for 244 in theirsBrief scores India 244 and 982 at Stumps on Day 4 Rohit Sharma 52 Shubman Gill 31 Josh Hazlewood 111 Australia 338 and 3126 decl Cameron Green 84 Steve Smith 81 Navdeep Saini 254This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever