Kohli-Ashwin lead the charge as Team India sweats it out before 3rd Test: WATCH

Team India held a practice session on Tuesday at the Adelaide Oval ahead of the third Test match of the BorderGavaskar Trophy which will take place at Brisbanes iconic GabbaEarlier on Sunday Rohit Sharmaled India faced a setback in the prestigious BGT series as they conceded a 10wicket defeat to Australia in the Adelaide Test With the win the hosts have levelled the series 11Skipper Rohit Sharma talisman batter Virat Kohli youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were busy improving their batting skills during the net sessionOn Tuesday Team India conducted a practice session at the Adelaide Oval in preparation for the third Test match of the BorderGavaskar Trophy set to be held at Brisbanersquos iconic venue The GabbaBy amitshah22India cricket sports Adelaide testmatchhellip pictwittercomF6KjSHeDCjmdash Mid Day mid_day December 10 2024Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were also busy working towards perfecting their bowling skills during the practice sessionRecapping the Adelaide Test India won the toss and opted to bat first However they had to face the wrath of a moving erratic pink ball and its mastermind Mitchell Starc 648 Except for a 69run stand for the second wicket between KL Rahul 37 in 64 balls with six fours and Shubman Gill 31 in 51 balls with five fours and a fighting 42 in 54 balls three fours and three sixes from Nitish Kumar Reddy there was not much highlights from India who were skittled out for 180 runs Skipper Cummins and Scott Boland also took two wicketsIn the first innings a 67run partnership between Nathan McSweeney 39 in 109 balls with six fours and Marnus Labuschagne 64 in 126 balls with nine fours for second wicket set the platform for Travis Head to impose his domination over Indian bowlers yet again with a counterattacking 140 in 141 balls with 17 fours and four sixes just when Aussies lost some regular wickets His century took Australia to 337 runs and gave them a 157run leadAlso ReadSiraj just lost his HeadJasprit Bumrah 461 and Mohammed Siraj 498 were top bowlers for India Ravichandran and Nitish got a wicket eachIn their second innings India appeared even more toothless as the starstudded toporder and middleorder returned back to pavillion despite starts from Jaiswal 24 in 31 balls with four boundaries Gill 28 in 30 balls with three fours while KL Rahul 7 and Virat Kohli 11 in 21 balls with a four failed to score well India ended day two at 1285On the third day Pant also lost his wicket for 28 in 31 balls with five fours From there on it was not looking back for the Aussies who skittled out India for 175 runs in 365 overs India led by just 18 runs setting Aussies 19 runs to winSkipper Cummins 567 took a majestic fivewicket haul his eighth as a captain Boland took 351 while Starc took 260Set a target of 19 runs Khawaja 10 and McSweeney 9 chased it down without breaking a sweat in 32 oversWith agency inputs