Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2024/25 Perth Stadium, Perth 3^rd Day

4.2: Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! LBW! A huge confident appeal for LBW and Chris Gaffaney raises his finger! Indian players are celebrating but Marnus Labuschagne opts for a review after chatting with Usman Khawaja. Coming to the delivery, Jasprit Bumrah uses the angle and bowls it from a bit wide of the crease, angling into the right-hander. It lands and stays a tad bit low on the bounce and skids through very quickly off the deck. Marnus Labuschagne misjudges the nip-backer and tries to leave it by hanging his bat in the air. Gets pinged right on his front pad. Ball Tracking comes up and shows three reds. The impact does not matter as no shot was offered by Labuschagne. The projection then shows that the ball could have smashed the top of the off stump. OUT it is and Australia slip further on 12/3. And with that, it is STUMPS ON DAY 3!

4.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball, angling in on off, looking to target the sticks. Marnus Labuschagne gets on the back foot and blocks it off the inside half to the short leg fielder.

3.6: Mohammed Siraj to Usman Khawaja, Khawaja is solid in defence! Full in length from Siraj at off, Usman Khawaja gets behind the line and alertly blocks it out.

3.5: Mohammed Siraj to Usman Khawaja, Length ball, angling in on off, Usman Khawaja defends it off the back foot to the off side.

3.4: Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Full and tailing away a bit, outside off, Marnus Labuschagne confidently drives it down the ground, presenting full face of the bat, but the ball just plugs on the grass right before the ropes at long off. It is chased down by the fielder from mid off. Three taken.

3.3: Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Back of a length, skidding and deviating away on off, Marnus Labuschagne watches closely and leaves.

3.2: Mohammed Siraj to Marnus Labuschagne, Length ball, angling on the middle and leg, Marnus Labuschagne punches it solidly off the back foot to mid on and shouts 'No Run' instantly. A bit of exchange of words between Siraj and Marnus Labuschagne.

3.1: Mohammed Siraj to Pat Cummins, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Australia's nightwatchman project does no good as Cummins makes his way to the dugout now. Siraj pitches it right in front of the off-stump, gets it to nip away a tad bit off the deck. Pat Cummins looks to defend but fails to read the deviation and hence a healthy outside edge is found. It goes off the bat, flat and low towards the second slip where Virat Kohli bends low on his knees and takes a sharp catch to his left. Australia are reeling at 9/2.

2.6: Jasprit Bumrah to Usman Khawaja, Back of a length, attacking the off-peg, Khawaja responds with a solid back foot punch to mid off.

2.5: Jasprit Bumrah to Usman Khawaja, FOUR BYES! That has evaded everyone! Bumrah overcompensates his line and bowls it way down leg, on a nagging length. Usman Khawaja leaves and the ball bullets away to the fence beating Pant who dives to his right.

2.4: Jasprit Bumrah to Usman Khawaja, Spears it on a good length, at off, Usman Khawaja gets right behind it and blocks it off the back foot.

2.3: Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Much fuller at the stumps, Pat Cummins pins his front foot ahead, drives down the ground and it is chased down by Siraj from mid on. One taken.

2.2: Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, Angling into the batter, on middle, Pat Cummins prods forward and defends it off the inner half of the bat to the leg side.

2.1: Jasprit Bumrah to Pat Cummins, A very bold leave by Cummins there! Bumrah bowls it on a good length, this one jags back in sharply over the top of the off stump. Pat Cummins hangs his bat in air.

134.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Virat Kohli, FOUR! THERE IT IS! NUMBER 81! HUNDRED FOR KOHLI! 30th Test ton for him. His 9th against Australia. One of the most important knocks of his Test career! The Optus Stadium erupts in huge applause for the man of the moment! Coming to the delivery, Marnus Labuschagne lands it flat and full in length, just outside leg, Virat Kohli shuffles across and sits on his knee before sweeping it powerfully to the gap between deep fine and deep backward square leg. The fielder from deep backward square leg puts in a full-stretched dive, even gets fingertips of his right on the ball but eventually parries it on the ropes. Kohli finally raises his bat in the air and soaks in all the appreciation from the crowd.

134.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Flat and across leg and middle, Nitish Kumar Reddy stands tall and punches it to long off for a single.

134.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Virat Kohli, Pitched on a good length, outside leg, turning into the batter, Kohli nurdles it with soft hands to the square leg region for a single. Moves to 96!

134.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Virat Kohli, WIDE! Outside leg on a length, Virat Kohli sways misses to flick it off the hips. The umpire signals wide as Marnus strays into a negative line, with strict enforcement of such calls these days.

133.6: Nathan Lyon to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Short of a good length, spinning back in, Nitish Kumar Reddy rocks back and taps it off the back foot to the leg side, beside the strip.

133.5: Nathan Lyon to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Slows it up does Lyon, outside off on a fuller length, this one goes straight on, Nitish Kumar Reddy this time plays inside the line and misses. Alex Carey collects and whips the bails off. But Nitish is already in.

133.4: Nathan Lyon to Nitish Kumar Reddy, This one lands right on the crack and turns sharply into the batter from outside off, Nitish Kumar Reddy is outfoxed by the spin and wears on the body as he plays over the wrong line.

133.3: Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Lyon flattens the trajectory, lands it outside off, Kohli eases the back foot punch into the off side and runs a single.

133.2: Nathan Lyon to Virat Kohli, Oh, this one stays prodigiously low! Outside off, on a good length, Virat Kohli is undone by the lack of bounce and gets beaten on the back foot block.

133.1: Nathan Lyon to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Length ball, on off and turning in, Nitish tucks it along the ground to long on for a single.

132.6: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dragged length, outside leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy is already standing with an open stance and works it to deep square leg for a single. The partnership has now grown to 68 off 45 balls.

132.5: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Marnus Labuschagne keeps bowling outside leg, flatter and on a fuller length, Nitish Kumar Reddy shuffles again and works it across to deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

132.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX! BANG! Smacked into the stands! Marnus bowls it full and flat on middle and leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy shuffles outside leg to create room and tonks it over long on for a six.

132.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pitched outside leg again, full in length, Nitish Kumar Reddy misses to sweep and the ball lobs off Carey's gloves but falls just towards the left of him. No run.

132.2: Marnus Labuschagne to Nitish Kumar Reddy, Marnus darts it, full and flat outside leg, Nitish sits down to sweep but misses. Carey collects and dislodges the bails in a flash. The side-on replay confirms that Nitish's back foot is well dragged inside the popping crease.

132.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Virat Kohli, Around the wicket now for Kohli. Lands it short and outside leg, turning in, Virat Kohli tucks it off the back foot to deep backward square leg for a single.

132.1: Marnus Labuschagne to Virat Kohli, Sliding down leg on a length, Kohli fails to connect the pull shot. Oh, Marnus Labuschagne has overstepped and it is called a No Ball.