Adelaide | Australia need just 19 runs to win the Pink-ball Test after dismissing India for 175 in their second innings here on Sunday.
Resuming their innings at 128 for 5, India lost the last five wickets for 47 runs in 12.5 overs with Nitesh Kumar Reddy top-scoring with a 47-ball 42 on day 3.
Rishabh Pant (28) was the first to go when he was caught by Steve Smith off Starc, while Ravichandran Ashwin (7), Harshit Rana (0) and Mohammed Siraj (7) were the other batters to depart without much contributions.
Skipper Pat Cummins (5/57) completed a five-wicket haul, while Mitchell Starc (2/60) and Scott Boland (3/51) also contributed with wicket.
Brief Score:
India: 180 & 175 allout in 36.5 overs (Nitesh Kumar Reddy 42; Pat Cummins 5/57)
Australia: 337 all out.
Scoreboard on day 3 of the second Test between India and Australia here on Saturday.
India 1st innings: 180 all out
Australia 1st innings 337 all out in 87.3 overs
India 2nd innings:
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Carey b Boland 24
KL Rahul c Carey b Cummins 7
Shubman Gill b Starc 28
Virat Kohli c Carey b Boland 11
Rishabh Pant c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc 28
Rohit Sharma b Cummins 6
Nitish Kumar Reddy c McSweeney b Cummins 42
Ravichandran Ashwin c Alex Carey b Cummins 7
Harshit Rana c Khawaja b Cummins 0
Jasprit Bumrah not out 2
Mohammed Siraj c Head b Boland 7
Extras: (B-5, LB-2, W-3, NB-3)
13
Total: (10 wkts, 36.5 Overs) 175
Fall of Wickets: 12-1, 42-2, 66-3, 86-4, 105-5, 128-6, 148-7, 153-8, 166-9, 175-10.
Bowler: Mitchell Starc 14-1-60-2, Pat Cummins 14-0-57-5, Scott Boland 8.5-0-51-3
