London | India were all out for 296 in their first innings, giving Australia a massive lead of 173 runs on the third day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final here on Friday.
For India, comeback man Ajinkya Rahane compiled a neat 89 off 129 balls while Shardul Thakur played a valuable innings of 51 from 109 balls, after Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with a breezy 51-ball 48 on the second day.
Resuming the third day on overnight 151 for five and 318 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 469 all out, India lost KS Bharat early but Rahane and Thakur added 109 runs for the seventh wicket to help their team avoid follow-on at The Oval.
However, India lost the remaining wickets quickly after the lunch break.
Skipper Pat Cummins picked up three wickets for Australia while there were two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green.
Brief scores:
Australia 1st innings: 469 all out in 121.3 overs.
India 1st innings: 296 all out in 69.4 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 89, Shardul Thakur 51, Ravindra Jadeja 48; Pat Cummins 3/83)
Following is the scoreboard at the end of India's first innings on the third day of the World Test Championship Final against Australia here on Thursday.
Australia 1st Innings: 469
India 1st Innings:
Rohit Sharma lbw b Cummins 15
Shubman Gill b Boland 13
Cheteshwar Pujara b Green 14
Virat Kohli c Smith b Starc 14
Ajinkya Rahane c Green b Cummins 89
Ravindra Jadeja c Smith b Lyon 48
Srikar Bharat b Boland 5
Shardul Thakur c Carey b Green 51
Umesh Yadav b Cummins 5
Mohammed Shami c Carey b Starc 13
Mohammed Siraj not out 0
Extras: (B-10, LB-10, NB-8, W-1) 29
Total: (All out in 69.4 overs) 296
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-30, 3-50, 4-71, 5-142, 6-152, 7-261, 8-271, 9-294, 10-296 Bowling: Mitchell Starc 13.4-0-71-2, Pat Cummins 20-2-83-3, Scott Boland 20-6-59-2, Cameron Green 12-1-44-2, Nathan Lyon 4-0-19-1.
