Adelaide : India held the lead safely with 15 runs in the first innings. On the third day of the first test cricket India dismissed 3 of AUS batsmen and tightened the ends with Indian bowlers. Australia scored 191 runs with the lose of 7 wickets while on the third day Australia was all out for 235 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and R Aswin took charge of the game by taking 3 wickets each for India, while Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets each uprooting Australian batsmen.
Australia scored only 44 runs on the third day. Australia’s down graph was initiated Bumrah with his wicket of Mitchell Starc. Travis Head followed by Joshi were dismissed by Shami leaving Australia with n o choice of rising up.