Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia 3rd ODI: Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first.India vs Australia LIVE Score 3rd ODI: Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first. So, for the first time in the series, India will be chasing. Just like Kolkata and Chennai, Indore too faced heavy rains leading up to the third ODI between India and Australia but the clouds have made way, just in time, for Virat Kohli and team to take an unbeatable lead in the 5-match ODI series. Australia has been let down by their batsmen who have failed to make any sort of impact. They will have to come up with something extraordinary to save this series and Aaron Finch might be the answer to visitor’s problem. The star opener is fit again and is part of the playing XI. However, the bigger problem for the Aussies at the moment is their middle-order’s failure to play the spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. As far as India is considered, they want runs from Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey. With KL Rahul sitting on the bench and able to take any of the batting slots, time is running out for both these players.
Match Update: Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first. David Warner and Aaron Finch started off really well for Australia. Both the batsmen looked rock solid out in the middle. They faced the new ball calmly and kept putting away the bad balls. The score is 76/1 after 15 overs.
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Here are India vs Australia LIVE Score 3rd ODI updates:
2:58 PM: Four! by Finch on Chahal’s delivery and with this he brings up his fifty.
2:56 PM: Pandya to Finch and only a single. The delivery was on a length and outside off, Finch presses forward, gets on top of the ball, punches to short cover, and tests his calf again.
2:51 PM: India is 95 for one wicket.
2:48 PM: Pandya to Smith, no run, wide of the crease, slower cutter, starts outside off and swerves in. Smith is too early into a cover drive and ends up squirting it back to the bowler. Pandya is doing a great job.
2:45 PM: Pandya to Finch, 1 run, Pandya ventures wide of the crease and angles it into the hips of Finch, clipped away to deep midwicket.
2:38 PM: Finch has taken his time so far. He has moved to 25 from 39 balls but needs to carry on from here if Australia want to put on a respectable total.
2:32 PM: OUT! Pandya strikes. Gets rid of David Warner for 42. He had no clue how he missed that one. Steve Smith is the new batsman in.
2:28 PM: Meanwhile, it was on this day, 10 years ago, when India won the first T20I World Cup by beating Pakistan in South Africa:
What a day it was, still gives me the thrill whenever I look back. Nobody gave that team a chance and we lifted the trophy #WT20 2007 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/vJlIYE5ZXR
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) September 24, 2017
2:26 PM: First six of the match comes from David Warner’s bat. Smashes Chahal over the rope.
2:24 PM: This is Australia’s first 50 plus opening stand in last 7 ODIs. It says a lot about the phase that Australian cricket is going through.
2:21 PM: Hardik Pandya has the ball in his hand. He has been a huge asset in this series so far, picking up wickets at important times.
2:19 PM: Australia – 52/0 (11)
Aaron Finch – 22 (34)
David Warner – 26 (32)
2:15 PM: 50 up for Australia in the 10th over. This is a dream start for the visitors. Chahal comes into the attack.
2:07 PM: Four! Another boundary for David Warner. Poor bowling, on his legs and flicked away. Easy pickings! He is getting a move on.
2:05 PM: At the end of the 8th over, the score is 35/0.
#TeamIndia Playing XI for the 3rd Paytm ODI #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/7FcJo1xyVP
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 24, 2017
2:02 PM: On his legs, flicked away by Finch for another two runs. What an addition he is turning out to be for this Australian side. Moves on to 14.
1:57 PM: This has been a much better start for Australia. Both these batsmen have played the new ball well.
1:53 PM: FOUR! First boundary for Warner. It was a poor ball on the pads and all he had to do, was guide it towards the fine leg.
1:48 PM: FOUR! Another boundary for Finch, this time from the middle of the bat, gets it past the cover fielder. Can he be the man to revive Australia?
1:47 PM: FOUR! First boundary of the inning. Comes from an outside edge, Finch moves on to 6.
1:44 PM: Australia – 7/0 (3)
Aaron Finch – 2 (6)
David Warner – 3 (12)
1:39 PM: A decent start for Bumrah as well. Just three runs from that over.
1:36 PM: Jasprit Bumrah starts from the other end. He has been in a good form as well.
1:31 PM: First runs on the board. Bhuvi gives one away with wide. Early sign of swing there.
1:28 PM: David Warner and Aaron Finch are out in the middle. This is the best possible opening combination for Australia. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take the new ball.
1:20 PM: The Indian fast-bowlers will not get much help from the wicket today as they will be bowling in the first half. It will be a new challenge for Bhuvi and Bumrah.
1:07 PM: In case you missed the toss, here is what happened out in the middle:
Australia win the toss at Indore. Elect to bat first #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/XuY9OaHm9M
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 24, 2017
1:05 PM: Peter Handscomb comes in for Mathew Wade. So, Australia has tried to made their batting stronger.
1:01 PM: The update from the middle is that Steve Smith has won the toss and he has elected to bat first. No changes for India, Aaron Finch comes back for the visitors.
12:55 PM: Sunil Gavaskar says this is a batting beauty and the captain winning the toss, should look to bat first. Remember, it is a must-win game for Australia.
12:50 PM: Good afternoon folks! We are live. The sun is out and we are just 10 minutes away from the toss.
Taking shelter under an umbrella now after making bowlers run for cover as @virendersehwag blazed his way to an ODI double century here. pic.twitter.com/VklKfQ4P1A
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 24, 2017
Here are India vs Australia playing XIs:
Australia – Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith(c), Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Peter Handscomb(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Kane Richardson.
India – Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli(c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal.
