Shardul survives iinjury scare, stitches first 50-partnership with Sundar

Struggling with poor showings for the top order batsmen, India were dealt yet another injury scare when Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood wrapped hard on Shardul Thakur’s gloves on the second ball of India’s 86th over. Thankfully for the tourists, the injury was not serious, and he carried on batting after quick support from the team physio Nitin Patel.

Shardul’s stay at the crease was essential for India who were reeling at 186-6 before the right-hander joined Washington Sundar at the crease. The duo has put on a record unbeaten partnership of 67 runs for the 7th wicket against Australia at Brisbane beating the previous best of 58 by Kapil Dev and Mano Prabhakar set in the year 1991.

Earlier in the afternoon session, India were off to a poor start with Mayank Aggarwal getting out playing a rash shot followed by Rishabh Pant’s indecisive stroke. At the end Tea of the third day of the fourth Test, India were 253/6, trailing by 116 runs.

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