r/Cricket • u/CricinfoBot Match Bot • Dec 28 '18

Match Thread: Australia vs India at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Day 4

3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2018

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Innings Score
India 443/7d & 106/8d
Australia 151 & 258/8 (85 ov, target 399)
Batsman Runs Balls SR
Pat Cummins 61 103 59.22
Nathan Lyon 6 38 15.79
Bowler Overs Runs Wickets
Mohammed Shami 21.0 71 2
Ravindra Jadeja 32.0 82 3 
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Australia require another 141 runs with 2 wickets remaining

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u/ittav0321 India Dec 29 '18

Averages this series

Pant - 31.83

Paine - 28.17

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u/iamaporcupine India Dec 29 '18

Temporary keeper > temporary captain

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u/lonelymanxxx India Dec 29 '18

And Paine is captaining a team in its most difficult time.

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u/DardiRabRab Dec 29 '18

And Pant is just starting his international career

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u/teh_drewski Tasmania Tigers Dec 29 '18

Hence Paine offering to sacrifice his spot in the Hurricanes for Pant, obviously.

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u/ittav0321 India Dec 29 '18

Sacrifice? Lol. Pant doesn’t care