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A snapshot of day three of the second Test between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval.
AUSTRALIA V INDIA, day three of the second Test:
SCORE: India 180 and 175 lose to Australia 337 and 0-19.
SUMMARY: Australia square the five-Test series at 1-1 with a comprehensive 10-wicket triumph, an emphatic turnaround from their 295-run loss in the series-opener in Perth.
THE MOMENT: India's remote hopes of an escape disappear on the sixth ball of the day when Mitchell Starc dismisses dangerman Rishahb Pant.
Edged and gone in the first over of the day!
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 8, 2024
Starc gets the huge wicket of Rishabh without any addition to the overnight total #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/tIHNNrxC40
THE PLAYER: Pat Cummins. The Australian captain captures 5-57 in India's second innings to put the icing on a sweet victory for his team.
THE STAT: 8-108. Starc's match figures are his best in his 20 Tests against India.
THE QUOTE: "He abused me ... In the press conference, he said wrong thing. He lied." Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj accuses Australian batsman Travis Head after their day-two clash.
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