- India put pressure on Australia again and took a 533-run lead in Perth.
- Former captain Virat Kohli impressed as he scored his first ton in 16 Test innings
- An unpleasant moment unfolded during the day when a waiter was hit in the head.
A security guard was hit on the head on Sunday afternoon at the Optus Stadium as India increased its lead over Australia.
On a dry and cracked Perth pitch, India again put pressure on Australia with Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a huge score of 161 runs, while Virat Kohli dispelled doubts about his form, hitting his 30th Test century and ending a 16-innings wait to do so.
Jasprit Bumrah would declare after Kohli got his ton, with India taking a 533-run lead in the Test, after reaching a massive score of 487 in the second innings for six wickets.
Despite Kohli’s brilliance with the bat, there was an unpleasant moment during this afternoon’s game when one of the 36-year-old’s sixes appeared to hit a security guard on the head.
Kohli had bowled a Mitchell Starc delivery over the boundary, but the ball appeared to take a huge bounce before hitting the unsuspecting security guard on the side of the head as he sat by the fence.
A steward was hit on the head by a cricket ball at Optus Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The staff member immediately grabbed his head when a Virat Kohli six hit him on the head.
Concerns immediately arose among the players, with Nathan McSweeney and Nathan Lyon (second from left) racing towards the boundary to check on the young Stea.
The steward, who was watching the crowd at the time, immediately put his hand on his head after the ball hit him.
Concerns immediately arose among the players, with Nathan McSweeney and Nathan Lyon rushing to the boundary to check on the young steward.
The gentleman appeared to be fine, and Australian physio Nick Jones headed over the edge to treat the staff member along with another member of the steward team.
After being checked by Jones, the injured steward left and was replaced by another steward at the border line.
“Hopefully the impact was the biggest factor,” commentator Tim Lane told Channel Seven.
“It came out of nowhere, I didn’t have my eye on the ball, I was looking out for the crowd.”
Despite Australia’s brilliance on the field during the first innings, Pat Cummins’ fast bowlers struggled to remove the Indian batsmen.
Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers on Sunday and came agonizingly close to dismissing Kohli with a sensational ball that appeared to spin around the former India captain but went over the wicket.
The steward appeared shaken by the incident before getting up and leaving the field.
Amid concerns over Kohli’s form, the former India captain stepped up and enjoyed an epic innings for the visitors.
Australia captain Pat Cummins began to feel the pressure as India overcame a 500-run lead over the hosts.
It was a tough day for Australia, who were overtaken by Kohli and India on the third day.
However, Lyon would take the wickets of Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar.
But despite Australia’s best efforts, it was India’s day at Optus Stadium.
KL Rahul amassed a very good 77 off 176, before being dismissed by Mitchell Starc, while Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed for 25 by Josh Hazelwood.
Shadows began to encroach on the wicket in the final hours of play on Sunday and the conversation began to turn to whether India would declare this afternoon or continue on Monday.
They would wait for Kohli to get his century, with the Indian batsman in overdrive, smashing fours and sixes before reaching his target, before Nathan McSweeney and Usman Khawaja donned their pads and walked out to the center of the Oval for the final 30 minutes. of the day.