Day One Thursday March 16,2017
Ranchi's Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium will become India's 26th Test Venue
The Ranchi Test Vs India will be Australia's 800th Test
Of the 799 Tests playes,Austalia have won 377;lost 214;drawn 206 and tied 02
Steve Smith(67) and Glenn Maxwell (82)scored 159 Runs For the 5 th wicket
The unbroken partnership between Smith and Maxwell - the highest fifth-wicket stand for Australia in India. The stand went past the 145-run effort by Michael Clarke and Matthew Wade in Hyderabad in the 2012-13 tour. Also this is the biggest partnership of the series eclipsing the 118 runs added by Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara in the last Test.
Ranchi's Jharkhand State Cricket Association Stadium will become India's 26th Test Venue
The Ranchi Test Vs India will be Australia's 800th Test
Of the 799 Tests playes,Austalia have won 377;lost 214;drawn 206 and tied 02
Australia skipper Steven Smith won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third cricket Test at the JSCA International Stadium Complex ,Ranchi today.
India have made just one change, bringing in Murali Vijay, who has recovered from a shoulder injury, in place of Abhinav Mukund.
Australia have included Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell in their playing XI.
The four-Test series is level at 1—1.
Squads
India
Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma.
Australia
David Warner, Mark Renshaw, Steve Smith (C), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Steve O’Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Jose Hazlewood.
At close of play,Australi wer 299/4 wtih Steve Smith 117* and Glenn Maxwell 82 *
The unbroken partnership between Smith and Maxwell - the highest fifth-wicket stand for Australia in India. The stand went past the 145-run effort by Michael Clarke and Matthew Wade in Hyderabad in the 2012-13 tour. Also this is the biggest partnership of the series eclipsing the 118 runs added by Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara in the last Test.
Steve Smith Completes 5000+ Runs in Test Cricket
Australian skipper Steven Smith has added yet another feather on his already illustrious cap. The 27-year-old has become the third fastest to score 5000 runs in the longest format of the game.
On the first day of the Ranchi Test, Steve Smith eclipsed the likes of Jack Hobbs and Garry Sobers to slam 5000 Test runs in just 57 Test matches.
Australian skipper Steven Smith has added yet another feather on his already illustrious cap. The 27-year-old has become the third fastest to score 5000 runs in the longest format of the game.
97 innings taken by Steven Smith to complete 5000 Test runs - the joint 7h fastest and third fastest for Australia after Don Bradman (56 innings) and Matthew Hayden (95)
On the first day of the Ranchi Test, Steve Smith eclipsed the likes of Jack Hobbs and Garry Sobers to slam 5000 Test runs in just 57 Test matches.
Steve Smith is now only behind the likes of Sir Don Bradman (36 Tests) and Sunil Gavaskar (52 Tests) in this elite list.
Steve Smith — who currently the number one ranked Test batsman — has also become the youngest Australian to reach this milestone.
Steve Smith,the Australian captain is just the 11th player to score 5000 Test runs within 100 innings, a feat which even the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting failed to achieve
19 Centuries for Steve Smith, the fourth-most by a batsman at completion of 5000 runs (end of the match). Bradman scored the most (21) and Hayden and Gavaskar made 20 each. Sachin Tendulkar and Neil Harvey had made 18 tons
Onya, skipper! @stevesmith49 pushes a single to bring up 5000 Test runs in just his 97th innings.
What a player #INDvAUS
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