australia 28 for 0 (Kawaja 19*, McSweeney 4*) vs. India
After India batted first in the third Border-Gavaskar Test match, only 13.2 overs were possible on a rain-affected first day without India succeeding.
Cloudy weather and a turf field forced India to field Australia after winning their third successive toss, and perhaps recent history also influenced their decision, with the bowling team having won six of the last seven Tests at this stadium. It would be crazy. But India’s quick-firing took time to find its length and looked almost untroubled in the first 5.3 overs, but rain forced the players off the field and Usman Khawaja warded off anything that was too straight or a touch short. . 13 off 22 balls.
After a 30-minute pause, play resumed and the bowlers started asking more questions, adding more length and finding more movement. Akash Deep, who was brought in to the side in place of Harshit Rana, was particularly impressive in the first change, swinging the ball to right-hander Nathan McSweeney and making even odd balls go up awkwardly.
But as the contest began to heat up, with India conceding just nine runs in 7.5 overs after the break, the rain came again, this time more intensely. The quickly tiring Gabba outfielders had promised a quick restart once the rain stopped, but the wait for that to happen stretched on, including both lunch and tea breaks. The heavy rain subsided around 3 p.m., but soon returned. Play was eventually called off at 4:13 p.m.
Besides Akash Deep, India also brought in Ravindra Jadeja for his first appearance of the series in place of R Ashwin. This change meant that three different spinners were played in each of the first three Tests. In Australia, Josh Hazlewood returned after recovering from a side strain to replace Scott Boland in the pace attack.
