India v Australia, Indore

India 109/10 & 163/10

Australia 197/10 & 78/1

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia v India 2023 · 3rd Test Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, Indore 1–3 Mar 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than India.

India

1.05× +5%

Australia

0.72× -28%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

UT Khawaja Australia

60 +127

CA Pujara India

60 +100

M Labuschagne Australia

59 +79

TM Head Australia

58 +79

Steve Smith Australia

26 +36

Best bowling

Top match figures

NM Lyon8/64

MP Kuhnemann5/16

RA Jadeja4/78

UT Yadav3/12

Top score

UT Khawaja · Australia

Biggest stand

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Australia

Match facts

TossIndia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 9 wickets

Length3 days

India

109 /10 (33.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	st AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	12	23	3	0	52.17
Shubman Gill	c Steve Smith b MP Kuhnemann	21	18	3	0	116.67
CA Pujara	b NM Lyon	1	4	0	0	25.00
Virat Kohli	lbw b T Murphy	22	52	2	0	42.31
RA Jadeja	c MP Kuhnemann b NM Lyon	4	9	0	0	44.44
SS Iyer	b MP Kuhnemann	0	2	0	0	0.00
KS Bharat	lbw b NM Lyon	17	30	1	1	56.67
AR Patel*	not out	12	33	1	0	36.36
R Ashwin	c AT Carey b MP Kuhnemann	3	12	0	0	25.00
UT Yadav	lbw b MP Kuhnemann	17	13	1	2	130.77
Mohammed Siraj	run out (TM Head)	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 0

Total 109/10 (33.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	5.0	0	21	0	4.20
C Green	2.0	0	14	0	7.00
MP Kuhnemann	9.0	2	16	5	1.78
NM Lyon	11.2	2	35	3	3.09
T Murphy	6.0	1	23	1	3.83

Fall of wickets

1-27 (Rohit Sharma, 5.6)·2-34 (Shubman Gill, 7.2)·3-36 (CA Pujara, 8.2)·4-44 (RA Jadeja, 10.5)·5-45 (SS Iyer, 11.2)·6-70 (Virat Kohli, 21.4)·7-82 (KS Bharat, 24.5)·8-88 (R Ashwin, 28.3)·9-108 (UT Yadav, 32.2)·10-109 (Mohammed Siraj, 33.2)

Australia

197 /10 (76.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TM Head	lbw b RA Jadeja	9	6	1	150.00
UT Khawaja	c Shubman Gill b RA Jadeja	60	147	4	40.82
M Labuschagne	b RA Jadeja	31	91	1	34.07
Steve Smith	c KS Bharat b RA Jadeja	26	38	4	68.42
PSP Handscomb	c SS Iyer b R Ashwin	19	98	1	19.39
C Green	lbw b UT Yadav	21	57	2	36.84
AT Carey	lbw b R Ashwin	3	7	0	42.86
MA Starc	b UT Yadav	1	3	0	33.33
NM Lyon	b R Ashwin	5	8	1	62.50
T Murphy	b UT Yadav	0	6	0	0.00
MP Kuhnemann*	not out	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 22 (b 9, lb 8, nb 5)

Total 197/10 (76.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ashwin	20.3	5	44	3	2.15
RA Jadeja	32.0	8	78	4	2.44
AR Patel	13.0	1	33	0	2.54
UT Yadav	5.0	0	12	3	2.40
Mohammed Siraj	6.0	1	13	0	2.17

Fall of wickets

1-12 (TM Head, 1.5)·2-108 (M Labuschagne, 34.3)·3-125 (UT Khawaja, 42.3)·4-146 (Steve Smith, 48.5)·5-186 (PSP Handscomb, 70.6)·6-188 (C Green, 71.6)·7-192 (MA Starc, 73.3)·8-196 (AT Carey, 74.1)·9-197 (T Murphy, 75.3)·10-197 (NM Lyon, 76.3)

India

163 /10 (60.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Sharma	lbw b NM Lyon	12	33	0	0	36.36
Shubman Gill	b NM Lyon	5	15	0	0	33.33
CA Pujara	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	59	142	5	1	41.55
Virat Kohli	lbw b MP Kuhnemann	13	26	2	0	50.00
RA Jadeja	lbw b NM Lyon	7	36	0	0	19.44
SS Iyer	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	26	27	3	2	96.30
KS Bharat	b NM Lyon	3	8	0	0	37.50
R Ashwin	lbw b NM Lyon	16	28	2	0	57.14
AR Patel*	not out	15	39	0	1	38.46
UT Yadav	c C Green b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	b NM Lyon	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 3, lb 4)

Total 163/10 (60.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	7.0	1	14	1	2.00
MP Kuhnemann	16.0	2	60	1	3.75
NM Lyon	23.3	2	64	8	2.72
T Murphy	14.0	6	18	0	1.29

Fall of wickets

1-15 (Shubman Gill, 4.6)·2-32 (Rohit Sharma, 14.4)·3-54 (Virat Kohli, 22.4)·4-78 (RA Jadeja, 30.5)·5-113 (SS Iyer, 37.2)·6-118 (KS Bharat, 40.1)·7-140 (R Ashwin, 48.1)·8-155 (CA Pujara, 56.3)·9-155 (UT Yadav, 56.5)·10-163 (Mohammed Siraj, 60.3)

Australia

78 /1 (18.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c KS Bharat b R Ashwin	0	2	0	0	0.00
M Labuschagne*	not out	28	58	6	0	48.28
TM Head*	not out	49	53	6	1	92.45

Extras 1 (lb 1)

Total 78/1 (18.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Ashwin	9.5	3	44	1	4.47
RA Jadeja	7.0	1	23	0	3.29
UT Yadav	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (UT Khawaja, 0.2)