King of Asia: Nathan Lyon creates stunning record during third Test against India in Indore

Nathan Lyon is one of the very best in the enterprise. There is totally little doubt about that. In the continuing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Lyon has been on the forefront of Australia’s bowling assault. He is the person the skipper turns to when the going will get powerful, and he’s as a rule anticipated to do the job. The indisputable fact that he performs the same position, simply to a lesser diploma, even in Australia, speaks volumes of how good he’s. 

In the not too long ago concluded third Test against India, Lyon took 11 wickets, eight of which got here in the 2nd innings. With these numbers, Lyon’s scalps swelled to 137 in Asia, making him probably the most profitable visiting bowler in the continent. Out of these, 53 have come in India. 

Also, his figures of 8/64 in the second innings have been the joint third-best figures in an innings for a visiting bowler in India. This was his second-best efficiency, with the very best one coming in 2017 against India, the place he took 8 wickets for 50 runs. 

As far because the third Test was involved, powered by Travis Head’s counterattacking knock on the morning of Day 3, Australia ran away with the chase and received the third Test in Indore by 9 wickets. Failure of India’s batting order, coupled with lacklustre bowling show in the 2nd innings barring the beginning 15-20 minutes, led to the defeat.

India received the toss and opted to bat. The Aussie bowling assault, led by Matt Kuhnemann, who took 5 wickets, blasted away the Indian batting line-up for simply 109 in the first innings, with Virat Kohli (22) being the best scorer. It was at all times going to be an uphill battle from there on. 

Batting 2nd, Khawaja scored an excellent 60 off 147 deliveries, and at one level it seemed like they could even bat India out of the sport. But as soon as India obtained previous Handscomb and Green, all hell broke unfastened and the Aussies misplaced the remaining six wickets for simply 11 runs, inside a span of 24 balls.

Coming in to bat for the 2nd time, issues for India, didn’t pan out a lot in a different way barring Pujara, who scored an ideal 59 off 142 deliveries, not one Indian batter checked out ease. The staff was bowled out at 163, handing Australia a goal of 76 to chase on Day 3. 

India began Day 3 on a dreamy notice, sending Khawaja again on simply the 2nd ball of the primary over. Unfortunately, that was the one excessive for them, as Travis Head got here into his personal and counterattacked his technique to a victory price remembering for the Kangaroos. 

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