Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed Key events 28m ago India all out for 262 31m ago WICKET! Axar Patel c Cummins b Murphy 74 (259-9) 40m ago WICKET! Ashwin c Renshaw b Cummins 37 (India 253-8) 3h ago WICKET! Srikar Bharat c Smith b Lyon 6 (Australia 139-7) 3h ago WICKET! Kohli LBW Kuhnemann 44 (India 135-6) 4h ago WICKET! Jadeja c Handscomb b Murphy 26 (India 125-5) 5h ago Lunch: India 88-4 (Australia 263) 6h ago WICKET! Shreyas c Handscomb b Lyon 4 (India 66-4) 6h ago WICKET! Pujara LBW Lyon 0 (India 54-3) 6h ago WICKET! Rohit b Lyon 32 (India 53-2) 6h ago WICKET! KL Rahul LBW Lyon 17 (India 46-1) 8h ago David Warner ruled out with concussion 8h ago Preamble Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature now 06. 07 EST 4th over: Australia 12-0 (Khawaja 1, Head 11) I wonder if Travis Head will look to get as many as he can, quickly, against the seamers here. He slaps Shami to the mid-wicket fence for four and follows up with a back foot punch through cover for the second boundary of the over. He looked happy to pat Ashwin away and comes alive when there is pace on the ball. I wonder, I wonder . Doo doo doo doo doo doooo. 4m ago 06. 03 EST 3rd over: Australia 4-0 (Khawaja 1, Head 3) Ashwin looks a constant threat. He flights and dips and drops and fizzes a maiden. 6m ago 06. 01 EST 2nd over: Australia 4-0 (Khawaja 1, Head 3) Shami starts with a wild one that ends in a different postcode to off stump. Travis Head leans on a length ball and gets it in the gap at cover to pick up a couple. Hard to know what will make a competitive score here in this tricky third innings – anything 180 upwards could be a challenge – that is my hunch. * *From a sofa five thousand miles away from the pitch in Delhi. 13m ago 05. 54 EST 1st over: Australia 2-0 (Khawaja 1, Head 1) Every run vital, crowd fully invested in every ball, this is Test cricket at its most absorbing. Australia stretch their lead to, um, three runs. Both batters underway with a poke off the pads. We’ve seen some wonderful cricket already in this series and it’s also great to see Virat Kohli go back to being friends with the Australians after the ugliness of the last home series in 2017 #IndvAus pic. twitter. com/UkcLzFFxp1 — Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) February 18, 2023 It’ll never last! Updated at 05. 55 EST 16m ago 05. 51 EST Travis Head strides out with Usman Khawaja , Head will be opening the batting for Australia for the first time in Test cricket. This match is now a one-innings shootout, Ravichandran Ashwin gets his fingers loose by tossing himself a few catches. The fantastically named Dr Simon Nasseldüche gets in touch and the good Dr don’t fancy Australia’s chances: “Mark my words Jimbo, the Aussies won’t make 150 here. . . ” 28m ago 05. 40 EST India all out for 262 They trail Australia by a single run. Shami is castled by Kuhnemann and the Aussie batters trot off to strap ‘em on. Australia lead by one run after the first innings! ???? We've got a game on our hands. . . #INDvAUS pic. twitter. com/LqBA7sOgE8 — Wisden (@WisdenCricket) February 18, 2023 You can say that again, Wisden . Updated at 05. 42 EST 29m ago 05. 38 EST 83rd over: India 262-9 (Shami 2, Siraj 1) Shami and Siraj play a shot a ball, this could be over very soon. Three runs eked off Cummins, India trail by one run. 31m ago 05. 36 EST WICKET! Axar Patel c Cummins b Murphy 74 (259-9) … The ellipsis of doom! Patel is caught at mid-on by Pat Cummins! A heroic catch form the Aussie skipper and Patel can’t believe he’s clung on to it, he drags himself from the field and his team rise to him on the dressing room balcony. The deficit is just four runs and this game is alive . 82nd over: India 259-9 (Shami 0, Siraj 0) 35m ago 05. 32 EST Axar Patel smears Todd Murphy for a flat six that barely gets over head height. A remarkable shot followed straight away by… 36m ago 05. 31 EST 81st over: India 253-8 (Patel 68, Shami 0) You could see the emotion surge through Cummins as that catch was held, the series was slipping away there for Australia. Shami comes to the crease with Mark Waugh on comms suggesting he is going to “pin his ears back” i. e go for a slog. Axar Patel might open his shoulders too… 40m ago 05. 27 EST WICKET! Ashwin c Renshaw b Cummins 37 (India 253-8) Hear that? An entire cricketing nation breathes a sigh of relief – Australia take a wicket! Ashwin plays a loose chip and is caught at square leg. India trail by ten runs – GAME ON. 51m ago 05. 16 EST 80th over: India 252-7 (Patel 67, Ashwin 37) More pain for Australia, Axar plunders another four from a cut shot and Ashwin gets in on the fun too, gliding Lyon away to the fence behind point. The game slipping away from the Aussies even though they still have a small lead. The run rate for the session is above four runs an over - India have collected 73 runs and counting. The tourists are wilting. NEW BALL DUE. Ravichandran Ashwin now has seven century partnerships in Tests. Endlessly stubborn. #IndvAus — Geoff Lemon Sport (@GeoffLemonSport) February 18, 2023 Updated at 05. 24 EST 1h ago 05. 11 EST 79th over: India 243-7 (Patel 52, Ashwin 32) Yikes. Axar Patel gets on the front foot and unfurls a howitzer of a cover drive off Pat Cummins. Next ball he stands tall and rasps a cut shot to the fence! The crowd go crackers. Some innings this from Axar and the partnership between himself and Ashwin goes to 103. 1h ago 05. 07 EST 78th over: India 232-7 (Patel 52, Ashwin 32) Nathan Lyon seems to have been bowling for a fortnight. A single to Axar reduces the deficit to just 30. A lot of Australian hopes rest on the new ball which is just a couple of overs away. 1h ago 05. 03 EST 77th over: India 231-7 (Patel 51, Ashwin 32) A lesser spotted bouncer! Cummins gets some lift out of the middle of the pitch and the ball thunks into Ashwin’s shoulder and balloons to Steve Smith at slip. A weary looking Cummins sends down a maiden. NewsFlash: Playing cricket against India in India is HARD. 1h ago 04. 59 EST 76th over: India 231-7 (Patel 51, Ashwin 32) Patel has hit two towering sixes and four fours in his 51, Australia are desperate for a wicket. Pat Cummins senses his team need him and comes on for a bowl with the new ball due in four overs. 1h ago 04. 54 EST 75th over: India 230-7 (Patel 51, Ashwin 31) Consecutive fifties for Axar Patel and he brings it up in some style! Matt Kuhnemann is called upon to send down a few dead-dog overs before the new ball… Patel doesn’t let him settle and smears him away for a huge six over deep-midwicket. A match-turning knock from Axar Patel, he’s knocked the stuffing out of the Aussies in the past hour or so. 1h ago 04. 49 EST 74th over: India 222-7 (Patel 43, Ashwin 31) Four more! Ashwin flicks Lyon off his pads for a fine four. India trail by just 41 now. Australia look sapped out there, physically and mentally. 1h ago 04. 46 EST 73rd over: India 218-7 (Patel 43, Ashwin 27) Matthew ‘Haydos/The ‘Dos’ Hayden is on the tv commentary with Ravi Shastri. I love his Aussie drawl and he’s an insightful reader fo the game. “I reckon Virat jumped off the boat just as they were about to come around and serve cocktails. ” Lovely. Eight runs are plundered off Travis Head’s second over, he ends it by going to full and Axar does not miss out – pouncing on it and driving down the ground for four. Hayden chirps up, “This partnership has gone way past annoying and into critical for Australia. ” 1h ago 04. 41 EST 72nd over: India 210-7 (Patel 36, Ashwin 26) Lyon continues and is dealt with comfortably until the end of the over when the ball spins past Patel’s edge. It was slow turn though. Australia still have seven overs to get through before they get their mitts on a shiny new ball. The scores might be level by then… 1h ago 04. 37 EST 71st over: India 208-7 (Patel 35, Ashwin 25) Head starts tidily enough, a couple collected from his first over. Depth in batting to India’s rescue… — Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 18, 2023 Updated at 04. 40 EST 2h ago 04. 35 EST 70th over: India 206-7 (Patel 34, Ashwin 24) Ashwin gets a tickle past Matt Renshaw at leg slip and it is another boundary to India. More noise. The deficit was 124 runs when Ashwin and Axar came together and now it’s down to 50-odd. The ball has gone soft and is giving the batters plenty of time to line it up. Travis Head is summoned! 2h ago 04. 32 EST 69th over: India 202 -7 (Patel 34, Ashwin 20) Another lengthy meeting between Cummins and co. The over rate is nicht gut . The crowd sense the Aussies dawdling and up the decibel count once more. It’s great theatre even though nowt much is really happening. Ashwin pushes a single into the covers and it brings raptures. Fantastic stuff. This partnership of 63 runs is now the biggest of the match. 2h ago 04. 28 EST 68th over: India 201 -7 (Patel 34, Ashwin 19) India go past 200 with four byes as Lyon fizzes one down the leg-side and past a grasping Alex Carey. The crowd in Delhi sense a shifting of the power grapple in this Test and start to cheer every ball. The deficit is down to 62 runs. Indian fans in the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Photograph: Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images Updated at 04. 41 EST 2h ago 04. 25 EST 67th over: India 197-7 (Patel 34, Ashwin 19) Murphy continues and is worked for four runs off the over. It all looks quite comfortable for India now and the Aussies are starting to look a little frustrated. Is it time to give Travis Head a whirl? The end of each over sees a mini conference between Cummins and his chief lieutenants. Updated at 04. 26 EST 2h ago 04. 22 EST 66th over: India 193-7 (Patel 33, Ashwin 16) Lyon is on the prowl and sends down a maiden. Greg Wood gets in touch: “Could it be said that India’s batters today have been sacrificed to the GOAT? I might go and cremate something in the tandoor as a burnt offering to the cricketing gods. I’ll see myself out. ” See that you do. Close the heavy OBO oak door behind you too, Greg. 2h ago 04. 19 EST 65th over: India 193-7 (Patel 33, Ashwin 16) A single to each batter off Todd Murphy. An email entitled ‘Nipped in the Bud’ pings in from Saurya Chakraborty: “That Kohli dismissal from earlier was heartbreaking in many ways - given both his recent lean patch in this format and how NAILED ON he looked for a big score today before that (unfortunate?) dismissal. I’d love if you and the rest of the OBO veterans can recall any other innings where they thought a player looked set for a big one before it ended abruptly (preferably in tragically hilarious circumstances). We can probably avoid James Vince and Crawley from this discussion altogether! Over to you OBO hivemind! I reckon Ricky Ponting looked nailed on every time he batted… 2h ago 04. 14 EST 64th over: India 191-7 (Patel 32, Ashwin 15) Is that a drop? Lyon paws at his pate in frustration as he finds the edge of Patel’s bat and Steve Smith seems to dive over the ball in the slips. Smith is a fantastic slipper but is going through a poor trot of form at the moment. Mark Waugh, who knows a thing or two about pouching them in the slips, reckons he rose too quickly and couldn’t get back down again. Steve Smith misses a catch. Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Updated at 04. 21 EST 2h ago 04. 11 EST 63rd over: India 186-7 (Patel 28, Ashwin 14) Todd Murphy begins after tea, spectacle frames glinting in the late afternoon sun. Ashwin clips for a couple and four leg byes are squeaked through from a missed sweep. India don’t care how they come. If they can get to within 5o or so runs of Australia then this Test basically becomes a one innings crapshoot, and wouldn’t that be fun (for the neutral at least). 2h ago 03. 53 EST @Jimbo_Cricket - a teatime read for #OBO ers? https://t. co/6uWJDHqShd — Anand (@anandkumarn) February 18, 2023 2h ago 03. 52 EST Meanwhile in New Zealand… England are closing on victory in the first Test, with New Zealand 63-5 chasing 394 at stumps on day three at Bay Oval https://t. co/L3Zg0hxXBN — Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) February 18, 2023 2h ago 03. 48 EST 62nd over: India 179-7 (Patel 28, Ashwin 11) Kuhnemann to bowl the last over before tea . Ashwin nudges a single. A drag down is then laced through the covers by Axar, he’s seeing it big and it’s a statement of intent to end the session. Australia have picked up three wickets - including the silver tuna Virat Kohli – but this partnership is already up to a frustrating (for them) 40 off just 66 balls. The Straya first innings lead is 84 runs. Join us for what promises to be an intriguing final session. Off for a cup of Java, back soon! Axar Patel in action on day two. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Updated at 03. 54 EST 2h ago 03. 39 EST 61st over: India 174-7 (Patel 24, Ashwin 10) Axar is wielding the his err axe with relish. Cummins drops short and is cracked away through the covers, a whip-cracking cut shot that Indiana Jones or The Judge himself would be proud of. 3h ago 03. 35 EST 60th over: India 170-7 (Patel 20, Ashwin 10) The lead is now less than a hundred. Patel lofts a four off Kuhnemann that goes for a one bounce four and follows it up by nailing a slog sweep high and handsome into the crowd. SIXAH! As a bouffant Mark Nicholas would say. 3h ago 03. 29 EST 59th over: India 159-7 (Patel 9, Ashwin 10) As if to prove me wrong for besmirching him in these pages, Patel gets on the front foot and drives Cummins down the ground for a bootiful four. That’s me told, Axar. Ay carumba ! Forget skidding low – Cummins gets one to rear up and whistle past Ashwin’s flailing attempted cut. From a personal POV it is a joy to have a pace bowler on, a Cummins over takes a good minute longer than one from the spinners. First world OBO problems eh? Updated at 03. 34 EST 3h ago 03. 24 EST 58th over: India 153-7 (Patel 5, Ashwin 9) Lyon whirls away and lands six balls on the button, a maiden keeps the pressure on. Pat Cummins is coming on for a spell, if he can get the ball to skid low at his pace then he could mop up these last few wickets quickly. Not that either of these batters would thank me for lumping them in with the tail. 3h ago 03. 21 EST 57th over: India 153-7 (Patel 5, Ashwin 9) Murphy is accurate if a tad unthreatening. Patel works a single. 3h ago 03. 18 EST 56th over: India 152-7 (Patel