India Vs Australia, 3rd Test Day 1 Highlights: Play Called Off Due To Rain After Just 13.2 Overs

The first ball is scheduled to be bowled at 5:50am IST, with the toss slated at 5:20am. The third India vs Australia Test will be live streamed on the Disney+Hotstar app and website in India, and telecast on the on the 🦩Star Sports Network in India.

Australia have already revealed their Playing XI:

Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk) Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India have won tꦗhe toss and they have chosen to field🦋 first.

Australia Playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jos🦄h 💙Hazlewood

India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

"Little bit overcast and little bit of grass, looks a bit soft as well, want to make best use of the conditions," says Rohit Sharma on the conditions at the Gabba. Pat Cummins too wanted to have a crack at I♋༺ndian batting first.

Players are out for the national anthem. Cloudy conditions in the ground and the pacers would꧋ be licking their lips at the prospect of bowling. Batters are set for a tough time.

Alright then! We are done wi✃th the꧃ pre-match formalities and are all set to go once again. India vs Australia 3rd Test at the Gabba.

Jasprit Bumrah with the new ball and we have Usman Khawaja on strike. Nath♉an McSweeney is on the non-striker's end.

First runs! And it is a boundary. Leg byes given and Australia are off tꦡhe mark but not Usman Khawaja. Third ball of the match, nips back in from good length to take the thigh pad and run past Rishabh Pant for a boundary on the fine leg.

But a good first over from Bumrah.

AUS 4/0 (1)

Mohammed Siraj sharing the new bal🧸l from the o🌺ther end.

Siraj too is on the money throughout the over. McSweeney takes ♈his time and negotiates all six ball defensively. Two maidens to begin for Indi𝐆a.

AUS 4/0 (2)

Except the one odd ball, batting has looked easy so far for the Australia openers. Ball is coming on the bat nicely, the overcast conditions are gone and the new balꦯl is not doing as much as was expected.

AUS 14/0 (4)

✃The clouds are back and so is the rain. The slight drizzle is heavy enough to force players off the field. Covers are on now and we will have a slight delay.

Khawaja has so far struck two boun𒁏daries and is batting on 13 while McSweeney is on 2 with a couple of singles.

AUS 19/0 (5.3)

Covers are off now. The drizzle which was never too strong has also disappeared and we could soon have the restart time. Wi💫thin 10 🦋minutes, we will begin again.

Play has resumed and the Indian tea🐎m alongside the Au💖ssie openers is back on the field.

Khawaja uss looking solid today. Just the second ball after break from ♑Siraj and he bowls it a little short. Khawaja was ready on the backfoot and he gets a 🔥four.

AUS 23/0 (6)

A disciplined effort so far from Indian pacers. Perhaps a bit on the shoไrter side so far. Khawaja and McSweeney have done well. But the conꦐditions seem suited to batting so far.

AUS 26/0 (10)

Extremely watchful from Nathan McSweeney so far. Indian bowlers have bowled well and he has n🎉ot taken any undue risks. Good start for him and Australia.

AUS 28/0 (12)

Yet another rain disruption and this time the heavens have opened up in Brisbane properly. A strong spell of rainღ at the Gabba going on currently. Players are watching from the dressing room. Covers are on th🍷e ground.

Early lunch called at the Gabba. The rain is still there and there is no clarity yet on wether the game will resume in 40 minutཧes or not. But anyway, we take a break of 40 minutes for lunch.

It is still raining cats and dogs at the Gabba and it is all dark around the stadium. Very little🔜 chances the game resumes on time.

The second session start has been delayed. It was scheduled to begin at 8:30am IST but the rain has refused to relent. It was heavier some t🌊ime back but even now it is strong.

So, Cricbuzz believes there is a strong possibility that the entire seconꦗd session could be washed out as the rain has refused to go away till now.

We could also be in for early stumps and even the forecast ✅for the next few days is not quite enco⛎uraging.

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Tea ha﷽s not been called but it seems the entire second s🍎ession has now been washed out. Rain is not stopping and the frustrating wait for play continues.

The news from the centre is that the rain gods have finally relented. The covers are still well i♊n🥃 place and it is dark around the stadium. But at least some good news.

Play called off for the day. Just 13.2 ove🌃rs bowled and the weather has not all💮owed for any more.

At the end of Day 1, Australia 28 for no loss in 13.2 overs (Usman Khawaja 19 not out; Jasprit Bꩵumrah 0/8)

So, if weather permits, tomorrow onwards we will have early starts with 98 overs set to be play♍ed. But the forecas꧋t remains grim.

That's it for today. Just 13.2 over🧜s, some good batting and bowling alongs🍃ide a ton of rain. We will be back tomorrow.