16/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Ranchi, Mar 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Cheteshwar PujaraIndia
16/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of India at Ranchi, Mar 16-20 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Cheteshwar PujaraIndia
, play 02:33
Eating <i>litti chokha</i>

ESPNcricinfo's Melinda Farrell visits one of Ranchi's most popular street food joints, Bhola's Litti Stall, to try a local delicacy

, play 05:22
#PoliteEnquiries - Are we all wrong about Shaun Marsh?

Who won the psychological battle? Can cricket exist without petty squabbling? Who has the best leave? Jarrod Kimber and Melinda Farrell have a go at your probing questions

, play 00:25
Steven Smith upbeat after Ranchi draw

Australia captain Steven Smith believes his team will have momentum heading into the final Test of the series against India in Dharamsala

, play 00:54
Kohli applauds quick-thinking Pujara, Rahane

India captain Virat Kohli talks about the technical adjustments his batsmen have made in their game midway through the Border-Gavaskar series

, play 00:52
Condition of ball played a big part - Kohli

Virat Kohli says the ball lost its hardness in the middle session on the last day and that affected India's bowlers' efforts

, play 01:10
'Jadeja stood out among the bowlers' - Kohli

India captain Virat Kohli was all praise for Ravindra Jadeja's bowling in the third Test against Australia

, play 01:44
'India must be hurting after draw' - Smith

Steven Smith says he is proud of his team's fight to earn a draw in Ranchi, and believes that the momentum is with Australia going into the fourth Test

, play 04:32
Manjrekar: Kohli didn't have a great final day as captain

Sanjay Manjrekar talks about Virat Kohli's captaincy, R Ashwin's form, the character of the pitch, and the result of the Ranchi Test

, play 01:45
Chappell: Australia's batting more than Smith and Warner now

Ian Chappell on Peter Handscomb, Matt Ranshaw and Shaun Marsh's role in the Australian side

, play 04:04
Chappell: This is like a win for Australia

Ian Chappell talks to Raunak Kapoor about the hard-fought final day in Ranchi

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Fifth-wicket rescue

38

No. of consecutive inns without a century partnership for 5th wkt for Australia, before this match. In this Test, they have had 100+ stands in both inns for the wkt.

Jadeja again

3

No. of times Jadeja has dismissed Smith in this series. He has scored 105 off 320 balls at SR of 32.82. Against all others bowlers: 266 off 506, SR of 52.56 with 2 dismissals.

rely on smith

78.33

Smith's average in 3rd inns of Tests in his last 6 inns, before this. His scores: 138, 70*, 31, 63, 59, 109.

Pujara's second double

2

No. of double-centuries for Pujara against Australia, joint-most among Indian batsmen with Tendulkar and Laxman and joint third-most overall.

New record

495

Previous most number of balls faced by an Indian in a Test innings, by Rahul Dravid in his innings of 270 in Rawalpindi in 2004. Pujara has faced 500+ balls so far.

Pujara's top season

7

No. of centuries for Pujara in this first-class season, the joint 2nd-most in an Indian fc season. Laxman (8) made the most whereas Pataudi & Gavaskar also made 7.

Long ago

2010

Last time India's top-3 all scored 50+ in the same Test inns, vs NZ in Nagpur. India had 8 such instances between 2006 and 2010 but this inns is the first since then.

Vijay-Pujara stand tall

6

No. of century partnerships between Vijay and Pujara in this 2016-17 season - the 2nd-most by any pair in a season. Hayden-Ponting had 7 in 2005-06, the most.