Summary

  • India recover from 2-3 to win by six wickets

  • Kohli (85) & Rahul put on 165 for fourth wicket

  • Marsh drops Kohli on 12

  • Australia struggle on slow, turning pitch - slumping to 199 all out

  • Warner (41) & Smith (46) top-score but lack fluency

  • Jadeja (3-28), Kuldeep (2-42) & Bumrah (2-35) star with the ball

  1. 6 runs

    Aus 152-7published at 39.3 overs

    That will help Australia's cause.

    I can belatedly bring out the six graphic at Pat Cummins seizes on a short delivery from Kuldeep Yadav and heaves the ball over mid-wicket.

  2. Aus 145-7published at 39 overs

    Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc are doing their best to try and nudge and nurdle some runs, but it easier said than done on this pitch and facing these bowlers.

    Three singles from Ravichandran Ashwin's ninth over.

  3. Aus 142-7published at 38 overs

    We have just seen a brilliant cut away shot of the MA Chidambaram Stadium with the sun setting in the distance. It looks an absolute picture.

    Australia have no time to enjoy the view though as India continue to strangle the scoring.

    Just two singles from Kuldeep Yadav's latest over.

  4. Aus 140-7published at 37 overs

    We are into the bowlers now as Mitchell Starc joins Pat Cummins.

    India's tails are up, they are skipping around the field between overs as they look to keep the pressure on.

    Where can Australia get to from here?

  5. Postpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    When it's not you day, it's not going your way... you get a long hop and you find short third, slapping it straight to him. It would not have been India's plan for Cameron Green, but when you've built that pressure you've got the luxury of bowling that and still getting wickets.

  6. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 36.2 overs

    Green c Hardik b Ashwin 8 (Aus 140-7)

    Another one goes! Australia are melting away in the Chennai sun.

    It is a pretty rank ball from Ravichandran Ashwin to be fair, a real long hop. Cameron Green senses runs but can only cut the ball straight to Hardik Pandya at backward point.

    The India fans and players are jubilant. They are bang on top.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 35.5 overs

    Maxwell b Kuldeep 15 (Aus 140-6)

    Bowled him!

    Glenn Maxwell steps back to give himself room on a ball pitching on middle, but it turns sharply, beats his attempted cut and smacks into leg stump.

    Maxwell looks furious with himself as he trudges off shaking his head.

  8. Aus 138-5published at 35 overs

    The wily Ravichandran Ashwin comes into the attack

    Cameron Green hauls the ball into the leg side but it lands well clear of the fielders and Australia run a single.

    Glenn Maxwell then miscues another heave that just beats the diving mid-on. That was aerial so would have been a chance if the fielder was positioned a couple of yards to his left.

    Australia need to start taking some risks, though.

  9. Aus 134-5published at 34 overs

    Australi's run rate has now dipped below four as Ravindra Jadeja bowls another miserly over, helped by a fine stop by Virat Kohli at cover to prevent an almost certain four.

    Australia may have been a touch conservative with their approach, but India have bowled and fielded extremely well.

  10. Postpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Glenn Maxwell's natural instinct is to attack and player a high-risk game. That can look ugly when it doesn't go your way. Teams go fast and aggressive at Maxwell early, but if he can get through that period he can be destructive.

  11. Aus 131-5published at 33 overs

    Jasprit Bumrah, with his iconic skippy run-up and slingy action, continues to tie these Australia batters down.

    It should be a maiden, but a misfield at mid-off gifts Australia a single.

  12. Postpublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Aaron Finch
    Former Australia captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Glenn Maxwell just gave himself a touch of room to access that big gap. The man on the fence is fine so Maxwell just had to beat the fielder at cover.

  13. Aus 130-5published at 32 overs

    A boundary! Haven't had many of those lately...

    It is a cross-batted swipe from Glenn Maxwell that fizzes through point and to the rope.

  14. Postpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special

    India's fielding, which historically hasn't always been top class, has been right on the money today.

  15. Aus 123-5published at 31 overs

    Cameron Green comes out to join Glenn Maxwell and attempt a rebuilding job. Is Australia's timid approach in the early part of this innings going to cost them?

    Two wides and a briskly run two come from Jasprit Bumrah's latest over.

  16. Postpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Rohit Sharma is looking to turn the screw as he brings Jasprit Bumrah back into the attack.

  17. Postpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been sensational from Ravindra Jadeja and him being the sixth bowler for India shows their strength and depth.

  18. Postpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Prakash Wakankar
    BBC Test Match Special

    Ravindra Jadeja is on fire here! Alex Carey did get forward. Was he outside the line of the off stump...but the DRS timer has ticked away. Australia in serious trouble and the crowd are going bonkers!

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 29.4 overs

    Carey lbw b Jadeja 0 (Aus 119-5)

    Alex Carey has gone second ball and Ravindra Jadeja now has three!

    Jadeja goes around the wicket and lures Carey forward to ball pitching on middle before turning towards leg and cannoning into the pad.

    Carey briefly thinks about the review but wisely decides against it - the replay showed the ball was going in to hit the top of leg.

  20. Postpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    Ex-West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    This situation probably suits Alex Carey. He has time to play himself in. He's really adept at sweeping and reverse sweeping.