India is well-positioned to clinch a 1-0 series lead against Australia in Perth after dismissing Steve Smith and putting significant pressure on the remaining Australian batsmen. Australia has five wickets remaining and faces a daunting target on a wearing pitch.
Australia has five wickets remaining, but a near-insurmountable target to chase on a wearing pitch as India looks to wrap up a 1-0 series lead at Perth Stadium .It's a classic Steve Smith dismissal — short of a good length, on a fifth stump line and Smith gets a feather through to the wicketkeeper.Another easy single for Travis Head , who moves to 44.By Jon Healy
Edged! But he's very lucky to survive. Harshit Rana bangs it in short and finds the shoulder of Head's bat, but it clears the slips.He's a handy spinner, but this is very early for him to be bowling against these two. A real challenge, game situation notwithstanding, for Sundar.Big sweep shot through the air from Head. It's a pretty safe shot with only the deep backward square leg even vaguely in the vicinity. But it's too square for him and takes one bounce over the rope.
The angle might work against Rana here, it is coming across a long way and hits on the leg side part of the pad...Smith does really well to jam the bat down on a ball that doesn't really get up that much. This bounce, or lack of it, will be increasingly tough for the batters to handle.Another good defensive shot from Smith, but he's just getting a little bit square up by Rana at the moment - he needs to go back to that footwork we saw at the start of the day.
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