R Ashwin tries to bamboozle Shardul Thakur-Washington Sundar as he turns anchor on Day 3

Ravichandran Ashwin is warming bench in series-deciding fourth Test match that is currently underway at Gabba, Brisbane due to a back strain that he had picked up during his heroic innings in previous contest at SCG.

However, it seems that 'Ash' has mand to find some way to keep himself engd as he decided to play role of an anchor after play on Day 3 by interviewing India's star performers of this game so far i.e. Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, and, T Natarajan respectively.

'R Ashwin turns anchor'

Ashwin asked India's first innings heroes Thakur and Sundar about ir mindset while stitching an important partnership and duo explained how y went on with it.

"That was great. At that point in time, I didn't look to hit six but it was more of a reaction. I saw ball and played that shot instinctively. So, it came out well for me. I am happy about it", said Shardul Thakur.

Shardul's batting partner Sundar admitted that Test cricket is t easy despite getting off to a dream start on debut where he finished with figures of 3/89 that included prized wicket of Steve Smith and n played an outstanding kck of 62 with bat.

"t at all. Test cricket is definitely a tough format and I am very happy and fortunate that I could start off in this fashion by God's grace and a lot of support from family. Very very fortunate", he said. 

video of veteran offie turning anchor was posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on ir official Twitter handle. Take a look.

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Shardul-Sundar help India st a remarkable comeback 

After visitors were starring down barrel at 186/6, both Sundar and Thakur took matters into ir hands and added 123 runs for seventh-wicket stand with both middle-order batsmen scoring half-centuries. While southpaw scored 62, Mumbai pacer ended up scoring 67 runs before being castled by Pat Cummins. 

ir heroic partnership resurrected Indian innings as visitors mand to score 336 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 369. 

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Meanwhile, Aussies in ir second innings are 21/0 with openers Marcus Harris and David Warner remaining unbeaten on 1 and 20 respectively at stumps on Day 3. y w have a first-innings lead of 54 runs.

India will w be looking to restrict Australia to a manable total when y take field on Day 4 as Gabba Test reaches business end. 

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