Rohit Sharma's comeback ended by Josh Hazlewood's SUPER caught and bowled effort: WATCH

Indian team got off to a solid start in first innings of India vs Australia 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. visitors h a new opening pair in form of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill who h a tough task ahe of m to tackle Aussie pacers. Both Rohit and Gill were resolute in ir approach as y played meticulously to ensure that India weren't dented early on ir innings.

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Josh Hazlewood dismisses Rohit Sharma for 26 after distracting him with constant chatter

duo soon stitched a 50-run partnership inside 20 overs. tably, this was  first time that Indian openers lasted 20 overs in a Test match outside Asia since former Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir did it in 2010 (92 innings ago). Both Rohit and Gill were going strong for India, however, Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood grabbed Rohit's wicket against run of play as right-hander was dismissed for 26 off 77 balls.

Rohit looked determined for a big score and was playing carefully but Hazlewood was constantly trying to get under Indian opener's skin to distract him by saying few words. In end, Australian pacer was successful in diverting his focus as Rohit got out to a thing delivery. Hazlewood bowled a full delivery and tempted Rohit to drive who drove it straight back to bowler where pacer completed a sharp catch.

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Rohit, who is making his comeback after a long layoff due to an injury he suffered during Dream11 IPL 2020, didn't have a memorable return. However, right-hander looked in great touch as he played some glorious shots during his time at crease which is something which he can take confidence from going forward in series. 

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Meanwhile, with overnight score of 166/2, Australia started positively on Day 2 with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne going strong. However, once Labuschagne was dismissed for 91, wickets kept tumbling from one end while Smith held or end and tched a ton to help hosts post a competitive score of 337. Ravindra Jeja was pick of Indian bowlers with figures of 4/62.

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After restricting Australia to 337, India got off to a good start as openers Rohit and Gill posted 70 runs before former was dismissed. Gill scored a valiant fifty and departed soon after. At time of publishing this article, India are 88/2 after 38.4 overs with Chetshwar Pujara batting on 3 and skipper Ajnikya Rahane unbeaten on 1. India will hope that duo carries on and lays a solid foundation for lower-middle order to come and score big. 

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