Mitchell Starc has been a shining beacon of hope for Australia within the ongoing ODI sequence in opposition to India because the hosts have discovered it troublesome to deal with the gifted pacer. In the second ODI encounter, he was the highest performer for Australia as soon as once more as he took 5 wickets at hand the guests a much-needed victory. While most India batters have been unable to seek out the appropriate strategy to deal with his tempo and motion, India legend Sunil Gavaskar had a chunk of recommendation for Rohit Sharma and Co.

“Give the man respect. He has been moving the ball both ways. He has destroyed the Indian top-order. So give him those three-four overs, play him quietly. Be patient, nudge it around, look to score at the other end. When a man is bowling so well and he has not even bowled a no-ball. A fast bowler bowling that occasional no-ball while striving for that extra pace is understandable but he hasn’t even done that so give him respect when he is on song, play him out and score from others,” Gavaskar stated within the mid-innings present on Star Sports in the course of the third ODI in Chennai.

Three wickets apiece from Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Vadav left India in want of 270 to win in opposition to Australia throughout Wednesday’s series-deciding third and ultimate someday worldwide in Chennai.

Australia had been bowled out for 269 within the forty ninth over after Pandya (3-44) and left-arm spinner Yadav (3-56) put a brake on the vacationers’ early momentum.

In-form openers Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh had by the eighth over made 10 boundaries between them, together with three sixes, and regarded set for a commanding partnership after Australia elected to bat first.

But Pandya took three fast wickets — Head on 33, Smith for a duck and Marsh on 47 — to go away Australia nervous at 85-3 by the fifteenth over.

Yadav toppled the middle-order starting with David Warner, who made 23 on return from the elbow fracture that compelled him out of the second Test in February.

Marnus Labuschagne (28) was subsequent however Alex Carey stubbornly held on for an additional 10 overs earlier than his departure on 38.

Fellow left-arm spinner Axar Patel and frontline pacer Mohammed Siraj every took two wickets apiece as Sean Abbott (26), Ashton Agar (17) and Mitchell Starc (10) stretched out the rest of the innings.

(With AFP inputs)