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Ranchi: Australian skipper Steve Smith on Monday said they were a few runs short in the first innings against India in the third cricket Test match here.<\/p>\nRanchi: Australian skipper Steve Smith on Monday said they were a few runs short in the first innings against India in the third cricket Test match here.<\/p>\n
In the first innings, Australia were bowled out for 451 with Smith (178) and middle order batsman Glenn Maxwell (104) scoring handsomely for the cause.<\/p>\n
“It was important to score big first-innings runs, we left ourselves a bit short there. 450 was not enough to win this match,” Smith, who scored 21 runs in the second innings, said after the match.<\/p>\n
Trailing by 152 runs in the second innings, the middle order duo of Shaun Marsh (53) and Peter Handscomb(72 not out) forged a brilliant 124-run fifth-wicket stand as Australia ended at 204\/6 in the second innings. They denied the hosts any chances of gaining a 2-1 lead in the four match series.<\/p>\n
Smith also backed the players for performing to their abilities and not letting the hosts clinch the match on the final day.<\/p>\n
“It was nervous and a pretty good test. I am very proud of the way the boys stuck it out. That’s what we want to be. Maxwell was sensational. That’s the way we want him to play,” Smith said.<\/p>\n
“Pat Cummins, in his first game in a very long time, he bowled beautifully. Not too often you spend 210 overs in the field. It was a long two days. The boys really dug deep. I am really proud. Massive game (left) in Dharamsala, can’t wait to get there,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ranchi: Australian skipper Steve Smith on Monday said they were a few runs short in the first innings against India in the third cricket Test match here.<\/p>\n
In the first innings, Australia were bowled out for 451 with Smith (178) and middle order batsman Glenn Maxwell (104) scoring handsomely for the cause.<\/p>\n
“It was important to score big first-innings runs, we left ourselves a bit short there. 450 was not enough to win this match,” Smith, who scored 21 runs in the second innings, said after the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[4744,2276,466,21766,3231,3523],"class_list":["post-33975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-glenn-maxwell","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-indian-vs-australia","tag-shaun-marsh","tag-steve-smith"],"yoast_head":"\n