ISLAMABAD
\nIndia have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a six-wicket win over Australia on the third day of the second Test.
\nThe home team\u2019s spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took all 10 Australian wickets in the second innings as the visitors struggled on a tricky New Delhi pitch.
\nJadeja took a career-best seven for 42, and Ashwin took the remaining three wickets to dismiss Australia for 113 runs and set India an easy target of 115.
\nIndia\u2019s chase saw some stutters as well, as they lost opener KL Rahul in the second over and were reduced to 88 for four.
\nCaptain Rohit Sharma was run out after a fluent 31, and Virat Kohli, who surpassed 25,000 international runs, was stumped on 20.
\nCheteshwar Pujara and Srikar Bharat took control of the chase and guided them home in the 27th over.
\nPujara, playing his 100th Test, top-scored for India (31) and hit the winning runs as the hosts ensured the bilateral trophy remained in their grasp for the fourth consecutive series.
\nEarlier, Australia resumed their second innings on 61 for one and added 52 runs before Jadeja and Ashwin engineered a spectacular collapse.
\nAsked to open in place of a concussed David Warner, Travis Head drove the third ball of the day from Ashwin for a boundary to signal his attacking intent.
\nThe off-spinner, however, had his revenge three balls later when he drew Head (43) forward to induce an edge that Srikar Bharat collected behind the stumps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD India have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a six-wicket win over Australia on the third day of the second Test. The home team\u2019s spin duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took all 10 Australian wickets in the second innings as the visitors struggled on a tricky New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-315051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n