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9.14pm

Abbott into the attack

Abbott’s first ball of the series is a slower ball that swings a little and Gill edges it away for a couple.

9.10pm

Bartlett starts – with a no ball

Bartlett’s opening no ball gives Abhishek a look at a free hit but beats the big swing from India’s explosive left-hander.

Third ball is on a good length and disappears for six over point. Nine from the opening over.

8.45pm

Stoinis out for 64, India set 187 to win

Wicket!

It’s been a fine innings by Stoinis, but with four balls left he can’t clear long-on. That’s three wickets for Arshdeep.

Marcus Stoinis.Credit: Getty Images

Arshdeep concedes 10 off the last over of the innings and India need 187 to win.

That’s going to make for a fascinating chase – Australia don’t have Hazlewood, but India know they can’t afford too many hiccups or they cannot win the series with two games left.

8.41pm

Bumrah’s 19th over is tight

Bumrah bowls the penultimate over.

A couple of quick singles and then a two – Bumrah is trying to land everything on a Yorker length.

Stoinis is confounded by a slower ball Yorker that just misses off stump. Just six from the over.

8.34pm

Stoinis reprieved after catch overturned then gets to 50

India celebrate a catch to get Stoinis at long-on but the replays show the sub fielder hasn’t got his hands under the ball. That’s a big moment.

Stoinis capitalises by crunching a pair of boundaries to backward point – Stoinis’ 50 comes up from 32 balls. Well played.

He finishes the over by cuffing a short ball over the wicketkeeper for four to make it 14 from the over.

8.26pm

Short swings for the fence and just makes it

Short doesn’t get all of his swipe at Abhishek, but it carries just enough so that Arshdeep spills the ball over the boundary for six.

Short gets another boundary when Gill fumbles a straight drive over the rope thanks to a little bobble off the grass.

Dube comes back for his third over and Stoinis smacks the first ball to the cover fence with real contempt.

8.20pm

Stoinis takes up the senior role

Australia are now relying on Stoinis and Short to make sure they don’t fall shy of a competitive total.

Varun’s last over is handled respectfully, but when he drifts wide, Stoinis crunches a boundary behind point. Varun finishes with 2-33, very good figures. Five overs to go.

8.14pm

Stoinis puts Dube onto the hill, twice, but David can’t clear long-off

Wicket!

Stoinis has played himself in a little, but when Dube drops short at medium pace, he crushes a six onto the hill.

Next ball is a full toss and Stoinis flicks another six, this time further around towards square leg.

When David gets on strike, he makes good contact again but can’t quite clear long-off. That’s 74 from 38 balls for David.

8.06pm

Australia battling somewhat at halfway

A Stoinis reverse sweep helps take nine from Axar’s second over and Australia get to 4-84 at halfway.

It is going to need a strong last 10 overs from the hosts to get up to the sort of score the conditions demand, particularly with Hazlewood out of the bowling lineup.

David gets into the 11th over by advancing to crash Varun well over long-off for another six. David finishes the over with six more, this time hit flatter after Varun goes around the wicket. David has 70 from 33 balls.

7.55pm

Varun goes bang, bang

Wicket! Wicket!

Marsh has not been seeing much of the strike during the David show, and he miscues an attempt to heave Varun down the ground – a comfortable catch for long-off.

Owen comes to the middle, David’s fellow Hobart Hurricane, but first ball he totally misreads a ball sliding into him and the stumps are scattered. Varun on a hat-trick!

Stoinis stops Varun in his run-up, and after the stoppage, the hat-trick ball is too straight and goes for a single.

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