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Poll: Was that a fair catch for Steve Smith? Latest posts 1.43pm
Kohli goes … Australia well on top Virat Kohli may have been given the benefit of the doubt before he had scored, but there were no concerns with this dismissal, the struggling Indian great edging Scott Boland into the ample hands of Beau Webster at third slip. Kohli departs for 17 off 69 deliveries, leaving India at 4-72.
India 4-72: Pant 9*, Jadeja 0*
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And the record crowds keep tumbling … Fresh off the highs of Melbourne, Sydneysiders have embraced day one of the fifth and final Test.
Cricket Australia reports the attendance by lunch today was 45,465 – the largest single day attendance at the SCG for a Test involving India, surpassing the 44,901 of 2003-04.
1.27pm
Here’s what Ponting had to say about Smith “non-catch” More food for thought over the most contentious moment of this Test to date …
India 3-64: Pant 6*, Kohli 12*
1.12pm
We’re back on the field OK, the two nations are back on the field, and ready to go after the lunch break.
The tourists will hope Virat Kohli can maintain his concentration, and deny any urge to drive wide of off stump – which has regularly led to his downfall this summer.
As for Rishabh Pant, the dynamic left-hander has a chanc
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