India-Australia: Clarke leads from front to post 517/7
Australia posted 517 runs for the loss of seven to reach a commanding position.
Clarke and Smith posted 163 runs in the seventh wicket partnership.
Clarke retired hurt on 60 on Tuesday but returned to the crease to complete his ton and even hit 18 boundaries in his innings.
Australia resumed from 354-6 and players played dominantly to keep the Indian bowlers in trouble.
Smith scored 162 not out where he 21 boundaries in his innings.
Marsh also added 41 runs and added 87 runs with Smith in the fourth wicket of partnership.
The Indian bowlers kept trying hard but could nor deliver well in the match.
Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron, and Karn Sharma shared two wickets in the match.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
