09:15 (IST)
While rain once again made its way back to the Metricon Stadium in the second session before washing out the remaining day's play, the day saw Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut dominate early on, before the Australians clawed back late in the afternoon session and post-dinner with a few wickets coming their way. The visiting team, though, have set themselves up nicely for a total between 300-400, one that will have drastically reduced Australia's chances of collecting four points from this game.
08:59 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third day of the ongoing pink-ball Test between Australia and India at the Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast, Queensland, with the visiting team set to resume from their overnight score of 276/5 in another 30 minutes. Here's hoping we have a full day's play today and the rain clouds don't many any further appearance in the match till the last ball is bowled on Sunday.
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Preview: Smriti Mandhana continued from where she left off on the opening day as she became the first Indian in seven years to score a Test century in women's cricket, before rain made its way back to the Metricon Stadium in Gold Coast to wash out a majority of overs on the second day of the pink-ball Test between Australia and India.
Mandhana, who was unbeaten on 80 overnight, brought up her maiden Test ton with a boundary off Ellyse Perry in the afternoon session on the second day, taking 170 deliveries to get there.
The left-handed Indian opener had been on the offensive from the very start of her innings, and by the time she departed for 127 after having cracked 22 fours and a six, India were in a solid position looking at the possibility of posting a challenging first innings total in the range of 350-400.
Australia, however, did claw back after her departure. Punam Raut made headlines as she decided to walk on her own towards the Indian dugout after the umpire turned down Sophie Molineux' appeal for caught-behind. Perry got her first wicket of the multi-format series when Yastika Bhatia, batting at No 5, holed out to Beth Mooney, while skipper Mithali Raj was run out after a mix-up with Deepti Sharma.
By the time the weather decided to play spoilsport for a second day running, India were 276/5 with Deepti batting on 12 in the company of wicketkeeper-batter Taniya Bhatia, who was yet to get off the mark.
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