Australia ‘A’ were bowled out for 268 in their first innings on Day 3 of the 4-day Test in Chennai. In reply, India ‘A’ were 121/3 with Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer at the crease at the end of day’s play. Earlier in the day, Australia ‘A’ resumed from their overnight score of 221/6 with Peter Handscomb & Marcus Stoinis trying to get close to the Indian total. However, Handscomb was out adding just eight runs to the score as he was out stumped by wicketkeeper Naman Ojha off Amit Mishra’s bowling. New man in Matthew Wade was Mishra’s second victim and was out caught by Abhinav Mukund scoring just two. Stoinis at the other end tried his best to build a partnership with the lower order. However, he too didn’t succeed in doing so and was out caught by Vijay Shankar off Pragyan Ojha’s bowling. Stoinis returned to the pavilion scoring 77. Australia ‘A’ were left reeling at 246/7 with Stoinis’ departure. The tail-enders could hardly make much of a difference to the total as the visitors lost the rest of the three wickets for just 22 runs. Mishra and Ojha proved to be too tough to handle for the lower order as the duo claimed 8 wickets collectively. Mishra had figures of 3/55 while Ojha picked up a fifer. India ‘A’ in their second innings got off to a confident start with opener KL Rahul & Abhinav Mukund looking in good touch. The duo notched up a 39-run opening stand until Rahul was out caught by Nic Maddinson off Travis Head’s bowling for 29. India ‘A’ captain Cheteshwar Pujara walked in next and along with Mukund began to score freely. The duo looked in no sort of trouble as they easily brought up a 71-run stand for the second wicket. India ‘A’ then suffered a double blow with Mukund and Pujara both taking the long walk back to the pavilion in quick succession. Medium pacer Gurinder Sandhu claimed both wickets. Mukund and Pujara scored 40 and 42 respectively. Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer then batted through the rest of the innings and remained unbeaten on 4. India ‘A’ had managed to gather a 154-run lead at stumps on Day 3.