India lost the wicket of KS Bharat early on Day 3 but Shardul Thakur joined the party for India before he was saved by yet another no-ball bowled by Pat Cummins.
During the last over of the first session, Cummins bowled a beautiful ball that trapped Shardul Thakur LBW. It came after the all-rounder was dropped multiple times by the Australian fielders in the slip. They finally felt that they got the all-important wicket in the 60th over, but it was not to be.
Cummins had already conceded five no-balls during the India innings. It was his sixth of the innings as Shardul was caught in front of the stumps by a Pat Cummins inswinger. After the on-field umpire showed no hesitation to put his finger up, Shardul went for the review, which clearly showed that Cummins had overstepped his mark while delivering the ball.
On Day 2, an almost exact incident happened with Ajinkya Rahane. Cummins thought he bagged the wicket of Rahane when he was on 17 runs, but was called out by the Umpires as well. However, Rahane immediately went for the review and once the third Umpire began his process, the replays were immediately met with cheers from the crowd as replays showed that Cummins had over-stepped and the delivery was called no-ball.
The replays also showed that the impact of the delivery would have been Umpire's call as the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps. Rahane would have been out had it been a legal delivery.
Thakur and Rahane went on to share a partnership of 109 runs in just 145 balls before Rahane was finally dismissed by Cummins to end his plight, with Cameron Green taking a brilliant catch to send Rahane back to the pavilion. Thakur soon followed after scoring a half-century, his third at The Oval as well, but he was also dismissed by Cameron Green.
In the end, India were bundled out by Australia for 296, trailing Australia's score by 173 runs.
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