Khawaja, Warner establish framework with hundred or more stand

Usman Khawaja and David Warner shared an unbeaten 138-run represent the initial wicket to drive Australia's first innings in the Rawalpindi Test versus Pakistan. Australia were falling behind financially of 338 at Lunch.

Toward the beginning of Day 3, with a lot of hurries to play for, the speed pair of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah bowled spirited spells. Afridi went past the edge of Warner's bat multiple times with conveyances that formed away from him. He additionally constrained Warner to edge one of the conveyances, just for it to go by the crevasse defender and into the third man fence.

Afridi likewise verged on receiving the benefit for his persistent effort when he instigated Khawaja to play a free drive, yet Fawad Alam at crevasse dropped a simple opportunity. Naseem, in the interim, utilized the yorker and bouncer to amaze Khawaja.

In the middle, Warner and Khawaja likewise kept the scorecard ticking over with drives and flat bat shots on the two sides of the wicket against the speed pair. At the point when the spinners - Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan - were presented, Khawaja broke the space, switch clear and slice to return the strain on the team. Warner too participated in the go about as he gathered three limits in a solitary over off Iftikhar Ahmed and furthermore attempted the cut stroke against Sajid.

Khawaja, who was more forceful of the two, got to his fifty first and afterward Warner properly followed his batting accomplice by arriving at his 50 years in the 31st over. Pakistan's spinners were for the most part worse than average through the course of the meeting however the Australian openers showed the expected nous to pick the length early and utilize the profundity of the wrinkle. The track isn't offering much for the spinners even on Day 3, with just four wickets having fallen in this Test up to this point.

Brief scores: Pakistan 476/4 decl. (Azhar Ali 185, Imam Ul Haq 157, Imam-ul-Haq 157; Pat Cummins 1-62) lead Australia 138 for no misfortune (Usman Khawaja 70*, David Warner 60*) by 338 runs.