Bumrah comes back into the attack. Steve Smith defends the first ball watchfully and does the same next ball.
The right-hander blocks solidly to play out the over from Bumrah as the pacer sends down another maiden.
Slightly short from Ashwin as Labuschagne rocks back and pushes it into the covers for a single.
Sharp turn and bounce for Ashwin but it slipw down the leg side as wicketkeeper Pant fails to gather it, to give away two byes.
Ashwin then strikes with the big wicket of Smith, who clips a full delivery but is caught by Pujara at leg gully to perish for a duck.
Left-hander Travis Head pushes at Ashwin only to get it off the outside half of the bat, but it falls safely before he blocks out the last ball.
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