India, Oct. 20 -- Overcast conditions, a grassy pitch and Scott Boland running in. The fate of the batters is almost set in stone. At Gqeberha against South Africa, a similar story is unfolding. Australia boast of a pace bowling line-up that features Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Boland and given the right conditions, any one of them could run through the opposition.

Only 43 overs were bowled in the first two days, but Boland seized the opportunity to take 4 wickets in the 84 deliveries he bowled, outperforming the other three.

He produced an absolute ripper to dismiss Aiden Markram, an in-swinger crashed into the stumps. The next delivery was an outswinger, dismissing David Bedingham. Seeing the dismissals of Markram ...