IND vs AUS 4th Test: India, Australia settle for a draw, Labuschange scores 63
India won the 4 match series by 2-1. Steve Smith and co. started the 5th day of the 4th test at 3 for 0, as the day progressed Aussies played extremely slow and ended the day for 175-2.
Australia batted for the whole day and ended the 4th test match of Border Gavaskar Trophy in a draw. With this India won the 4 match series by 2-1. Steve Smith and co. started the 5th day of the 4th test at 3 for 0, as the day progressed Aussies played extremely slow and ended the day for 175-2. For Australia Travis Head scored 90 where Marnus Labuschange remained not out for 63.
Virat Kohli finally ended his three and half years old century drought in Test against Australia in the first innings of fourth and final test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Virat failed to register his 8th double century in Test cricket as the Run Machine was dismissed on 186 runs. Chasing Australia’s 480 in the first innings, team India were all out for 571 taking 91 runs lead against the Aussies on the fourth day. After Shubman Gill's 128 on the third day, Virat and Axar shone brightly against the Australian bowling line up and together they put up a partnership of 162 runs. Axar, continuing his amazing batting form, scored 79 runs. KS Bharat ana Pujara also scored 44 and 42 runs respectively. From India, each of the first six-wicket partnerships was more than 50 runs. This is the only third time in the history of test cricket that any team has achieved this feat. Shreyas Iyer couldn't come to bat in the first innings as he was experiencing excruciating lower back pain and went for multiple scans, therefore, Rohit Sharma and company had to wrap up their inning for 571 for 9.
Now India will meet Australia again in the final of World Test Championship on June 7 at the Oval, London.
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India won the 4 match series by 2-1. Steve Smith and co. started the 5th day of the 4th test at 3 for 0, as the day progressed Aussies played extremely slow and ended the day for 175-2.
That was all from the 4th test as India registered another Home series win. Thank you for staying with us.
Day 5 Lunch: Australia trail by 18 runs. Draw is the most likely scenario from here, Two more sessions, let's see if India could fight back.
After the end of 33 over Aussies are 68 for 1. The lead diminishing slowly. Umesh Yadav comes into attack as Australia trails by 23 runs
Australia is 21 for one after 15 overs. Labuschange and Head taking it slow as the Aussies are playing for a draw, trailing by 70 runs
Ashwin Strikes, LBW! Australia lost their first wicket as Matthew Kuhnemann gone for 6.
Marnus Labuschange walks in as number 3.
Team India has set up an attacking field as the host is looking for some early wickets. Australi is trailing by 77 runs after the end of 10 overs on the fifth day with 10 wickets in hand.