Following a solid partnership, both Jaiswal and Kohli have been dismissed after stabilising innings from Rohit and KL Rahul’s early departure in the fourth match of the Australia-India tests.
Jaiswal was dismissed on a bizarre run-out when he hinted to Kohli that it was his call while walking off. In the last ball of the 41st over, the youngster drove it straight to mid-on and set off. Meanwhile, Kohli was ball-watching and was near his crease.
Cummins attacks the ball and hurls in a throw missing the target at the striker’s end. Carey runs in to collect the ball and runs up to the stumps to run out.
He scored 82 runs on 118 deliveries including 11 fours and 1 six before being dismissed on a run out.
A massive mix-up between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal sees Jaiswal run out for 82! #AUSvIND | #PlayOfTheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/a9G4uZwYIk
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024
Meanwhile Akash Deep joined Virat Kohli on crease. After a brief over, Virat Kohli was dismissed on first ball of the 43rd over which puts pressure on batting lineup.
The outside off stump weakness once again comes back to dismiss Kohli. A delivery on a sixth stump channel from Boland which Kohli pokes and gets an outside edge behind.
Australia batted first and made a scores of 311/6 by the end of day 01. Resuming the match on day 02, they added 163 runs to their total with Smith’s century by the lunch.
Starting their innings with a challenging target of 474, Rohit Sharma-led side started the innings, where Indian captain was sent out for 3 runs.
After KL Rahul’s dismissal for 24 runs by cummins, India struggled once again with top order woes. However, Kohli-Jaiswal Partnership recovered India, but did not last long.
India’s win in the ongoing match is crucial for their WTC finals runs as they stands third in the WTC points table.
With both sides are with one victory each, the result of the Melbourne test could be crucial for them.
