AUS vs IND 4th Test: India walked out to bat in their first innings where they scored 164/5 by the end of day 02 at Melbourne. Australia won the toss and batter first where Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja scored half-centuries helping the side for a solid start.
Steve Smith scored 140 runs and ensured that Australia reached nearly 500 in their innings. Ultimately Australia were bundled out for 474 runs.
With India losing five wickets before crossing half of the target, India could get bowled out before chasing the target. If India bowled out for low scores there is a possibility for a follow-on in the fourth test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
What is Follow-on?
The follow-on rule is applicable only for test cricket. The fule comes to be applicable when the team batting second in a test match fails to narrow the gap between their total and opposition total below 200 runs. In that case, the team with more runs can ask the other team bat again in the match.
India has a mammoth total of 474 runs with the score board pressure on the visitors. India need alteast 275 runs to avoid the follow-on in the match.
Three wickets late in the piece give Australia even more momentum heading into Day Three.
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Australia batted first and made scores of 311/6 by the end of day 01. Earlier on day 02, Australia went on to score 474 runs with Steven Smith scoring 140. They were able to post a huge total with half-centuries from Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja and Labuschagne.
Pat Cummins scored 49 runs at the low order to strengthen their score. Indian bowlers worked on a challenging surface, with Bumrah picking 4/99, Jadeja had a return of 3/78 and Akash Deep picking 2/94 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.
Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal stitched a solid partnership to recover India after the loss of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
They made a 100 run partnership before being dismissed for 82 and 36 runs respectively. After their dismissal Akash Deep sent out on a duck with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja at crease by the end of day 02 at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
