Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal stitched a solid partnership to recover India after the loss of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. Jaiswal has already scored his half-century and is trying to make it for a century during the fourth test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Earlier on day 02, Australia went on to score 474 runs with Steven Smith scoring 140. 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.
Australia batted first and made 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 lunch.
FIFTY!
A well made half-century by @ybj_19, his 9th in Test cricket.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 27, 2024
Starting their innings with a challenging target of 474, the Rohit Sharma-led side started the innings, where the 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.
They made a 100 run partnership before being dismissed for 82 and 36 runs respectively. India’s win in the ongoing match is crucial for their WTC finals run as they stands third in the WTC points table.
India and Australia secured one victory each in the Perth and Adelaide test while the Gabba test resulted in a tie. The visitors secured a 295-run victory in Perth while Australia secured a 10 wicket victory in Adelaide.
