IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 1: The first day of the Boxing Day Test in the Border Gavaskar Test series went to Australia. Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat. Konstas and Usman Khawaja started well. 86 overs were played on the first day after which the day ended.
Australia Dominates Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test
Facing 86 overs, Australia scored 311 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Steven Smith is on 68 not out and Pat Cummins is on 8 not out. Jasprit Bumrah took the most 3 wickets for India.
Akash Deep, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar took one wicket each. On the next day, the challenge of knocking out the remaining four wickets will be in front of Team India. Now, sports fans are keeping an eye on how the Indian team performs in the first season.
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Australia Posts 311/6, India Eyes Comeback on Day 2
19-year-old Sam Konstas from Australia left his mark in his debut match. In the first match, he scored 60 runs off 65 balls with the help of 6 fours and two sixes.
Interestingly, he hit both sixes off Jasprit Bumrah. After that, Usman Khawaja also completed his half-century. He scored 57 runs off 121 balls. Marnus Labuschenne also struggled with the Indian bowlers.
He scored 72 runs off 145 balls. It seemed that Travis Head would be a headache in this match. But Jasprit Bumrah took his wicket. He could not even open his account. Mitchell Marsh 4, Alex Carey 31 runs out.
IND vs AUS 4th Test: Both Teams Playing XI
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep.
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