IND vs AUS, 4th Test Highlights: Australia Post 3/0 At Stumps On Day 4, Trail India By 88 Runs

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Hello and Welcome to ABP's live coverage of the match between India and Australia. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli sailed India’s boat on day 3 and helped their team to reach the total of 289/3 by the end of play of the fourth Test against Australia at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. India trails by 191 runs and it looks like India will start their day 4 campaign on high.All eyes will be on Virat Kohli who has not scored a Test century since 2019, he will look to make it big this time. While Shubman Gill registered his second Test hundred. He also added 74 run stand with skipper Rohit Sharma and 113 run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara who also played a decent knock of 42.Gill was quoted as saying by PTI as he recalled that not-so-great phase in his 15-Test career."I got a feeling that as soon as I was getting set, I was getting over defensive and over cautious. I was thinking now that I have got set, I will have to bat as long as possible. I was putting myself under too much pressure and that is not my game.Currently, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are at the crease and they will start the proceedings on day 4 for India. Earlier, Australia posted a huge total of 480 runs riding on the special knocks from Khawaja and Green. Left-hand batter scored a huge 180 runs while Green got his first Test century. Down the order, Nathan Lyon also batted well and helped Australia put in a massive total in front of the Indian team.Squads:India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav, Kuldeep Yadav.Australia: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith(c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhnemann, Scott Boland, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Lance Morris.

12/03/2023 17:39:24

IND vs AUS Day 4 Highlights

Virat Kohli's memorable 186 helped India finish their first innings at 571 on Day 4 of Ind vs Aus 4th Test. At stumps on the fourth day, Australia, in their second innings, were 3/0 with Matthew Kuhnemann (0 batting) and Travis Head (3 batting) seeing through their six overs in the final session. Australia are behind by 88 runs.

12/03/2023 16:42:21

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An entertaining knock from Virat comes to an end. He misses out of scoring a well-deserved double ton. India finish their 1st innings at 571 runs and lead Australia by 91 runs. Australia will bat for 18 odd minutes before stumps on Day 4.

12/03/2023 16:29:15

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Virat Kohli nearing a memorable double ton but he is running out of batting partners.

12/03/2023 15:19:28

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Half-century for Axar Patel. Gets there with a single off Murply to continue the fabulous run he has had in this series with the bat.

12/03/2023 15:02:40

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150 up for Virat Kohli. What a knock from the star batter. He reaches the landmark in the 164th over with the help of successive boundaries off Cameron Green.

12/03/2023 14:54:14

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Kohli-Patel stand is intact and India are now ahead of Australia.

12/03/2023 14:37:21

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Play resumes after TEA! India might look to get a few quick runs to bat Australia out of this match before coming back and trying and pushing for a win. Kohli resumes his innings from 135*, while Axar Patel is accompanting him, batting on 38.

12/03/2023 12:45:06

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Virat Kohli finally ended his Test century drought as he scored a brilliant century here against Australia here at Narendra Modi Stadium. It has been eye-pleasant batting by Kohli as he played with a lot of patience and determination.

12/03/2023 12:38:06

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Lyon provided Australia with a huge breakthrough as he cleaned up Srikar Bharat. The ball came in sharp as he was looking to defend it but found an edge and Handscomb took a good catch in the end.

 

12/03/2023 12:22:52

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Cameron Green bowled a short pitch ball to Bharat and he pulled it and deposited that into the stands. He followed it up by smashing another maximum, that's back-to-back sixes for the Indian wicketkeeper.

12/03/2023 11:33:10

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Both Virat Kohli and Srikar Bharat are batting well, not giving any chance to Australian bowlers. The former India skipper is getting closer to his century. In order to snare Kohli, Steve Smith is constantly rotating his bowlers.

12/03/2023 10:05:28

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Jadeja was sent back to the pavilion by Murphy. It was a well-planned trap by the Australians and Jadeja just could not escape. He was looking to hit it over the long-on but was caught by Khawaja.

 

12/03/2023 09:31:14

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Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja started to start the proceedings on day 4. All eyes will be on Kohli as to how will he bat today. Will he be able to score a century at  Ahmedabad?