IND vs AUS, 4th Test Highlights: India Win Series 2-1 As Early Stumps Called, Qualify For WTC Final
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The fourth and final Test of four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in a draw as early stumps were called. India take series 2-1 to win the series and with Sri Lanka failing to beat New Zealand 2-0 in two-match Test series after losing the first Test at Christchurch, India have qualified for WTC 2023 final where they will go up against Australia on June 7 at The Oval.
Axar Patel provided India with a huge breakthrough. He cleaned up Travis Head on a score of 90. It was a good length delivery that came in sharp and Head failed to read and the ball went on to rattle the stumps.
Half-century for Labuschagne. Australia are dominating this session against the Indian bowlers. Travis Head is on the edge of reaching his century.
India have reached the WTC final as New Zealand outplayed Sri Lanka by two wickets at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Just after lunch on day 5 of the fourth Test between India and Australia, the news came and Indian players were elated.
Australians have crossed 50 runs. After a lot of slogging, Travis Head managed to play some good shots off Indian spinners. He is getting closer to his half-century. This is the final day of the Test match but still, there is no help for the bowlers from the pitch.
Nightwatchman Matthew Kuhnemann was snared by Ashwin. It was a slower delivery and Kuhnemann ended up taking on his pads.
Matthew Kuhnemann and Travis Head started the proceedings for Australia on the final day of the fourth Test at Ahmedabad. It will be interesting to see how Rohit Sharma rotates his bowlers.
Background
Ind Vs Aus Live: Hello and Welcome to ABP's live coverage of the match between India and Australia. Day 4 of the ongoing fourth Test between India and Australia belonged to Virat Kohli. He made it special by registering his Test century No.28 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Kohli ended his century drought after 3 year 3 months, making it big on a batting-friendly wicket.
The former India skipper took 241 delivery to get to his century as he made a total ion 186 runs before getting out. With the help of brilliant knocks from Gill ad Kohli, India posted a huge total of 571 runs in reply to Australia’s 480. The Indians ended up taking the lead of 91 runs on day 4. Coming down the order, left-arm spinner Axar Patel also contributed with a well-made 79 runs off 113 balls.
For Australia, Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy starred with the ball on a batting-friendly wicket. Lyon registered 3 for 151 while Murphy took 3 wickets for 113. Mitchell Starc and Matthew Kuhnemann were the other wicket-takers for the Aussies.
Before the end of day 4 play, Australia started batting as the Indian bowlers bowled 6 overs and gave away 3 runs. The Kangaroos started the proceedings with Matthew Kuhnemann along with the regular opener Travis Head while Ashwin and Jadeja bowled the initial overs for Team India.
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.
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