IND vs AUS 4th Test Live Update Day 2: The fourth Test between India and Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) started on 26 December at the Melbourne Cricket Stadium (MCG). Today is the second day of the match. Australia’s first innings in the match is failing. His score is around 330 runs and his 6 wickets have fallen. Steve Smith and Pat Cummins are at the crease.
The most successful bowler from the Indian team has been Jasprit Bumrah, who has taken 3 wickets in his name so far. Compared to Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, the Melbourne pitch appeared more helpful for the batsmen. This was the reason why Australia scored 4 half-centuries in the match on the very first day. We are continuously updating the updates and live scores related to the Boxing Day Test match being held in Melbourne. In such a situation, keep refreshing this page.
Highlights of the Australian team’s first innings
Australia had a great start after winning the toss and coming to bat first. 19 year old debutant Sam Constas hit some excellent shots against Jasprit Bumrah. In the seventh over of the innings, Kontas hit two fours against Jasprit Bumrah and a six through switch hit.
Then Constas scored a total of 18 runs on Bumrah’s balls in the 11th over. Constas continued his stormy batting and completed his fifty in just 52 balls. However, after this Constas got caught in Jadeja’s spin and was out on 60 runs.
However, after this, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne played cautiously and both made a partnership of 65 runs. Meanwhile, Bumrah once again proved to be the trump card for India and he dismissed Usman Khawaja. After this, the Indian team again had to wait a long time to take the third wicket, but Washington Sundar, playing in this match, trapped Marnus Labuschagne with his spin.
On the score of 237, Labuschagne was out after scoring 72 runs. Whereas Travis Head was clean bowled by Bumrah on 0. When Head was out, Australia’s score became 240/4. After some time, Bumrah also disposed of Mitchell Marsh cheaply.
Just when it seemed that the Australian team was getting stronger, Akash Deep got Alex Carey caught out by Pant on 31 runs with the new ball. After this, captain Pat Cummins and Steve Smith did not allow Australia to suffer any further loss. Toss in the match, Australian team scored 311/6 (86 overs) on the first day.
australia score card
| batsman | wicket | Run |
| Sam Constas | LBW Jadeja | 60 |
| Usman Khawaja | Caught Rahul, bowled Bumrah | 57 |
| marnus labuschagne | Catch Kohli, bowled Sundar | 72 |
| travis head | b Bumrah | 00 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Caught Pant, bowled Bumrah | 04 |
| Alex Carey | Caught Pant, b Akash Deep | 31 |
Wicket fall: 1-89 (Sam Constas, 19.2 ov), 2-154 (Usman Khawaja, 44.1 ov), 3-237 (Marnus Labuschagne, 65.1 ov), 4-240 (Travis Head, 66.3 ov), 5-246 (Mitchell Marsh) , 68.6 overs), 6-299 (Alex Carey, 82.1 overs)
There is a chance for a hat-trick in Melbourne…
This series of 5 test matches is tied at 1-1. India won the Perth Test by 295 runs. After this, Australia won the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets, while the Brisbane Test remained a draw. The Indian cricket team has won both the test matches played in Melbourne in 2018 and 2020. In such a situation, he will have a chance for a hat-trick here. In 2018, the Indian team won here by 137 runs, while in 2020 it won by 8 wickets.
Shubman Gill out, 19 year old boy gets a chance in Australia’s playing 11
Spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar got a chance in India’s playing-11 for this match. In such a situation, Shubman Gill was dropped from the playing-11. Whereas Rohit Sharma will bat in the top order. Talking about the Australian team, Scott Boland has returned in this match in place of injured Josh Hazlewood. MCG is Boland’s home ground. Sam Costans is opening in place of Nathan McSweeney in this match. There is an age difference of more than 18 years between Sam Constas and Usman Khawaja.
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Constas is the youngest player to debut for Australia in this format after Cummins made his Test debut in 2011 at the age of 18. Constas is Australia’s youngest opening batsman and it is believed that his age difference with Usman Khawaja is the largest among opening partners in Test history.
Australia’s playing XI for the MCG test: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
India’s playing-11 for MCG test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
Indian team results in Melbourne (all Tests against Australia)
January 1948: Defeat by 233 runs
February 1948: Defeat by an innings and 177 runs
December-January 1968: Defeat by an innings and four runs
December-January 1978: Win by 222 runs
February 1981: Win by 59 runs
December 1985: draw
December 1991: Defeat by 8 wickets
December 1999: Defeat by 180 runs
December 2003: Defeat by 9 wickets
December 2007: Defeat by 337 runs
December 2011: Defeat by 122 runs
December 2014: draw
December 2018: Win by 137 runs
December 2020: Win by 8 wickets
Australian record in Melbourne
Total test matches: 116
Win: 67
Defeat: 32
Draw: 17
India-Australia h2h in Melbourne
Total test matches: 14
India won: 4
Australia won: 8
Draw: 2
Team India tour of Australia
22–25 November: 1st Test, Perth (India won by 295 runs)
6–8 December: 2nd Test, Adelaide (Australia win by 10 wickets)
14–18 December: 3rd Test, Brisbane (drawn)
26–30 December: Fourth Test, Melbourne (ongoing)
03-07 January: Fifth Test, Sydney
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