New Delhi. The manner in which India has performed on the Australia tour has put the host team in panic. After Perth and Brisbane, India is now moving towards turning the tables in Melbourne. If the first three days of the Melbourne Test were for Australia, then the fourth day would be for Team India. On the third day of the match, India was playing to save follow-on and on the fourth day, Australia was worried that it might lose the match.
India-Australia fourth test is being played in its full glory. Australia scored 474 runs in the first innings of this match. In reply, the Indian team, which at one time lost five wickets for 159 runs, scored 369 runs in its first innings. In this way, Australia, which was once expected to take a lead of around 200 runs in the first innings, got a lead of only 105 runs.
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After this, the Indian bowlers performed amazingly on the fourth day and took Australia’s 9 wickets for 173 runs. In this way the Indian team came out of the brink of defeat and came on the path of victory. Jasprit Bumrah played the biggest role in bringing Australia to this position. He took 4 out of the first 9 wickets of Australia. Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets. At the time of teabreak on the fourth day, Australia’s score was 135 runs for 6 wickets.
Target of 300 is not easy, but not impossible
After the tea break on the fourth day, Ravi Shastri said that the target of 275 to 300 runs is not easy on this pitch, but it is not impossible either. The batting lineup of the Indian team is deep. Batting under a batsman like Rishabh Pant, Australia can never be assured that 300 runs cannot be scored in the day.
Nitish should bat at number 5: Langer
Justin Langer agreed with Ravi Shastri. He also said, ‘Nitish Reddy should be promoted in batting. I think he will bat at number 5. On this, Ravi Shastri reminded that he had said yesterday itself that Nitish should be in the top-6. He should bat between Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant. With this, the combination of righthander and lefthander batsman will also remain the same.
India has never lost in Melbourne since 2011
The Indian team has not lost a single test match in Melbourne since 2011. He played a draw here in 2014. After this, it won in 2018 and 2020. In this way, Team India has a chance to score a hat-trick of wins in Melbourne. Talking about the current series, India won the Perth Test match despite being bowled out for 150 runs in the first innings.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 29, 2024, 10:38 IST