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Scott Boland has dismissed Virat Kohli for the third time.
The Indian team is in danger of follow-on in the fourth test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team has lost 5 wickets in scoring 164 runs till stumps on Friday. Rishabh Pant returned unbeaten on 6 and Ravindra Jadeja on 4 runs. India has to score 111 more runs to save the follow-on. The follow-on mark of this match is 275 runs, because Australia has scored 474 runs in the first innings.
On the second day of the ongoing match in Melbourne, India lost 3 wickets in the last 6 overs. Team India’s score after 40 overs was 148/2, which became 164/5 after 46 overs. The team lost the wicket of night watchman Akash Deep on the last ball of the 41st over. They could not open an account. Earlier, Virat Kohli (36 runs) and Yashasvi Jaiswal were run out after scoring 82 runs. Rohit Sharma (3 runs) and KL Rahul (24 runs) were sent to the pavilion by Pat Cummins. Scott Boland got 2 wickets.
In the Australian innings, Steve Smith scored 140 runs on 197 balls. He scored the 34th century of his Test career. This is his 11th century against India. Young openers Sam Constas (60 runs), Usman Khawaja (57 runs) and Marnus Labuschagne (72 runs) scored half-centuries. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets from India. Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets. Akash Deep got 2 wickets and Mohammad Siraj got one wicket.
Scoreboard of India-Australia Melbourne Test
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India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland.
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07:23 AM27 December 2024
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Second day’s play ends
07:05 AM27 December 2024
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Stumps: India’s score in the first innings is 164/5
Stumps have been announced. The Indian team has scored 164 runs for 5 wickets in the first innings. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja have returned unbeaten.
07:00 AM27 December 2024
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Akash Deep out on zero, second wicket to Boland
India has lost the 5th wicket in the 45th over. Here Akash Deep was out on zero. He was caught by Scott Boland at short fine leg by Nathan Lyon.
06:49 AM27 December 2024
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Dinesh Karthik’s reaction on Jaiswal’s runout
06:47 AM27 December 2024
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Kohli out after scoring 36 runs, Boland sent to the pavilion
India has lost the fourth wicket in the 43rd over. Virat Kohli was out after scoring 36 runs. He was caught by Scott Boland at the hands of Alex Carey.
06:41 AM27 December 2024
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Jaiswal was run out after scoring 82 runs.
India has lost the third wicket. After completing the century partnership in the 41st over, Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out on his personal score of 82 runs.
06:40 AM27 December 2024
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Jaiswal-Kohli’s century partnership, India crosses 150
There has been a century partnership between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli. In the 41st over, Jaiswal hit a four on Scott Boland’s 5th ball and took the team score beyond 150. The Indian team had lost the second wicket on the score of 51.
06:10 am27 December 2024
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Irfan Pathan praised Yashasvi’s innings
05:43 AM27 December 2024
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Fifty partnership of Jaiswal-Kohli
Yashasvi Jaiswal has made a fifty partnership with Virat Kohli. Both of them took charge of the team. At one time Team India had lost two wickets for 51 runs.
Jaiswal and Kohli have taken the Indian team’s score beyond 100.
05:41 AM27 December 2024
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Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fifty, India’s score crosses 100
Yashasvi Jaiswal has completed his fifty. Along with Virat Kohli, he made Team India’s score cross 100. Jaiswal completed his fifty by taking three runs on the third ball of the 29th over. Then the score crossed 100 by hitting a four on the 5th ball.
04:16 am27 December 2024
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T-break: India’s second wicket falls, Rahul out
India has also lost the second wicket in the 15th over. Here KL Rahul was out after scoring 24 runs. He was bowled by Pat Cummins. Tea break has been announced with Rahul’s wicket.
The second session of the day was also in the name of Australia. In this session, 71 runs were scored and 5 wickets were taken in 24.4 overs. Out of these, Australia lost 3 wickets in scoring the last 20 runs. At the same time, India lost 2 wickets in scoring 51 runs. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 3 runs and KL Rahul was out after scoring 24 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal is unbeaten.
04:09 AM27 December 2024
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India’s score reached 50 runs
India has achieved the mark of 50 runs in the 14th over. KL Rahul took two runs on the first ball of Scott Boland to take the team to 50 runs.
03:15 AM27 December 2024
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First blow to India, Rohit Sharma out after scoring 3 runs.
The Indian team has lost the first wicket in the very second over. Captain Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 3 runs. He was caught by Pat Cummins at the hands of Scott Boland.
03:00 AM27 December 2024
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inning break
02:57 AM27 December 2024
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Australia all out for 474 runs, Bumrah 4 wickets
The Australian team was all out for 474 runs in the first innings. Jasprit Bumrah gave the last blow to the team. He made Nathan Lyon LBW. He took 4 wickets in this innings.
02:25 AM27 December 2024
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Steve Smith was out after scoring 140 runs.
Australia has also lost the 9th wicket in the 115th over. Here Steve Smith was out after scoring 140 runs. He was bowled by Akash Deep.
Smith wanted to play the backoff length ball, the ball took the inside edge of the bat and rolled into the stumps. Smith did not attempt to stop the ball, as he had already come out of the crease. In such a situation, he kept seeing himself becoming bold.
02:16 am27 December 2024
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Australia’s 8th wicket fell, Starc out
Australia lost the 8th wicket in the 114th over. Here Mitchell Starc was out after scoring 15 runs. Ravindra Jadeja bowled him. He also dismissed Pat Cummins (49 runs) and Sam Constas (60 runs).
01:34 AM27 December 2024
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Lunch break: Australia won the first session
The first session of the second day of the Melbourne Test was in the name of Australia. The team has scored 454 runs for 7 wickets till lunch break. Steve Smith is unbeaten on 139 and Mitchell Starc is unbeaten on 15 runs. In this session, Australia scored 143 runs losing one wicket in 27 overs.
01:30 am27 December 2024
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Australia’s score crossed 450
The Australian team has crossed the mark of 450 runs in the first innings. Steve Smith scored the 450th run for the team on the ball of Washington Sundar in the 112th over.
12:59 am27 December 2024
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Australia’s 7th wicket fell, Cummins out
Australia lost the 7th wicket in the 105th over. Here Pat Cummins was out after scoring 49 runs. Ravindra Jadeja got him caught by Nitish Kumar Reddy and broke the century partnership. He also dismissed Sam Constas (60 runs) on the first day.
12:56 AM27 December 2024
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Australia’s score crosses 400
The Australian team has crossed the 400-run mark in the first innings.
12:45 AM27 December 2024
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Steve Smith completes century, 11th century against India
Australian batsman Steve Smith has scored the 34th century of his Test career. He completed his century in the 101st over of Nitish Kumar. Steve has scored his 11th test century against India.
12:24 am27 December 2024
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The fan broke the security and entered the field
During the first session, a fan broke the security cordon and entered the middle of the field. Security personnel escorted him out of the field.
The fan reached near Virat Kohli in the middle of the field.
12:15 am27 December 2024
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Smith-Cummins’ fifty partnership, score crosses 350
Steve Smith and Pat Cummins have completed their fifty partnership. Akash Deep, who was bowling his 96th over, hit 3 fours in his over. With this the Australian team’s score also crossed 350.
Steve Smith and Pat Cummins made a fifty partnership for the 7th wicket.
11:46 PM26 December 2024
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The Indian team came out wearing black bands
The players of the Indian team came with black bands tied on their arms. The players are paying tribute to former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has come wearing a black band.
11:14 pm26 December 2024
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Australia’s score on the first day is 311/6; 3 wickets for Bumrah
Australia has scored 311 runs for 6 wickets against India on the first day of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Till stumps on Thursday, Steve Smith returned unbeaten on 68 and captain Pat Cummins on 8 runs. Read full news