In the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India has made a strong hold on Australia. The Indian team declared their innings at 487/6 with the help of Yashwi Jaiswal (161 runs) and Virat Kohli (100*). With this, Australia got a target of 534 runs.
Today is the fourth day of the match and the first session is underway. Australia has lost 4 wickets. Steve Smith and Travis Head are at the crease.
Usman Khawaja was dismissed for 4 runs. He was caught out by Mohammad Siraj at the hands of wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. On Sunday, Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed for 3, captain Pat Cummins for 2 and Nathan McSweeney was not out. Bumrah and Siraj have taken 2 wickets each.
India scored 150 runs in the first innings. Along with this, Australia was all out for 104 runs in the first innings.
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India: Jasprit Bumrah (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurrell, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy, Harshit Rana and Mohammad Siraj.
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood.
Live updates
25 minutes ago
Siraj sends Khawaja to the pavilion, top-4 Kangaroo batters out
Usman Khawaja's reaction after getting out. He could score only 4 runs.
Mohammad Siraj has given the Kangaroos a fourth blow. He had Usman Khawaja caught out by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant in his first over of the day. Khawaja was dismissed for 4 runs.
40 minutes ago
Team India's horse WIN against the Kangaroos
Virat Kohli has scored the 30th century of his Test career. Played an unbeaten 100 in the second innings of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Kohli has surpassed Australia's great batsman Don Bradman (29 centuries) for the most Test centuries. India declared their innings at 487/6 on the back of centuries from Kohli and Yashaswi Jaiswal (161 runs). With this, Australia got a target of 534 runs. …
41 minutes ago
Kohli overtook Don Bradman to score his seventh Test century in Australia
Virat Kohli returned unbeaten on 100 runs. Kohli scored the 30th century of his Test career. He has surpassed Australia's great batsman Don Bradman (29 centuries) in terms of most Test centuries. Apart from this, he has scored 81st international and seventh century in Australia. So this is his second century in Perth. He also played an innings of 123 runs in Perth in 2018.
41 minutes ago
Jaiswal scored a century in the very first match in Australia
Yashaswi Jaiswal completes his century by hitting a six off Josh Hazlewood. He has scored a century in his very first match in Australia. Yashaswini sets 2 records with sixes…
- He became the third Indian to score a century in his first match in Australia. Before him, Sunil Gavaskar achieved this feat in 1977 and S Jayasimha in 1968.
43 minutes ago
Yashaswi-Rahul's record partnership
India lead by 218 runs on Day 2 of Perth Test, Yashaswi-Rahul unbeaten
India took a 218-run lead over Australia in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The Indian team scored 172 runs for no wicket in the second innings by the end of the second day's play on Saturday. Yashshwi Jaiswal scored 90 and KL Rahul returned unbeaten with 62 runs. …
44 minutes ago
A strong performance by the Indian bowlers on the first day
The Indian team took an 83-run lead over Australia on the first day of the Perth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The fast bowlers made a strong comeback for the Indian team. Australia's score at stumps was 67/7. India won the toss and elected to bat at the Optus Stadium. No batter could score a fifty and the team was all out for 150 runs. …
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