The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played at the MCG ground in Melbourne. The Australian team won the toss on Thursday and decided to bat. Australia has scored 217 runs for two wickets in the third session. Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are unbeaten. There has been a fifty partnership between the two. Labuschagne has completed his fifty.
There has been a change in the Indian team. Shubman Gill is not playing, while Washington Sundar has got a chance. At the same time, Australia made 2 changes in the playing-11 of the Brisbane Test. Josh Hazlewood and Nathan McSweeney were out, in their place Scott Boland and Sam Constas got entry. India won the first Test and Australia won the second, so the series is tied 1-1. The third Test was a draw.
players of both teams
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 Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland.
pitch report
Melbourne usually favors fast bowlers. About 6 mm of grass has been left on the pitch. Pitch curator Matt Page said, the pitch in Melbourne will be the same as in the past few years. There will be an equal battle between bat and ball.
The weather will be very hot on the first day of the Melbourne Test. According to the weather website accu weather, there is absolutely no chance of rain in Melbourne on December 26. The temperature here on this day will be between 14 and 37 degrees Celsius.
India vs Australia 4th Highligths
Australia’s score crosses 200 runs Australia crossed the 200 run mark in the 58th over. Steve Smith hit two consecutive fours in Ravindra Jadeja’s over to take the score to 208/2.
Marnus Labuschagne’s fifty: Marnus Labuschagne has completed his fifty. He completed his fifty by taking 2 runs on the last ball of the 55th over bowled by Akash Deep. This is his second fifty in this series.
Usman Khawaja out after scoring 57 runs Jasprit Bumrah has lost the second wicket in the 45th over. Here Usman Khawaja (57 runs) was caught by KL Rahul off Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has dismissed Khawaja for the 5th time.
Marnus Labuschagne got hit by Siraj’s ball Marnus Labuschagne got injured in the 33rd over. Siraj’s ball hit him near his abdomen. Due to this injury the game was stopped for a while. Physio also came on the field.
Kohli pushed Constas, In the break after 10 overs, Indian batsman Virat Kohli pushed Australian opener Sam Constas. There was a little argument between the two. In such a situation, the umpires intervened. In the very next over, Sam Constas hit 3 boundaries on Bumrah’s ball. These included 2 fours and a six.
