India have made a shocking comeback in the continued World Test Championship (WTC Final) towards Australia. After conceding 327 runs and selecting simply three wickets on the opening day, Rohit Sharma and his troops bowled fantastically. They scalped 4 wickets in the primary session whereas going for under 95 runs in the opening session. One of these wickets got here through run-out with substitute fielder Axar Patel making his presence felt on the sphere.
In the 104th over of the innings, Starc pushed one from Mohammed Siraj in direction of mid-on and set off for a single. But Axar Patel was alert on the fielding place as he ran in direction of the ball, picked it up with one hand and affected a direct hit. Starc was properly short of his crease and the replays confirmed the identical as India struck for the fourth time in the session.
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Meanwhile, Travis Head and Steve Smith batted fantastically to attain 163 and 121 runs respectively as India fought onerous to select wickets after they had been in the center. However, as soon as the partnership was damaged, the Indian bowlers hit again onerous with the wickets of Cameron Green and Steve Smith. While Green drove loosely off Mohammed Shami to be caught at slip, Smith was castled by Shardul Thakur. India will now be hoping to limit Australia to a manageable rating after which bat properly in their first innings.
Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
