IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 1: Australia after their resounding victory in Indore have began the Ahmedabad Test on a excessive. This is a four-match Test collection that India lead by 2-1 and so they have the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of their kitty. Australia then again after a flurry of accidents and two heartbreaking defeats towards India within the first and the second Test match have picked themselves fairly properly and so they look fairly adamant to stage the collection.
Loads has been spoken about Ahmedabad’s pitch and the way it will play over 5 days, however the Aussies gained some benefit by successful the toss and electing to bat first. India should bat within the 4th innings and this may fear them, particularly after how the Aussies have began. Travis Head opened the proceedings with Usman Khwaja however he could not get going. Left-handed batter Head was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin when he was batting on 32 off 44 deliveries. Marnus Labuschagne too confirmed a whole lot of promise however might accumulate solely 3 runs off 20 deliveries.
Steve Smith and Usman Khwaja got here to Australia’s rescue and added 79 runs for the third wicket. Smith toiled for 135 deliveries to get to his 38 runs. Khwaja with no query has been Australia’s reply to Indian spin. The Aussie batter on many events seemed like getting a giant rating however ended up throwing his wicket away within the ongoing Test collection. At the shut of the day’s play, Khwaja has remained unbeaten on 104 off 251 deliveries and Australia’s hopes to attain huge runs are fully pinned on him.
India XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia XI: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon
