IND vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah’s brilliant bowling helped India raise hopes of victory by reducing Australia to 135 for six in the second innings at tea on the fourth day of the fourth cricket test here on Sunday.
Australia’s total lead has become 240 runs. Despite India trailing by 105 runs in the first innings, Bumrah (four wickets for 30 runs) and Mohammed Siraj (two wickets for 40 runs) have kept the visiting team in the contest.
During this period, Bumrah also completed 200 Test wickets in the second innings. He troubled the opposition batsmen with his precise length, troublesome bounce and last-minute movement.
At tea time, Marnus Labuschagne was playing on 65 runs. Captain Pat Cummins is supporting him by scoring 21 runs. Both have added 44 runs for the seventh wicket. However, Labuschagne was also lucky when he was caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal at third slip off the ball of Akash Deep. India scored 369 runs in the first innings in the long morning session thanks to a brilliant century by Nitish Kumar Reddy (114) but could not stop Australia from taking a lead of 105 runs.
Reddy was the last Indian batsman to be out. He caught Mitchell Starc in the deep off the ball of off-spinner Nathan Lyon (3 wickets for 96 runs), ending the Indian innings in 119.3 overs. The Indian team played ahead of its yesterday’s score of 358 runs for nine wickets and added 11 more runs.
Scott Boland (three wickets for 57 runs) and Cummins (three wickets for 89 runs) also took three wickets each. After this the bowlers tried to bring India back. For the first time after the Perth Test, Bumrah got good support from the other end as Australia took three wickets in 10 balls in the second session.
Steve Smith (13) was caught by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant off Siraj’s ball, while Travis Head (01), who was in excellent form, was caught by Reddy at square leg. Bumrah ended Shaun Marsh’s career in the 2018-19 series and this time his younger brother Mitchell Marsh (00) had no answer to the star fast bowler. He caught Pant on Bumrah’s shot ball.
After this, Bumrah bowled Alex Carey (02) and reduced Australia’s score to 6 wickets at 91 runs. However, Labuschagne and Cummins did not allow Australia to suffer any further setbacks till tea. In the first session, Bumrah bowled Sam Constas (08) while Siraj sent Usman Khawaja (21) to the pavilion, due to which Australia scored 53 runs for two wickets in the second innings till lunch.
The Indian bowlers came out with renewed vigor in the second innings and the decision to give the new ball to Akash Deep was a prudent one. Akash Deep maintained the pressure while Bumrah continuously troubled both the batsmen. Constas (08), who performed brilliantly in the first innings, played an excellent pull but then got bowled by Bumrah’s incoming ball.
After taking the wicket, Bumrah was seen encouraging the spectators to support the team. Indian spectators, who reached the ground in large numbers, booed Constas by raising slogans in the name of Virat Kohli. Labuschagne and Khawaja, who scored half-centuries in the first innings, were not looking comfortable at the crease and Siraj, who came as the first change, gave India the second success by bowling Khawaja.
Siraj, who has failed to perform as per expectations on the tour so far, pushed Khawaja backwards with four consecutive balls pitched at a length of six to eight meters with a speed of 139 to 142 km per hour and then bowled him with a straight ball. . The joy was evident on the face of Siraj after getting the wicket of Khawaja, who had to face booing after provoking Travis Head while bidding farewell in Adelaide. During this, the audience encouraged him by raising slogans of ‘DSP, DSP’.
Be it Siraj marking his run-up, running after the ball to reach the boundary or coming down to help Reddy complete his century, the newly appointed DSP of Telangana Police has faced hostile behavior from the Australian spectators all the time. Had to do. However, he silenced the Australian fans with a brilliant performance.
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