AUS vs IND Day4: Virat Kohli’s 186 runs put India on top of Day 4 in the Ahmedabad Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. India finished their 1st innings on 571/9 and took the lead of 91 runs against the mighty Australians. At Stumps on Day 4, Australia is 3/0 in the 2nd innings. Matthew Kuhnemann and Travis Head opened the innings for Australia and remain not out at stumps.
Axar Patel and Srikar Bharat scored some vital runs for India and put them into the driving seat. Axar Patel made 79 runs meanwhile Srikar Bharat made 44 important runs. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy took 3-3 wickets each for Australia.
AUS vs IND Day4: Virat Kohli finishes the drought of the Test Ton
AUS vs IND Day4: Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli put the break on the drought of the test ton. Virat Kohli smashed his 28th test ton after 1202 days. Virat Kohli made 186 runs from 364 balls with a strike rate of 51.09. He smashed 15 fours in his beautiful innings.
Virat showed great temperament and patience in this innings. He only hit 5 fours until he crosses the 100-run mark. It was a much-awaited hundred from Virat Kohli. He batted under immense pressure and played brilliantly.
He delivered when the team needed the most. Todd Murphy dismissed him on the score of 186 runs through the hands of Marnus Labuchagne.
AUS vs IND Day4: Axar Patel played a crucial knock
AUS vs IND Day4: Indian left-arm spin all-rounder Axar Patel smashed yet another important half-century for India. He smashed an important 79 runs on 113 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. This is Axar Patel’s 3rd half-century of the series.
He is been brilliant with the bat in recent days and carrying his good form. Mitchell Starc cleaned him up with superb inswinging delivery in the 173rd over which put the end to his innings.
The duo of Virat and Axar added 162 runs for the 6th wicket
AUS vs IND Day4: The duo of Virat Kohli and Axar Patel added 162 runs partnership for the 6th wicket. The partnership came at the important stage where the make-and-break situation was due. If India fails at that time then Australia could have easily got the lead of anything around 40-50 runs.
The partnership of Virat Kohli and Axar Patel put India on top of the match right now. Axar Patel hit 2 back to back sixes against Matthew Kuhnemann. India got the lead of 91 runs and Australia is still to trail by 88 runs on Day 5 of the Ahmedabad test.
AUS vs IND Day4: Australia almost fielded for 6 sessions
AUS vs IND Day4: Australia bowled 178.5 overs to Indian batters from Day 2 to Day 4 of the evening session. The body language of the Australian players was totally down. They were tired and their legs were heavy during the field.
Nathan Lyon himself bowled 65 overs and took 3 wickets of Shubman Gill, Srikar Bharat, and, Ravichandran Ashwin. Meanwhile, Todd Murphy bowled 45.5 overs and took 3 wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, and Virat Kohli.
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