INDIA V AUSTRALIA, FOURTH TEST, DAY FOUR
SCORE: Australia 480 and 0-3, India 571
SUMMARY: India have been decided to bat so long as they might on a pitch displaying no indicators of cracking up. After beginning the day at 3-289, Virat Kohli went about pushing India previous Australia’s first-innings whole of 480 and to a lead of 91. Kohli was the final batter out for 186, leaving Australia to outlive six overs earlier than stumps.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Kohli ended a irritating drought of greater than three years to publish his twenty eighth Test century and eighth in opposition to Australia. It was nowhere close to Kohli’s greatest innings, however he battled his approach again into kind on a flat pitch.
KEY MOMENT: The colossal Narendra Modi Stadium might need solely been at about one-sixth capability however the crowd made it sound prefer it was full when Kohli reached his long-awaited century.
STAT OF THE DAY: India turned simply the third group in Test historical past to have their first six partnerships of an innings move 50; Australia within the tied Test in Brisbane in opposition to the West Indies in 1960 and Pakistan in opposition to Bangladesh in 2015 are the others.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A left-handed Queenslander like ‘Uzzy’!” – Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey joking about how No.11 Matt Kuhnemann was picked to open the batting rather than the injured Usman Khawaja.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
