INDIA V AUSTRALIA, FOURTH TEST, DAY FIVE
SCORE: Australia 480 and 2-175 dec, India 571
SUMMARY: Not even India’s star spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin may weave their magic on a dull pitch. Australia began day 5 trailing by 91, with India an outdoor likelihood of creating a run at victory. But Travis Head’s 90 and Marnus Labuschagne’s unbeaten 63 steered Australia out of bother and the Test was referred to as off an hour early.
PLAYERS OF THE MOMENT: Without Jadeja and Ashwin within the ranks, India doubtless would have misplaced the sequence. Jadeja was the destroyer within the first two Tests, with bat and ball, regardless of not taking part in a red-ball match for eight months. Jadeja and Ashwin had been named joint gamers of the sequence.
KEY MOMENT: When India’s Cheteshwar Pujara took the ball for simply his second over in Tests, the sport needed to be near ending. Captains Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma shook fingers an over later to convey the Test to an finish.
STAT OF THE DAY: Matt Kuhnemann turned the primary Australian to open and bat at No. 11 in the identical Test match since 1929 after coming in as a nightwatchman instead of the injured Usman Khawaja.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Probably the best quality of spin we’ve played over the last 10 years” – India coach Rahul Dravid was filled with reward for Australian spinners Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matt Kuhnemann.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
