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IND vs AUS Highlights: Second day's play ends

India scores 36/0, Team India 444 runs behind Australia

By MayaPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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India vs Australia 4th Test, Day 2 Highlights: Hello! Welcome to the live blog of Amar Ujala. The fourth and final match of the four-match Test series is being played between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It is necessary for India to win this match from the point of view of the World Test Championship. Batting on the first day after winning the toss, Australia scored 480 runs in their first innings. India's first innings continues. The second day's play is over.

Second day's play over

The second day's play is over. India scored 36 runs in their first innings without losing any wicket. Indian team had to bat 10 overs today. At present, captain Rohit Sharma is unbeaten on 17 runs in 33 balls and Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 18 runs in 27 balls. Team India is currently 444 runs behind Australia. Earlier, Australia's first innings ended on 480 runs. Usman Khawaja scored 180 runs, Cameron Green scored 114 runs and Todd Murphy scored 41 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took six wickets for India. On the third day, the Indian team would like to convert Rohit-Shubman's good start into a big score.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Indian batting starts

Indian batting has started. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have come for the opening. It will be the responsibility of not letting any wicket fall on both of them today.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Australian innings ended on 480 runs

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the first innings of Australia team ended on 480 runs. Today Australia started playing ahead of 255 runs for four wickets. Then Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green were present at the crease. Both shared a 208-run partnership for the fifth wicket. Cameron Green scored his first century of Test career before being dismissed. He got out after scoring 114 runs in 170 balls. Ashwin got Green caught by wicketkeeper KS Bharat. In the same over, Ashwin also sent Alex Carey to the pavilion. Carry could not even open the account.

After this, Australia got the seventh blow on the score of 387. Ravichandran Ashwin got Mitchell Starc caught at short leg by Shreyas Iyer. Stark could score six runs. By tea time, Australia had scored 409 runs losing seven wickets. In the very first over after tea, Usman Khawaja was lbw out by Akshar Patel. He could score 180 runs in 422 balls. After this, Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy shared a 70-run partnership for the ninth wicket. Ashwin caught Murphy (41) lbw and then Lyon (34) by Kohli to end the Australian innings for 480 runs.

Ashwin took a total of six wickets in this innings. For the 32nd time he has taken five wickets in an innings in Tests. At the same time, he did this for the 26th time on Indian soil. For the seventh time against Australia, Ashwin has taken five wickets in an innings in Tests. He has so far taken 113 wickets in Tests against the Kangaroos. Apart from Ashwin, Shami got two wickets. At the same time, Akshar-Jadeja got one wicket each.

What happened on the first day?

Australia won the toss and elected to bat on a flat Ahmedabad pitch. Head and Khawaja added 61 runs for the first wicket. After this, Head (32) and Labushen (3) were dismissed, but Smith put Australia in a better position by sharing a big partnership with Khawaja. Smith (38) could not score a half-century and Peter Handscomb (17), who came after him, also returned to the pavilion on a small score. However, after this, Green and Khawaja did not let any wicket fall on the first day. Meanwhile, Khawaja also completed his century.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Todd Murphy misses half-century

Indian bowlers were seen struggling in front of Australia's lower order batsmen. After the dismissal of Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon shared a 70-run partnership for the ninth wicket with Todd Murphy. Murphy is dismissed lbw by Ashwin. He could score 41 runs in 61 balls. Ashwin dismissed Murphy and set a record for taking five wickets in an innings for the 32nd time in Tests. He has done this for the 26th time in India and the seventh time against Australia. Currently Matthew Kuhneman and Nathan Lyon are at the crease. Australia's score is 479 runs for nine wickets.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia's score crosses 450 runs

Australia has scored 452 runs for eight wickets. Currently Todd Murphy is at the crease after scoring 28 runs and Nathan Lyon is on 20 runs. So far there has been a 43-run partnership for the ninth wicket between the two. Indian bowlers are struggling to dismiss the tail batsmen after taking eight wickets. Usman Khawaja returned to the pavilion after scoring 180 runs.

IND vs AUS Live Score: Usman Khawaja out

Australia got the eighth blow on the score of 409. Axar Patel lbw to Usman Khawaja. Khawaja missed out on a double century. He got out after scoring 180 runs in 422 balls. On-field umpire Nitin Menon had earlier given Khawaja not out. Then Rohit Sharma was not present on the field. In such a situation, Cheteshwar Pujara took DRS. That is, in the absence of Rohit, Pujara is captaining. Recently, KL Rahul was removed from the post of vice-captain in Tests. Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon are currently at the crease.

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