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    India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 4: Lyon, Boland frustrate India after Bumrah's record spell

    By Rohit Mundayur, Aratrick Mondal
    Dec 29, 2024, 12:43:49 IST

    India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 4: A fighting half-century stand between Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland helped Australia 333-run lead at Stumps

    Key Events
    • 12:37 PM IST, Dec 29FINAL BALL…FOUR!
    • 12:35 PM IST, Dec 29NO BALL! OH DEAR!
    • 12:31 PM IST, Dec 29Should Australia declare?
    • 12:14 PM IST, Dec 29Lyon taking his chances
    • 11:55 AM IST, Dec 29Australia's lead goes past 300
    • 11:48 AM IST, Dec 29What does MCG record say on a 300-run target?
    • 11:45 AM IST, Dec 29Will 300 be doable for India?
    • 11:23 AM IST, Dec 29Australia lead goes past 280
    • 11:14 AM IST, Dec 29Pat Cummins' vigil ends
    • 10:53 AM IST, Dec 29Down to the last two wickets now…
    • 10:42 AM IST, Dec 29RUN OUT! Starc is gone
    • 10:42 AM IST, Dec 29Bumrah is back
    • 10:28 AM IST, Dec 29OUT! Siraj strikes with his first ball of the session!
    • 10:16 AM IST, Dec 29Jadeja continues from the other end
    • 10:09 AM IST, Dec 29We are back for the final session
    • 9:55 AM IST, Dec 29Bumrah's 3-over spell from hell
    • 9:46 AM IST, Dec 29TEA! Australia 135/6, lead by 240 runs
    • 9:43 AM IST, Dec 29Washington Sundar for the first time today
    • 9:28 AM IST, Dec 29More bad luck for Akash Deep…
    • 9:18 AM IST, Dec 29Fifty for Labuschagne!
    • 9:04 AM IST, Dec 29DROPPED! Jaiswal puts another down, Akash Deep remains wicketless!
    • 9:03 AM IST, Dec 29History for Jasprit Bumrah
    • 8:41 AM IST, Dec 29BOWLED HIM! BUMRAH IS TEARIN'EM APART!
    • 8:31 AM IST, Dec 29GONE! 2 IN THE OVER FOR BUMRAH!
    • 8:28 AM IST, Dec 29OUT! TEST WICKET NO.200 FOR BUMRAH!
    • 8:20 AM IST, Dec 29OUT! Siraj gets Smith!
    • 8:18 AM IST, Dec 29Nitish Reddy into the attack
    • 7:58 AM IST, Dec 29Labuschagne has been hit!
    • 7:52 AM IST, Dec 29Jasprit Bumrah from the other end
    • 7:42 AM IST, Dec 29Almost time for the second session
    • 7:28 AM IST, Dec 29Match poised on a knife's edge
    • 7:04 AM IST, Dec 29LUNCH! Australia 53/2 in 25 overs, lead by 158 runs
    • 7:01 AM IST, Dec 29Ravindra Jadeja takes the ball
    • 6:54 AM IST, Dec 29Akash Deep returns for a final burst
    • 6:39 AM IST, Dec 29OUT! Siraj cleans up Khawaja!
    • 6:21 AM IST, Dec 29ABSOLUTE THEATRE AT THE 'G!
    • 6:19 AM IST, Dec 29Bumrah returns…
    • 6:10 AM IST, Dec 29Drinks in first session! Australia 32/1 in 13 overs
    • 5:51 AM IST, Dec 29Siraj replaces Bumrah
    • 5:30 AM IST, Dec 29OUT! BUMRAH GETS REVENGE ON KONSTAS!
    • 5:20 AM IST, Dec 28Konstas needing some attention
    • 5:13 AM IST, Dec 28DROPPED! Jaiswal gives Khawaja a life
    • 5:05 AM IST, Dec 284 runs in the first over, Akash Deep shares the new ball
    • 5:01 AM IST, Dec 28Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja are out there
    • 4:51 AM IST, Dec 28OUT! Reddy's epic ends, India 369 all-out
    • 4:49 AM IST, Dec 28Some controversy and Siraj survives!
    • 4:38 AM IST, Dec 28Nathan Lyon from the other end
    • 4:36 AM IST, Dec 28HERE WE GO!
    • 4:27 AM IST, Dec 28A glorious morning for cricket at the MCG
    • 4:23 AM IST, Dec 28Mitchell Starc ‘ready to go’ after injury scare
    • 4:18 AM IST, Dec 28Reddy's different gears on Day 3
    • 4:15 AM IST, Dec 28Sunil Gavaskar goes haywire on Rishabh Pant
    • 4:12 AM IST, Dec 28Sachin Tendulkar, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy…
    • 4:07 AM IST, Dec 28Reddy gets inside Australia's heads before he comes out
    • 4:03 AM IST, Dec 28Nitish Kumar Reddy's celebrations...
    • 3:49 AM IST, Dec 28India's recent late surges against Australia
    • 3:38 AM IST, Dec 28Reddy and Sundar continue India's rearguard success against Australia
    • 3:27 AM IST, Dec 28Washington Sundar thanks Gambhir and the coaching staff
    • 3:11 AM IST, Dec 28Sachin Tendulkar takes note of Reddy
    • 3:09 AM IST, Dec 28The Nitish Kumar Reddy story
    • 2:57 AM IST, Dec 28An early start today
    • 2:49 AM IST, Dec 28A look at the rain radar…
    • 2:41 AM IST, Dec 28India XI
    • 2:32 AM IST, Dec 28Hello and welcome!
    Summary

    India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 4: Jasprit Bumrah's record spell in the afternoon session saw India crawl back into the match after conceding a 105-run lead in the first innings, as the India vice-captain's four-fer reduced Australia to 91/6. But a valiant last-wicket partnership from Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland saw the hosts take the lead close to 350 at the MCG

    India vs Australia LIVE Score, 4th Test Day 4: Australia's Nathan Lyon, left, and Scott Boland run between the wickets to score during play on the day four of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
    India vs Australia LIVE Score, 4th Test Day 4: Australia's Nathan Lyon, left, and Scott Boland run between the wickets to score during play on the day four of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

    India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 4: The final session of play on day four of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG saw Australia’s rearguard frustrate India, who struggled to bowl out the tail despite a fantastic afternoon session earlier in the day. Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins added on a few more runs to cross the 50-run partnership for the seventh wicket, before Mohammed Siraj finally snapped that piece of resistance by catching Labuschagne LBW. Cummins added a few more runs, but edged a delivery from Ravindra Jadeja to skipper Rohit Sharma at slip. Mitchell Starc couldn’t add crucial runs with his big hitting, as a sharp piece of fielding by Rishabh Pant saw him run out. The most frustrating element for India, however, was a stubborn partnership for the last wicket between numbers 10 and 11, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland, as they took Australia’s lead to 333 and made it a stiff chase for India on day five.

    A charged-up Mohammed Siraj got the big wicket of Marnus Labuschagne with his very first ball of the third session. Labuschagne and Pat Cummins had managed to seal some of the cracks that were opened up in a fiery spell from Jasprit Bumrah early in the second session. Bumrah tore into Australia's middle order and the hosts were suddenly down to their last four wickets with their lead less than 200. Australia started the second session well with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne looking settled. However Mohammed Siraj started off the fireworks by sending back Smith after which Bumrah dismissed Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh in the next over. Bumrah then cleaned up Alex Carey in his next over.

    Australia earlier went to Lunch with a lead of 158 runs on Day 4 of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the MCG. Bumrah got his revenge on Sam Konstas, who had smashed him everywhere in the first innings, dismissing the debutant opener in the seventh over. Siraj looked far better than he has done for most of this series and got his reward in the form of Usman Khawaja's scalp. Akash Deep, meanwhile, was extraordinarily unlucky to not get a single wicket throughout the first session. Australia went into Lunch with their score reading 53/2. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne were the two batters in the middle.

    Nitish Kumar Reddy earlier added nine runs to his overnight score of 105, falling to Nathan Lyon and thus bringing the curtains down on one of the great innings by an Indian batter in Australia. India were all out for 369 and Reddy's innings, coupled with what Washington Sundar did on Day 3, has reduced Australia's lead to 105.

    At a stadium which has created heroes and iconic images throughout its fabled history, one more was added to the rich tapestry of the Melbourne Cricket Ground as Nitish Kumar Reddy headlined India’s fightback in the Boxing Day Test match on day three. Reddy brought up his maiden international century when India needed it most, with a fine display of stoic and solid defensive batting mixed in with some typical flourishing and aggressive strokeplay.

    Although play was cut short by bad light and a spot of rain towards the end of day’s play, the most exciting 15 minutes of the day arrived right towards the end, with Washington Sundar’s dismissal on 50 after a terrific, match-saving 127-run partnership with Reddy. Reddy was batting 97* at the time, but Jasprit Bumrah’s dismissal partway through Pat Cummins’ over meant there was a real chance of the Andhra all-rounder being stranded down the other end on 99. With his family watching on from the crowd and clearly feeling the tension, much like the tens of thousands of Indian fans at the MCG, the crunch moment came as number eleven Mohammed Siraj played a picture-perfect forward defence to see out the over and turn the strike over to the man of the hour.

    Celebrating in style with a reference to Bahubali, Reddy’s loft over mid-on brought up a crucial century, as India slowly continued to chip away at the deficit. Now, heading into day four, Reddy’s knock has ensured that India can be confident about avoiding a loss in Melbourne, if not potentially even harbour hopes of going for a win as this Test reaches its climax. India will head out with one wicket in hand and a 116-run deficit, but Reddy has shown himself to be capable of scoring runs at a canter when required. Anything from this point will be a bonus, with the pressure of the match situation on Australia’s batters once they walk in for their second innings.

    If Pat Cummins’ men want to try and force a result, they will have to go hell-for-leather in a similar manner to the Gabba, which didn’t quite work out for them before rain interrupted day five and saw a wash-out draw. The question the Aussie think-tank will ask themselves is two-part: how many sessions do they think they will need to bowl India out a second time, and how many runs will they be comfortable defending in that amount of time?

    The directive, particularly for young debutant Sam Konstas and firecracker Travis Head, will be to go out and bat with freedom and look for runs, with the knowledge that even if wickets fall, there are plenty of batters within the Australian team who are capable of hanging on and making sure it doesn’t turn ugly for the hosts. Australia might look to bat until the final 8-10 overs of day four, looking to get as close to a lead of 400 as possible, which might need them to score at almost 4 runs per over consistently through the day on a pitch which is gradually showing some signs of spice.

    In that ideal situation, the Aussies will be on the hunt for a wicket or two in the fading light of Melbourne, heaping all the pressure right back onto India and asking a fragile batting order to see out the entirety of day five, by which point it would be extremely surprising if the pitch doesn’t begin to deteriorate and offer more for Australia’s deathly-precise bowling unit. The less time India bats in the fourth innings, the more likely a draw is, while if Australia collapse in pursuit of runs similar to at the Gabba, even a win might be on the cards for the visiting team.

    Australia’s approach early in their innings on Sunday will come to define the direction that this match takes, with all three results fairly feasible at the moment. India will be keeping a wary eye on how much purchase Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Akash Deep, as well as the spin duo of Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja, will find on the MCG pitch.

    Nitish Kumar Reddy established himself as one of the heroes of this year’s tour down under, but the story in this Test match might not be done quite yet.

    Here are some pointers to India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4:

    - Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland's unbeaten 50-run stand for the final wicket helped Australia to take 333-run lead at Stumps

    - Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland's final-wicket resistance saw Australia take their lead past 300.

    - Ravindra Jadeja ended Pat Cummins' vigil as the Australia captain departed for 40 off 91.

    - Mohammed Siraj dismissed Marnus Labuschagne with his first ball of the 3rd session

    - Australia 135/6, lead by 240 runs at Tea

    - Marnus Labuschagne got to his 22nd Test fifty in 105 balls

    - Bumrah dismissed Marsh in the same over and Carey in the next

    - Jasprit Bumrah sent back Travis Head to pick his 200th Test wicket

    - Steve Smith fell to Mohammed Siraj while going for an expansive drive

    - Australia 53/2 at Lunch, lead by 158 runs

    - Mohammed Siraj struck at last with the wicket of Usman Khawaja in the 19th over

    - Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Sam Konstas early

    - India all out for 369, Australia started second innings with a lead of 105

    - Nitish Kumar Reddy fell for 114 off 189 balls

    ...Read More

    A charged-up Mohammed Siraj got the big wicket of Marnus Labuschagne with his very first ball of the third session. Labuschagne and Pat Cummins had managed to seal some of the cracks that were opened up in a fiery spell from Jasprit Bumrah early in the second session. Bumrah tore into Australia's middle order and the hosts were suddenly down to their last four wickets with their lead less than 200. Australia started the second session well with Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne looking settled. However Mohammed Siraj started off the fireworks by sending back Smith after which Bumrah dismissed Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh in the next over. Bumrah then cleaned up Alex Carey in his next over.

    Australia earlier went to Lunch with a lead of 158 runs on Day 4 of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the MCG. Bumrah got his revenge on Sam Konstas, who had smashed him everywhere in the first innings, dismissing the debutant opener in the seventh over. Siraj looked far better than he has done for most of this series and got his reward in the form of Usman Khawaja's scalp. Akash Deep, meanwhile, was extraordinarily unlucky to not get a single wicket throughout the first session. Australia went into Lunch with their score reading 53/2. Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne were the two batters in the middle.

    Nitish Kumar Reddy earlier added nine runs to his overnight score of 105, falling to Nathan Lyon and thus bringing the curtains down on one of the great innings by an Indian batter in Australia. India were all out for 369 and Reddy's innings, coupled with what Washington Sundar did on Day 3, has reduced Australia's lead to 105.

    At a stadium which has created heroes and iconic images throughout its fabled history, one more was added to the rich tapestry of the Melbourne Cricket Ground as Nitish Kumar Reddy headlined India’s fightback in the Boxing Day Test match on day three. Reddy brought up his maiden international century when India needed it most, with a fine display of stoic and solid defensive batting mixed in with some typical flourishing and aggressive strokeplay.

    Although play was cut short by bad light and a spot of rain towards the end of day’s play, the most exciting 15 minutes of the day arrived right towards the end, with Washington Sundar’s dismissal on 50 after a terrific, match-saving 127-run partnership with Reddy. Reddy was batting 97* at the time, but Jasprit Bumrah’s dismissal partway through Pat Cummins’ over meant there was a real chance of the Andhra all-rounder being stranded down the other end on 99. With his family watching on from the crowd and clearly feeling the tension, much like the tens of thousands of Indian fans at the MCG, the crunch moment came as number eleven Mohammed Siraj played a picture-perfect forward defence to see out the over and turn the strike over to the man of the hour.

    Celebrating in style with a reference to Bahubali, Reddy’s loft over mid-on brought up a crucial century, as India slowly continued to chip away at the deficit. Now, heading into day four, Reddy’s knock has ensured that India can be confident about avoiding a loss in Melbourne, if not potentially even harbour hopes of going for a win as this Test reaches its climax. India will head out with one wicket in hand and a 116-run deficit, but Reddy has shown himself to be capable of scoring runs at a canter when required. Anything from this point will be a bonus, with the pressure of the match situation on Australia’s batters once they walk in for their second innings.

    If Pat Cummins’ men want to try and force a result, they will have to go hell-for-leather in a similar manner to the Gabba, which didn’t quite work out for them before rain interrupted day five and saw a wash-out draw. The question the Aussie think-tank will ask themselves is two-part: how many sessions do they think they will need to bowl India out a second time, and how many runs will they be comfortable defending in that amount of time?

    The directive, particularly for young debutant Sam Konstas and firecracker Travis Head, will be to go out and bat with freedom and look for runs, with the knowledge that even if wickets fall, there are plenty of batters within the Australian team who are capable of hanging on and making sure it doesn’t turn ugly for the hosts. Australia might look to bat until the final 8-10 overs of day four, looking to get as close to a lead of 400 as possible, which might need them to score at almost 4 runs per over consistently through the day on a pitch which is gradually showing some signs of spice.

    In that ideal situation, the Aussies will be on the hunt for a wicket or two in the fading light of Melbourne, heaping all the pressure right back onto India and asking a fragile batting order to see out the entirety of day five, by which point it would be extremely surprising if the pitch doesn’t begin to deteriorate and offer more for Australia’s deathly-precise bowling unit. The less time India bats in the fourth innings, the more likely a draw is, while if Australia collapse in pursuit of runs similar to at the Gabba, even a win might be on the cards for the visiting team.

    Australia’s approach early in their innings on Sunday will come to define the direction that this match takes, with all three results fairly feasible at the moment. India will be keeping a wary eye on how much purchase Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Akash Deep, as well as the spin duo of Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja, will find on the MCG pitch.

    Nitish Kumar Reddy established himself as one of the heroes of this year’s tour down under, but the story in this Test match might not be done quite yet.

    Here are some pointers to India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4:

    - Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland's unbeaten 50-run stand for the final wicket helped Australia to take 333-run lead at Stumps

    - Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland's final-wicket resistance saw Australia take their lead past 300.

    - Ravindra Jadeja ended Pat Cummins' vigil as the Australia captain departed for 40 off 91.

    - Mohammed Siraj dismissed Marnus Labuschagne with his first ball of the 3rd session

    - Australia 135/6, lead by 240 runs at Tea

    - Marnus Labuschagne got to his 22nd Test fifty in 105 balls

    - Bumrah dismissed Marsh in the same over and Carey in the next

    - Jasprit Bumrah sent back Travis Head to pick his 200th Test wicket

    - Steve Smith fell to Mohammed Siraj while going for an expansive drive

    - Australia 53/2 at Lunch, lead by 158 runs

    - Mohammed Siraj struck at last with the wicket of Usman Khawaja in the 19th over

    - Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Sam Konstas early

    - India all out for 369, Australia started second innings with a lead of 105

    - Nitish Kumar Reddy fell for 114 off 189 balls

    Follow all the updates here:
    Dec 29, 2024, 05:47:03 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: A chorus of noise around the batter!

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: India were a little dead in the field for much of the morning yesterday. Right the opposite of that today. Labuschagne looks around him with a smile and then raises his hands at the umpire when the Indians came swarming around him, all with the sole intention of egging Akash Deep on of course, no malice intended for the batter. Virat Kohli seems to have taken charge of proceedings here as well, he is directing quite a few of the field placements and obviously, he is the one leading the chorus as well. Bumrah has now bowled his fifth over. The ball is seaming everywhere and spitting fire, both Bumrah and Deep extracting a lot here.

    Australia 23/1 in 9 overs

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:30:21 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: OUT! BUMRAH GETS REVENGE ON KONSTAS!

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: How much did Bumrah want this? Well he celebrates by egging the crowd on. You don't see that often from the Indian pace spearhead and Konstas can see that as a compliment. But he has lost his off stump and Bumrah strikes for India. This was a good length delivery that angles into Konstas. The opener has been playing quite a lot away from his body and this time pays the price for it. It goes between bat and pad and takes the middle stump.

    Konstas b Bumrah 8 (18)

    Australia 20/1 in 6.3 overs

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:28:25 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: Khawaja gets a four off Bumrah

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: Bumrah extracting a lot of seam movement and Khawaja has had to cop some jaffas in this over. However, Bumrah gets a little too straight last ball, Khawaja sends it past fine leg for a four. Khawaja is on 10 off 20, Konstas on three off 10.

    Australia 15/0 in 5 overs

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:20:25 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: Konstas needing some attention

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: The physio is out for Konstas. He has taken a painkiller and is getting his left forearm strapped. Replays show that Konstas called for the physio to come out right after fending for the last ball of the previous over by Akash Deep. Anyhow, he is ready to go now and Bumrah comes steaming in to Khawaja for the fifth over.

    Australia 11/0 in 4 overs

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:13:47 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: DROPPED! Jaiswal gives Khawaja a life

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 Live Score: Jaiswal doesn't drop many; in fact, it might not be too wrong to say that this is really his first-ever major drop in the cordon. He was standing at leg gully and Bumrah angles the fifth one of his second over on to Khawaja's pads, the batter clips it straight to Jaiswal but he couldn't hold on. In and out. Both Konstas and Khawaja on three runs each.

    Australia 8/0 in 3 overs

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:05:28 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: 4 runs in the first over, Akash Deep shares the new ball

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: A lot of noise around the bat, the Indians are upbeat. Konstas charged and went for a big heave off the last ball of that first over from Bumrah, he doesnt' connect. Konstas on three off four, Khawaja on one off two.

    Australia 4/0 in 1 over

    Dec 29, 2024, 05:01:59 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja are out there

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Right there is more drama in store for sure if Konstas is going to approach this innings the way he did the first one. He has rushed out in the middle, just the way he likes it, and Usman Khawaja has ambled out behind him. Jasprit Bumrah has the ball in his hands, Australia effectively start on 105/0. Here we go!

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:51:37 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: OUT! Reddy's epic ends, India 369 all-out

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Well as it turns out, the Indian innings doesn't last too long after that call. Reddy goes down the pitch to Lyon trying to loft him down the ground, ends up finding long off. That might be the first time he hasn't hit something cleanly throughout this wonder of an innings. He receives congratulations from some of the Australian players as he walks. Reddy's unbelievable innings has cut Australia's lead down to 105.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:49:12 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Some controversy and Siraj survives!

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Wow Australia are looking to review a decision made by the third umpire! Quite bizarre scenes here.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:38:38 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Nathan Lyon from the other end

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Reddy takes a single off the fourth ball and then Siraj keeps the last two out from Cummins. That itself would be a source of a tiny bit of frustration for the Australian captain. Here is Nathan Lyon from the other end.

    India 359/9

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:36:54 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: HERE WE GO!

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: All right then, Reddy is on strike, Cummins has the ball in his hands. He is on 105 off 176, India's score is 358/9, trailing Australia by 116 runs

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:27:45 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: A glorious morning for cricket at the MCG

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Well the sky is bright and blue at the MCG, bright sunshine bathing this colosseum of a stadium. How much can Reddy and Siraj hurt Australia here. Their lead has been cut down to 116 and they cut very frustrated figures indeed if that goes down to double figures.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:23:09 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Mitchell Starc ‘ready to go’ after injury scare

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Mitchell Starc was clutching his back yesterday during his long spell as Cummins was forced to get the fast bowlers more often due to India not allowing Nathan Lyon to settle. Boland had said yesterday that Starc is fine and the big fast bowler echoes that today in a chat with SEN Radio. "All good. Pace didn't drop so I'm all good. I'm ready to go today," he said.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:18:26 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Reddy's different gears on Day 3

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Nitish Reddy came out firing yesterday. He was trying to scoop Scott Boland and rushed at Nathan Lyon repeatedly and was batting on 40 off 61 balls at the Lunch break. Then he weathered a short-ball barrage from his SRH captain Pat Cummins before dropping anchor with Washington Sundar in the third session when the Aussies closed down the boundaries. He can do it all.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:15:55 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Sunil Gavaskar goes haywire on Rishabh Pant

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Fans and cricket lovers got a taste of what an Indian batter probably heard in the dressing room when Sunil Gavaskar was captain after losing his wicket trying a rash shot when Rishabh Pant fell yesterday.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:12:01 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Sachin Tendulkar, Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy…

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Reddy reached his century in 171 balls, becoming the third youngest Indian to score a maiden Test century in Australia, following Sachin Tendulkar and Rishabh Pant. Tendulkar achieved his first century at 18 years and 256 days in 1992, while Pant reached his at 21 years and 92 days in Sydney in 2019. Reddy, at 21 years and 216 days, joins this elite group.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:07:10 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Reddy gets inside Australia's heads before he comes out

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: When Reddy walked in, Australia were on top. And yet, they did something peculiar - Alex Carey stood up to the stumps against Scott Boland. The wicketkeeper stood up to the stumps to MCG's King Scott Boland who had ripped India asunder yesterday after Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli undid their own good work. That may have been nothing more than a simple plan - Reddy tends to charge at Boland and throw him off his lines - but at the end of the day, that was Australia doing something utterly crazy and out of character to eveyrthing they did before simply to get the number on Reddy.

    Dec 29, 2024, 04:03:30 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy's celebrations...

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: He brought out the Pushpa whip upon scoring a fifty and then planted his bat in the ground a la Baahubali after getting to his century. Box office? Yes please.

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:49:00 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: India's recent late surges against Australia

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: This is not the first time that an Indian lower order partnership has troubled Australia. Heck, this isn't even the first time in this series that this has happened. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep ensured that Australia wouldn't be able to enforce a follow-on in Brisbane and thus shut out any chances they had of winning that rain-hit match with a 47-run stand for the last wicket.

    Washington Sundar himself made 62 on debut in a 123-run seventh-wicket stand with Shardul Thakur that turned THAT Test at the Gabba India's way in 2021, leading to him naming his dog after the stadium. Axar Patel and R Ashwin put up 114 runs for the eighth wicket to practically take the game away from Australia in Delhi in 2023. There was one in the WTC Final as well, although India lost the match - 109 runs off 145 balls between Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur for the seventh wicket.

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:38:18 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Reddy and Sundar continue India's rearguard success against Australia

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy is the toast of the hour. Somehow, somehow India have found a way to trouble Australia with the bat in all of their tours of the country since 2019 and this time, it is Reddy and Washington Sundar who did the honours. Sundar has experience of doing it in the past of course (in the 2020/21 series) and he has shown that he is no one-hit wonder. Reddy is playing his first ever Test series and he has pretty muched bossed a bowling attacking comprising of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood (in previous matches), Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon. That dominance was always cut short by the lack of time he had after walking into the middle but when provided with the opportunity, he went and converted that into a century. How about it!

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:35:38 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: To what extent Reddy and Sundar stunned the Aussies

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE Score: Australia looked like they were all set to dismiss India for a score that would be far lower than the follow-on mark but Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar had other ideas. The pair pulled the rug from under the buoyant hosts' feet with an eighth-wicket stand that lasted 285 balls and produced 127 runs. India were reduced to their last wicket quite quickly after Sundar fell on 50 off 162 balls but the drama of the day continued as Mohammed Siraj somehow kept one end alive and Reddy got to his maiden Test century with the most beautiful of lofted straight drives for four. He starts Day 4 on an overnight score of 105 off 176 balls and India are 358/9, trailing Australia by 116 runs.

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:27:27 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Washington Sundar thanks Gambhir and the coaching staff

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Washington Sundar was the other great success story of the day yesterday, and it took something as special as Reddy's knock to overshadow what he did. He credited his success to the trust shown him by head coach Gautam Gambhir and his coaching staff.

    "Very happy honestly, and Gauti Bhai [Gambhir] and all the support staff kept believing in me, kept telling me what I'm capable of, especially at this level, in this format. That really means a lot to me, that sort of makes me believe that you know what, I can do special things for the Indian team in this format," Sundar told reporters after the day's play.

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:11:33 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Sachin Tendulkar takes note of Reddy

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Few know more about finding success in Test cricket than the legendary Sachin Tendulkar himself. He hasn't really said too much during this series but the extraordinary nature of Reddy's knock has forced him to sit up and take notice.

    Dec 29, 2024, 03:09:18 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: The Nitish Kumar Reddy story

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Reddy stormed into households across India as a precocious batting all-rounder for SRH who, importantly, is a fast bowler. This year he made himself a candidate for becoming a regular in the Indian T20 team by blasting 74 off 34 balls and taking two wickets in the second T20I against Bangladesh. Now, he has proven himself to be a potential answer to India's lack of an all-rounder who can bowl fast in Test cricket.

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    Dec 29, 2024, 02:57:08 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: An early start today

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Play starts at 4.25am IST today. This is because of the aforementioned rain delay that forced an early Tea and a delayed start to the final session. Rain clouds also forced an early end to the day's play.

    Dec 29, 2024, 02:49:09 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: A look at the rain radar…

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: And it is clear all the way through! Some cloudy conditions expected throughout the day, as has been the case throughout this Test, but there would be no rain delay at any point, unlike what was the case yesterday.

    Dec 29, 2024, 02:41:41 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: India XI

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Well the top order (apart from KL Rahul) is in no consistent form whatsoever, the middle order runs provided by Rishabh Pant have dried up in this series thus far and so India packed the lower middle order with all-rounders and it has paid off and how.

    India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

    Dec 29, 2024, 02:32:39 IST

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: Hello and welcome!

    India vs Australia 4th Test Day 4 LIVE score: It is going to be all about how much fun Nitish Kumar Reddy can have today. If Australia don't manage to get this final Indian wicket in the first half an hour they can become a real frustrated bunch of players indeed as Reddy is surely going to be switching into T20 mode now. He starts Day 4 on an overnight score of 105 off 176 balls and India are 358/9, trailing Australia by 116 runs. Stay tuned for more updates!

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