India is struggling to avoid follow-on here in India vs Australia 4th Test Melbourne as they have lost 2 wickets in the first session of day 3 as Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja have returned to the pavilion. At the end of the first session on day 3, India managed to reach the score of 244/7 and need another 31 runs to avoid the follow-on with Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar batting with 40 and 5 runs, respectively. India is now hoping for some magnificent performances from Reddy and Sundar as well.
By the end of the second day’s play, India was in a precarious situation. By the end of the day with scoring 164 runs after losing 5 wickets. Australia did not allow India to have a great finish to the second day’s play; however, the Indian batsmen should blame themselves for losing wickets.
With little time left in the day’s play, Yashasvi Jaiswal rushed for a single, leading to the team’s collapse, and Virat Kohli, who was batting well in the center, lost his concentration with Jaiswal run out and was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey in the slip while trying to drive Boland. India’s decision to send Akashdeep as nightwatchman was also a blunder, as Akash Deep was dismissed for a duck.
Earlier, at the start of day 2, India crumbled in the first session as Smith punished the Indian attack with the help of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc. Australia ended the first session on 454/7, with Smith scoring 139 off 194 balls. Smith raced to his 34th Test century as he and Cummins made the most of India’s favorable batting conditions and some poor fielding and bowling on the second day of the fourth Test at the MCG.
Jasprit Bumrah was India’s lone bowler. The Indian pacer bowled 28.4 overs and took four wickets for 99 runs. Australia posted a challenging total of 474, with Steve Smith scoring 140 off 197 balls.
KL Rahul was first dismissed off the last ball of the second session by Pat Cummins, which meant Kohli was at the crease at the start of the third session. Rahul and Jaiswal added 43 runs for the second wicket. Rohit promoted himself up the order and lost it in the second over of the innings by playing a half-hearted pull to Pat Cummins even as India was chasing a huge total of 474 runs.
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