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Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal – Photo : BCCI
Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia (IND vs AUS) 4th Test Day 5: Hello! Welcome to the live blog of channel24india.com. The Boxing Day Test is being played between India and Australia in Melbourne. This is the fourth Test of the five-match Test series between the two teams. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. On the second day on Friday, Australia scored 474 runs in their first innings. In response, India’s first innings ended at 369 runs. The fifth and final day of play is going on on Monday. India has a target of 340 runs.
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10:36 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: India in danger of defeat
India is in danger of defeat. Team India suffered the sixth blow at 130. Last innings centurion Nitish Reddy became the victim of Nathan Lyon after scoring one run in this match. Currently Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar are at the crease. At one point, India’s score was 121 for three wickets and in scoring nine runs, India lost three more wickets. Currently, Team India’s score is 132 for six wickets. 27 overs of play are left and 208 runs have to be scored to win.
10:28 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Half of India’s team returned to the pavilion
India got the fifth blow at the score of 127. Ravindra Jadeja became the victim of Scott Boland after scoring two runs. India’s score is 130 for five wickets. There are still 29 more overs left and 210 more runs are needed to win. Currently, Nitish Reddy is at the crease with Yashasvi.
10:15 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: India got the fourth blow
India got the fourth blow at the score of 121. Travis Head got Rishabh Pant caught by Mitchell Marsh. He could score 30 runs in 104 balls. Pant, along with Yashasvi, did not let any wicket fall for India in the second session, but in the third session he lost concentration and lost the wicket in the pursuit of big shots. Pant shared an 88-run partnership with Yashasvi. At present, India’s score is 126 runs for four wickets and 214 more runs are needed to win. At least 31 more overs are left today. Ravindra Jadeja has come to support Yashasvi.
09:41 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Tea time
Chasing the target of 340 runs till tea time on the fifth day, India has scored 112 runs for the loss of three wickets in their second innings. India did not lose a single wicket in the second session. All three setbacks were in the first session itself. Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring nine runs and Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring five runs. KL Rahul could not open the account. At least 38 overs of play are left today and Team India needs 228 more runs to win. Yashasvi Jaiswal is unbeaten on 63 runs and Rishabh Pant on 28 runs. There has been a partnership of 79 runs between the two so far. Both played cautiously in the second session and did not let the wicket fall. Now India is in a position to draw this Test as well. Pat Cummins has taken two wickets so far for Australia, while Mitchell Starc has got one wicket.
08:43 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Yashasvi’s half-century
Yashasvi scored the 10th half-century of his Test career. He has so far shared a 53-run partnership with Rishabh Pant. At least 52 overs of play are left today and India have scored 86 runs for the loss of three wickets. India still need 254 runs to win. 08:24 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: 57 overs left
India has scored 66 runs after losing three wickets. Team India now needs 275 runs. At least 57 more overs are to be played today. At present, Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal are at the crease. There has been a partnership of more than 30 runs between the two.
07:42 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Second session continues
The second session of the fifth day is going on. India has scored 33 runs after losing three wickets. India still needs 307 runs to win. There are still 65 overs left. Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal are at the crease. Rohit was dismissed after scoring nine runs and Kohli after scoring five runs. KL Rahul could not open the account.
07:00 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Lunch Break
By the lunch break on the fifth day, India have lost three wickets for 33 runs in their second innings. Captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring nine runs and Virat Kohli after scoring five runs. At the same time, KL Rahul could not open the account. Cummins dismissed Rohit and Rahul in the same over. At the same time, Kohli was caught by Mitchell Starc at the hands of Khawaja in the slip. All three have been caught out at slip. The mistake of Indian batsmen to tamper with the balls outside the off stump has once again come to light. India had got a target of 340 runs, in response to which Team India’s innings has faltered and Team India is now in danger of defeat. At present, Yashasvi Jaiswal is unbeaten on 14 runs. Today 65.5 overs of play are left and Team India needs 307 runs to win.
06:20 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Second blow to India
India got the second blow on 25. In the 17th over of the second innings, Australian captain Pat Cummins dismissed Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. On the first ball of the over, Cummins got Rohit caught by Mitchell Marsh. He was out after scoring nine runs in 40 balls. After this, on the last ball of the over, Cummins got Rahul caught by Khawaja. Rahul could not open the account. India is once again in danger of defeat. India now needs 315 runs. 73 overs are left.
06:13 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: First blow to India
India got the first blow on 25. Captain Rohit Sharma, who was looking in control till now, suddenly went to hit a shot on Pat Cummins’ ball and got caught in the slip. Mitchell Marsh took his catch. Rohit could score nine runs. Rohit has been in poor form in this series. Currently KL Rahul and Yashasvi are at the crease.
05:51 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Rohit-Yashasvi are playing cautiously
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are playing cautiously. The ball is swinging and seaming both. Due to the new ball, the Australian bowlers are putting in their best efforts. However, both the Indian openers are giving full respect to the ball and are not playing any bad shots. Team India has scored 20 runs without any wicket after 12 overs. Now Team India needs 320 runs in the remaining 80 overs.
05:10 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: India’s second innings has started
India’s second innings has started. Rohit and Yashasvi are at the crease. The question is whether Pat Cummins and company are not sure about Starc’s fitness. However, yesterday when Starc was talked about his fitness on Sunday, he said that he is ready to bowl 20 overs.
04:53 AM, 30-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: India faces a target of 340 runs in 92 overs
