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Bumrah – Photo : BCCI
Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia (IND vs AUS) 4th Test Day 4: Hello! Welcome to channel24india.com’s live blog. 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. At present the series is tied at 1-1. The next two Tests are important in terms of reaching the final of the World Test Championship. Australia won the toss and chose 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. Today is the fourth day of the Test. Australia’s second innings is going on.
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08:27 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Half of Australia’s team returned to the pavilion
Australia suffered the fourth and fifth blows at the score of 85. Bumrah hunted Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh. He made a special plan for Head and got Head caught by Nitish on his very first ball. Head could score one run. This was Bumrah’s 200th wicket in Tests. Head became Bumrah’s 200th victim. This was the first ball of Bumrah’s fourth spell. After this, Mitchell Marsh was caught by wicketkeeper Pant on the fifth ball. Marsh could not open the account. This match has become exciting. Australia’s total lead is currently 190 runs. This was Bumrah’s 201st wicket. Overall, this was Bumrah’s third success in this innings. Earlier, he had also sent Sam Constas to the pavilion. Currently Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey are at the crease.
08:20 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia gets third blow
Australia suffered a third blow on the score of 80 in the second innings. Siraj took the second wicket while regaining rhythm. He sent Steve Smith to the pavilion after Usman Khawaja. Siraj got Smith caught by wicketkeeper Pant. Smith could score 13 runs. Currently Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head are at the crease. Constas was dismissed by Bumrah. Australia’s total lead has reached 185 runs.
07:51 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Second session of play begins on the fourth day
The second session of play is going on on the fourth day. Australia have scored 63 runs after losing two wickets. Currently Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are at the crease. Australia’s lead is currently 168 runs. The Indian team would like to wrap up the Australian innings as soon as possible.
07:03 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Lunch Break
Till lunch on the fourth day, Australia have scored 53 runs after losing two wickets in their second innings. Australia had a lead of 105 runs on the basis of the first innings. In this sense, the total lead of the Kangaroos is currently 158 runs. Australia scored 474 runs in their first innings, while India’s first innings ended at 369 runs. Currently Marnus Labuschagne is unbeaten on 20 runs and Steve Smith on two runs. Sam Constas (8) was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah and Usman Khawaja (21) by Mohammad Siraj.
06:37 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia gets second blow
Australia got a second blow at the score of 43. DSP Mohammad Siraj bowled Usman Khawaja clean bowled. Siraj uprooted Khawaja’s off stump. Khawaja could score 21 runs in 65 balls. During this, he hit two fours. Currently Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith are at the crease. Australia’s lead is currently 148 runs. 05:32 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia suffers first blow
Australia suffered its first blow at the score of 20. Sam Constas was clean bowled on Bumrah’s excellent inswinger. He could score only eight runs in 18 balls. After the dismissal, Bumrah also took a dig at Constas. He asked the crowd to raise their voice. This is because Constas was constantly asking the Australian fans on the boundary line to raise their voice and make noise and cheer for the Australian team during India’s first innings. Australia’s lead is currently 125 runs. Currently Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease.
05:02 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia’s second innings begins
Australia’s second innings has started. Sam Constas and Usman Khawaja are at the crease. The Indian team would like to wrap up Australia as soon as possible.
04:50 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: India’s first innings ended at 369 runs
India’s first innings ended at 369 runs. Today Team India started playing ahead at 358 runs for nine wickets and could add 11 runs. Nitish Reddy was out as the last wicket. He was dismissed after scoring 114 runs in 189 balls with the help of 11 fours and a six. He was caught by Nathan Lyon at the hands of Starc. Nitish spent about 279 minutes on the field. He shared a 36-ball 19-run partnership with Siraj for the last wicket.
Australia had scored 474 runs in their first innings. In this sense, they will get a lead of 105 runs in the second innings. There are still two days of play left. Nitish shared a 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Washington Sundar, who came out to bat at number nine. Both Sundar and Nitish played 150-150 balls. This is the first time in Test cricket that the eighth and ninth number batsmen of a team have played 150+ balls. Both of them jointly played 285 balls i.e. batted about 48 overs. Sundar was dismissed after scoring 50 runs with the help of a four in 162 balls.
Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed after scoring 82 runs, Rohit Sharma three, KL Rahul 24 runs, Virat Kohli 36 runs and Rishabh Pant 28 runs and Ravindra Jadeja 17 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep could not open the account. Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each for Australia. Yashasvi was run out.
04:32 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Fourth day’s play begins
The fourth day’s play has started. By the end of the third day’s play, India had scored 358 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings. Today the team is playing ahead of Australia, which had scored 474 runs in their first innings. In this sense, India is still 116 runs behind. Nitish Reddy hit a brilliant century. He is currently unbeaten on 105 runs. He has hit 10 fours and a six so far in his 176-ball innings. Mohammad Siraj is also unbeaten on two runs.
04:24 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Team India’s plan today
The Indian team would like to reduce Australia’s lead further today. Nitish will be in charge. Nitish has batted brilliantly on this tour. He is the search for Team India on this tour. In such a situation, he would like to thrash the Australian bowlers on the fourth day as well and would like to wait more for the second innings.
04:24 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Team India’s plan today
The Indian team would like to reduce Australia’s lead further today. All the responsibility will be on Nitish. Nitish has batted brilliantly on this tour. He is searching for Team India on this tour. In such a situation, he would like to thrash the Australian bowlers on the fourth day as well and would like to make them wait more for the second innings.
04:24 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Third day’s play
The third day’s play is over. By the end of the game, India have scored 358 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their first innings. Australia had scored 474 runs in their first innings. In this sense, India is still 116 runs behind. Nitish Reddy hit a brilliant century. He is currently unbeaten on 105 runs. He has hit 10 fours and a six so far in his 176-ball innings. Mohammad Siraj is also unbeaten on two runs.
04:24 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Nitish-Washington’s beautiful batting
Nitish shared a 127-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Washington Sundar, who came out to bat at number nine. Both Sundar and Nitish played 150-150 balls. This is the first time in Test cricket that the eighth and ninth batsmen of a team have played 150+ balls. Both played a combined 285 balls i.e. batted about 48 overs. Sundar was dismissed after scoring 50 runs with the help of one four in 162 balls.
04:22 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: What happened till the third day
Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed after scoring 82 runs, Rohit Sharma three, KL Rahul 24 runs, Virat Kohli 36 runs and Rishabh Pant 28 runs and Ravindra Jadeja 17 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep could not open the account. India started playing ahead of 164 runs for five wickets on Saturday and added 194 runs. During this, India lost four more wickets. Pant, Jadeja, Bumrah and Sundar were dismissed on Saturday.
04:17 AM, 29-Dec-2024
IND vs AUS Live Score: Sixth blow to Australia at 91, Carry out after Head-Marsh, fourth success for Bumrah
Live Cricket Score, India vs Australia (IND vs AUS) 4th Test Day 4: 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. At present the series is tied at 1-1. The next two Tests are important in terms of reaching the final of the World Test Championship. Australia won the toss and chose to bat first. On Friday, on the second day, Australia scored 474 runs in their first innings. In response, India had scored 474 runs in their first innings till the end of the third day’s play.
