IND vs AUS 4th Test - India in danger of follow-on

The Indian team is in danger of following on in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The team has lost 5 wickets in scoring 164 runs till stumps on Friday. Rishabh Pant returned unbeaten on 6 and Ravindra Jadeja on 4. India has to score 111 more runs to avoid follow-on. The follow-on mark of this match is 275 runs, as Australia has scored 474 runs in the first innings.

On the second day of the match going on in Melbourne, India lost 3 wickets in the last 6 overs. After 40 overs, Team India's score was 148/2, which became 164/5 after 46 overs. The team lost the wicket of night watchman Akash Deep on the last ball of the 41st over. He could not open the account. Earlier, Virat Kohli (36 runs) and Yashasvi Jaiswal were run out after scoring 82 runs. Rohit Sharma (3 runs) and KL Rahul (24 runs) were sent to the pavilion by Pat Cummins. Scott Boland got 2 wickets.

In the Australian innings, Steve Smith scored 140 runs in 197 balls. He scored the 34th century of his Test career. This is his 11th century against India. Young opener Sam Constas (60 runs), Usman Khawaja (57 runs) and Marnus Labuschagne (72 runs) scored half-centuries. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets from India. Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets. Akash Deep got 2 and Mohammed Siraj got one wicket.

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

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Sam Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland.