AUS vs IND: Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur keep India in hunt but Australia sets 328-run target
Cricket | January 18, 2021 13:41 ISTSiraj and Thakur combined to share nine wickets while dismissing Australia for 294 in their second innings.
Siraj and Thakur combined to share nine wickets while dismissing Australia for 294 in their second innings.
The pacer took his first five-wicket haul of his Test career on Day 4 of the Brisbane Test against Australia.
Pant was heard singing Spiderman theme song during the Day 4 of fourth Test in Brisbane on Monday.
Rohit appears to imitate Steve Smith on the crease after the star Aussie batsman stirred controversy by allegedly scuffing off Rishabh Pant's crease while shadow batting in Sydney Test.
The debutant off-spinner removed Warner two runs short of his fifty as India picked four wickets in quick succession to exert pressure on Australia; Brett Lee blames the third umpire for making a poor call.
Shardul took three wickets with the ball in Australia's first innings and then top-scored for India with a 67 as he got involved with Washington Sundar (62) in a fine rear-guard fightback to keep India in contention.
Sundar scored 62 off 144 balls and shared a 123-run seventh wicket partnership with Shardul Thakur, who made 67 on the third day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at The Gabba.
Sundar is playing his first first-class game since November 2017 and was roped in as a replacement for Ravindra Jadeja who injured his thumb during the SCG game and was eventually ruled out
Batting at number eight, Thakur (67) impressed with his stroke-play, his drives coming straight out of coaching manuals.
India got bowled out for 336 in reply to Australia's first innings score of 369, thus conceding a small 33-run lead on Day Three of the Test match.
Test rookies Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar combined for a rearguard century stand that frustrated Australia’s vaunted bowling attack.
With Oz feeling comfortable with their impresssive bowling show, which reduced India to 186/6 on Day 3, the debutant duo put on a 123-run stand for the seventh wicket to take the visitors just 33 runs short of Australia's 369.
Shardul Thakur brought back India in fourth Test with 123-run partnership with fellow debutant Washington Sundar on Day 3 of fourth Test in Brisbane.
Shardul Thakur, who scored a 115-ball 67, smashed nine boundaries and two sixes on his Test debut in a 123-run partnership with fellow debutant Washington Sundar on Day 3 of fourth Test in Brisbane.
The right-handed batsman, who came out to bat at no.5, fell to Josh Hazlewood right after tea as India's fifth wicket with 38 runs to his name.
Rohit had actually played a similar shot against Lyon in Sydney as well, albeit successfully to complete his maiden half-century on overseas soil as an opener.
Krishna Kumar, who lives in Sydney, has lodged an official complaint saying he was targeted after attempting to bring four banners into the ground on the fifth day on Monday.
Vihari, who scored an unbeaten 23 off 161 balls and stitched a 62-run stand off 256 balls with Ashwin for the sixth wicket, battled through pain as he took on the menancing Australian bowling attack on day 5
As the Australian tour hits its business end, the Indian team's list of injuries will make it very difficult for new national selection committee to pick a decent bowling attack for the England Test series.
Australia ended the day 274/5, thanks largely to Labuschagne's 108 off 204 balls. The 26-year-old said he should have done more.
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