2023-06-11 10:16:00
11th Jun 2023 03:46 PM | Contemporary Malayalam Desk
London: A heavy blow for India, who are fighting for victory in the World Test Championship final. Resuming batting on the fifth day, India lost Virat Kohli followed by Ravindra Jadeja. Scott Boland’s double strike left India reeling in the first session of the fifth day.
Kohli returned with 49 runs. Former Aussie captain Steve Smith dismissed him with a brilliant catch off Scott Boland. Ravindra Jadeja, who came right after, also fell without getting any runs. The player returned with a catch to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
Chasing a target of 444 runs, India are currently at 184 for the loss of five wickets. India need 260 more runs to win. Ajinkya Rahane with 30 runs and Srikar Bharat with four runs are at the crease.
Australia were bowled out for 469 in the first innings and India’s struggle ended with 296 runs. Australia scored 270 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the second innings and declared the innings.
India lost Shubman Gill first in the second innings. The player got out with 18 runs. Boland has the wicket. Gill returned with a catch to Cameron Greene.
Later, Cheteshwar Pujara joined Rohit. Both of them combined and brought the game in favor of India. But Rohit got out with the score standing at 92. Rohit returned with 43 runs. Soon after, Pujara also returned. The player scored 27 runs.
Rohit Gill’s partnership gave India a fast start as they started batting towards a huge target. Both added 41 runs on the board in 7.1 overs.
In the second innings, Australia scored 270 runs for the loss of eight wickets and declared the innings. Alex Carey was the top scorer with an unbeaten 66 runs.
Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc at the tail end led the Aussies innings forward. Starc returned with 41 runs. Pat Cummins was out for five runs. After that the Aussies declared the innings.
Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets and Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami took two wickets for India. Mohammad Siraj took a wicket.
The Aussies lost Labuchane early on the fourth day. The player returned with 41 runs. Cameron Greene, who came next, got off to a good start but didn’t last long. The player is out with 25 runs. Australia lost these two wickets in the first session on the fourth day.
Australia started with a collapse in the second innings. Warner returned with one run and Usman Khawaja with 13 runs. Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami took the wickets.
Later, Steve Smith and Marnes Labschein took the Aussies forward. But with the score at 86, Jadeja sent back Smith and brought India back into the game. The centurion scored 34 runs in the first innings. After the score crossed 100, the top scorer of the first innings, Travis Head, also returned.
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