IND vs AUS 3rd Test: When the fourth Test started in Brisbane on Tuesday, India was on the backfoot. The Indian team, which had lost 4 wickets for 51 runs in reply to 445 runs, was in danger of defeat. India also lost the 5th wicket early. Captain Rohit Sharma walked out after scoring 10 runs. After this, whenever India came under pressure, some batsman would stand at the crease. On the other hand, whenever Australia got some opportunity, it lost it. Overall, there were 5 such incidents in the match which changed the course of the game. Australia is getting closer to victory and getting further away. India is taking the match towards a draw despite being close to defeat.
1. Smith lost the test match on the first ball.
Australia lost its biggest opportunity on the first ball on the fourth day. Pat Cummins’ ball took the edge of KL Rahul’s bat and went to Steve Smith. Smith seized this opportunity as if it was catching practice. KL Rahul took full advantage of this. KL Rahul, who could have been out after scoring 33 runs, scored 84 runs, the pain of which would not even let the Australian cricketers sleep the whole night.
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2. Hazlewood’s injury, relief for India
Josh Hazlewood’s injury gave the second pain to Australia. This player bowled only one over on the fourth day, in which he did not appear to be in rhythm. After this it rained. Hazlewood was taken for a scan during the rain break. It was found that he had pain in his calf muscles and he would not be able to bowl. As a result, Hazlewood did not take the field again. Australia missed him a lot but what to do even if he did.
3. Rain helped India
Rain stopped play repeatedly on the fourth day of the match. The game stopped once or twice in every session. As a result, only 57.5 overs were played in the day. Australia suffered direct losses due to this. If the full 98 overs had been bowled in the day, it was possible that Australia would have scored close to 100 runs in the second innings.
4. Beautiful innings of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja
KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja batted excellently. KL calmed the ‘ghost’ of the new ball by scoring 84 runs. He made a partnership of 67 runs with Ravindra Jadeja (77). After KL’s dismissal, Jadeja along with Nitish Kumar Reddy (16) and Mohammed Siraj (1) took India beyond 200 runs.
5. Historic partnership of Bumrah-Akash Deep
When India had lost 9 wickets for 213 runs and the threat of follow-on was looming, then Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep showed a historic game. Both of them made an unbeaten partnership of 39 runs and took India to the magical number of 246 runs, which was necessary to save the follow-on. Akash Deep celebrated saving the follow-on by hitting a six and by the end of the day’s play, India reached the score of 252.
Tags: Akash Deep, India vs Australia, jasprit bumrah, KL Rahul, Ravindra jadeja, Steve Smith
FIRST PUBLISHED : December 17, 2024, 4:35 PM IST