On the basis of top 4 batsmen, Australia scored 311 runs for 6 wickets on the first day, Bumrah was the most successful.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 1 Highlights: By the end of the play on the first day (26 December) of the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy being played against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 311 runs have been scored at the loss of 6 wickets in the first innings. At the end of the day, Steve Smith remained unbeaten on 68 runs and captain Pat Cummins remained unbeaten on 8 runs.
The Australian team, which won the toss and came to bat first, had a great start. Sam Constas and Usman Khawaja together made a stormy partnership of 89 runs for the first wicket. Konstas, playing his debut match, scored 60 runs in 65 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes.
Kontas has become the second youngest batsman to score a half-century in Test cricket for Australia. He broke Neil Harvey's record by scoring a half-century at the age of 19 years and 85 days. Harvey scored a half-century in a Test match played in Melbourne in 1948 at the age of 19 years and 121 days.
Whereas Khawaja added 57 runs in 121 balls. After this, Marnus Labuschagne, who came to bat at number 3, scored 72 runs in 145 balls and Steve Smith, who came to bat at number four, also completed his half-century. This is the first time since 2015 that the top 4 batsmen of Australia's batting order played innings of fifty or more runs.
During the third session, Team India made a slight comeback by taking two wickets in two consecutive overs. He made Travis Head (0) and Mitchell Marsh (4) his victims. Let us tell you that this is the first time that Head has been out on 0 in international cricket against India. The last wicket of the day fell in the form of Alex Carey. Who played an inning of 31 runs.
Bumrah took 3 wickets for India on the first day. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja, Akashdeep and Washington Sundar took 1-1 wicket in their account.
Teams:
Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
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