Ind vs Aus 4th Test: Bumrah made Team India comeback, blew the wickets of the head…first day's play is over

Team India made a comeback in the Melbourne Test and showed the way to the pavilion to six Australian batsmen. The Kangaroo team has once again got entangled in the web of fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah has taken three important wickets, which include the wickets of Usman Khawaja, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh. Usman Khawaja played an inning of 57 runs, while Travis Head could not even open the account. Apart from this, Mitchell Marsh also could not perform very well and was caught by Pant.

Head troubled Team India

Let us tell you that Travis Head has troubled the bowlers of Team India a lot in the BGT series. Head has scored 2 centuries and one half-century in six innings of the last three Test matches. The Kangaroo batsman scored 89 runs in the second innings of the Perth Test. Head played an inning of 140 runs in the Adelaide Test. Team India lost this match by 10 wickets. In the third test also, Head batted brilliantly and scored 152 runs.

score card of fourth test

Australia got off to a great start when they came to bat in the fourth test. Sam Constas, who made his debut in the Melbourne Test, scored 65 runs. Constas played shots all around the bowlers of Team India. However, he could not understand the straight ball of Ravindra Jadeja and was out LBW. After this, a partnership was formed between Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne but Khawaja was caught by Bumrah at the hands of KL Rahul standing in the slips. After this there was a partnership of 83 runs between Labuschagne and Steve Smith. Labuschagne became the victim of Washington Sundar.

wickets falling quickly

Australia's score at one time was 237 runs for three wickets. After this, the batsmen of the Kangaroo team quickly started moving towards the pavilion. Team India's bowlers made a brilliant comeback. After Labuschagne's dismissal, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh were out cheaply. There was a brief partnership between Smith and wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey but Akash Deep got Carey out to Pant behind the wicket. Smith and captain Pete Cummins returned unbeaten on the first day of the fourth Test. Australia's score is 311-6 runs. Bumrah has taken three wickets. Akash Deep, Jadeja and Washington Sundar got 1 wicket each.

Team India Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akashdeep.

Australia Playing 11: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Sam Constas, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.