IND vs AUS: First day's play ended, Australia scored 311 runs losing 6 wickets, Bumrah got three wickets
IND vs OFF: The fourth match of the five-Test series between India and Australia is being played in Melbourne. The first day of this Boxing Day Test match was in the name of Australia. India definitely got six wickets but four Australian batsmen played good innings. Australia scored 311 runs on the basis of half-centuries from four batsmen. Sam Constas and Usman Khawaja gave a strong start to Australia. Kontas played an inning of 60 runs. Usman Khawaja was out after scoring 57 runs. Marnus Labuschagne was out after scoring 72 runs. Let us tell you that in this five-match series, both the teams are tied at 1-1.
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Let us tell you that in the fourth test match, one change was seen between India and Australia. Australia has included Scott Boland in place of Josh Hazlewood and India has included Washington Sundar in the playing eleven in place of Shubman Gill. Australia started well. 19-year-old debutant Sam Constas made an 89-run partnership with Usman Khawaja for the first wicket. Constas batted aggressively in his debut match and targeted Bumrah. He scored a half-century. He was out LBW on the ball of Ravindra Jadeja. Constas was out after scoring 60 runs in 65 balls with the help of six fours and two sixes.
After this, Khawaja made a partnership of 65 runs with Steve Smith for the second wicket. Khawaja scored the 27th half-century of his Test career. He was out on Bumrah's bowling after scoring 57 runs in 121 balls with the help of six fours. At the same time, could not open the head account. He was clean bowled by Bumrah. Bumrah then dismissed Mitchell Marsh cheaply. He could score four runs. Labuschagne played an innings of 72 runs in 145 balls with the help of seven fours. This was the 22nd half-century of his Test career. At the same time, Smith has batted brilliantly so far. He hit five fours and one six in his unbeaten innings of 68 runs off 111 balls. Bumrah took three wickets for India. Whereas, Akash Deep, Jadeja and Sundar got one wicket each.
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