India vs Australia 2020-21 Live score and last update of the fourth test in Brisbane:
What a tour this has been! To bounce back after the horror of MCG 36-all out, draw the Sydney Test and win at Gabba, Australia’s stronghold, it only shows the character of this team. And India was without Kohli, Bumrah, Shami, Ashwin, Jadeja. Still, winning by a score of 2-1 in Australia’s backyard teaches you a lesson: never discount this new-age Indian cricket team. India has many reservations, each individual hungry to prove his worth. In that sense, as Harsha Bhogle put it, due credit should be given to “the school that is ending at Rahul Dravid.”
That’s all of us today. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the India tour of Australia. This is Sameer Chhabra and Shubham Pandey saying goodbye. Goodbye.
Day 4 report: Mohammed Siraj made his first five-course drive in just his third test as India pitched Australia for 294 to set up a fascinating final day of the four-game series in Brisbane on Monday.
With the series locked at 1-1, India needs 328 runs to win or hit all day for a draw and accomplish the remarkable feat of retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy despite being severely weakened by injuries and paternity leave. of Captain Virat Kohli.
Siraj had Josh Hazlewood trapped at the limit to end Australia’s innings and return 5-73 figures as clouds formed over the Gabba. Indian starters Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill then faced just 11 balls, reaching four without losing, before a light rain ended the game.
Siraj and his fast partner Shardul Thakur (4-61), playing only their second test, were exceptional as they kept the Australian scoring rate largely in check while taking terrain at regular intervals.
“It was my father’s dream that I play for India, that the whole country see his son play,” said Siraj, whose father died in November.
“How I wish you were here with me today, I would have been very happy. It is thanks to your blessings that I was able to take five wickets today. I am speechless, I cannot speak about my performance.”
Although most of the Australian batting order had starts, only Steve Smith converted and even fell by 55 when he was caught off guard by a short ball from Thakur.
Australia needs to win to win back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy but, with more rain forecast for Tuesday, India imagines the chances of surviving for the draw.
Complicated window
The highest chase-run to achieve victory at Gabba is the 236th Australia scored to beat the West Indies in 1951.
But as India has shown since their disastrous capitulation in the first test in Adelaide, when they were eliminated by 36, they are never out of the competition.
They came back and won the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, then batted for more than a day to get the third Test out of Sydney.
Starter Rohit Sharma was undefeated at 4 on the stumps on Day 4, and will have a significant role to play in India’s chase of the 328-run goal on the final day. AP
Smith said Nathan Lyon, who is playing his 100th test and needs three more scalps to reach 400 testing grounds, could play a big role Tuesday.
“There’s a nice crack forming outside of the right-hander stump that he’s looking to target,” Smith said.
“If tomorrow he hits good areas consistently, there’s certainly no reason why he can’t create some opportunities on day five terrain, that’s for sure.”
“The game is in a good place for us, the wicket is starting to play some tricks,” he added.
However, India will feel that it can at least save the test against an Australian attack that looked fatigued in the early innings.
Inbound flight
India claimed four wickets in the morning session to come back from a strong start for the Australians with David Warner and Marcus Harris taking advantage of some bad bowling.
The Australian starters added 68 runs in 19 overs when, at 89, Harris fell by 38 when he tried to dodge a short ball from Thakur only to have it graze his glove on the way to goalkeeper Rishabh Pant.
This led to a mini-collapse when two races later rookie Washington Sundar caught Warner lbw by 48, the Australian’s highest score since returning from a groin strain on Test 3 in Sydney.
The first-inning’s creator of the century, Marnus Labuschagne, got close to the fold and continued to attack, breaking five limits on his way to a fast 25 before being untapped by a Siraj delivery and catching a simple catch of Sharma on the second slip. .
Siraj, who was expensive in his early overs, then caught Matthew Wade on the side of the leg for a duck three balls later to leave Australia 123 for four.
Smith and Cameron Green then began to take the game away from the visitors, although both had casualties.
Smith was knocked down at Siraj’s length at 38, while Green survived a catch and pitched by the same pitcher at 14.
But Siraj made amends when he managed to get one into Smith’s glove with the former Australian captain in 55, while Thakur represented Green, Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon to complete his four-course tour.
With contributions from AFP
