Cameron Green. (Photo Source: BCCI)
Record 208 runs partnership between Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja ensured Australia be in the driver’s seat in what seemed to be very good track to bat on at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. Australia completed the innings with 480 runs on the board in 167.2 overs. India batted the last 10 overs of the day, scored 36/0 and trail by 444 runs.
Speaking about how the day panned out, Australia came to day 2 with the scorecard reading 255/4. Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja batted out one half sessions adding 123 more runs to take the tally to 208 runs for the fifth wicket.
Khawaja amassed 180 and Green registered his first Test century scoring 114. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the good going partnership by picking up Green. A six-wicket haul from Ashwin only mitigated a part of the damage, as the Australian lower order batter put together more than 100 runs, which helped them post a massive total of 480 runs.
Meanwhile let us look at the stats and numbers from day 2 of the fourth Test between India and AustraliaA
1 – Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Anil Kumble and became the leading wicket-taker for India in Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
6 -Ravichandran Ashwin (32) has the joint sixth most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket which is also the second most by any Indian bowler in Tests.
611 -Usman Khawaja has batted 611 minutes in this game which is the third highest by an Australian in away Tests. Bob Simpson tops the list with 762 minutes followed by Mark Taylors’ tally of 720 minutes.
300 -Virat Kohli has now completed 300 catches in international cricket.
3 -Usman Khawaja now has the third-highest score for Australia against India in India.
Highest Score by Australian Batter against India in India:
210 -Dean Jones
203 -Matthew Hayden
180 -Usman Khawaja
114 – Cameron Green registered his highest Test score and first Test century. He surpassed his previous best of 84 which also came against India in 2021.
31 -Mohammed Shami has bowled 31 overs in the match and this is the most number of overs bowled by him since Aug 2021. The last time he bowled 33 overs in Southampton against England way back in July 2014.
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