Day 4 of the ongoing fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT 2024-25) was quite the eventful one. After India posted a total of 369 runs in the first innings thanks to Nitish Kumar Reddy’s century, the Aussies came out to bat and aimed to maximise their lead and post a big total on the board.
Opening the innings, Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja were sent packing to the pavilion for eight and 21 runs, respectively. Furthermore, Steve Smith and Travis Head, after recent brilliant performances, were dismissed on 13 and 1 runs, respectively.
Things went from bad to worse as Mitchell Marsh departed for a duck with Alex Carey adding two runs on the board. As Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah continued their brilliance, Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins stood their ground and put in a good showing. Labuschagne scored 70 runs in 139 deliveries, with the Aussie Captain adding 41 runs in 90 deliveries. With a horrid start to the second innings, the knocks of Labuschagne and Cummins stabilized the innings for the hosts.
Towards the end of day 4, Nathan Lyon stayed unbeaten on a score of 41 runs in 54 deliveries, as Australia ended the day on a score of 228 runs with the loss of nine wickets.
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As for the Indian team, Jasprit Bumrah was the highest wicket-taker on day 4 with four wickets to his name. Mohammed Siraj took three wickets, with Ravindra Jadeja taking one wicket as well. Ahead of day 5, Australia’s lead swelled to 333 runs and will hope that the duo of Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland will pile on some more runs in hopes of making it harder for team India.
Here’s how X reacted to Day 4 of the MCG Test between Australia and India:
It’s never over when you have Bumrah in the team. Now chance for the batsmen to be heroes. Can this be Gabba again? #INDvAUS
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 29, 2024
Take a bow! What an incredible achievement by @Jaspritbumrah93. 200 Test wickets and making history as the first to do so! Your hard work, focus, and skill have taken Indian cricket to new heights. Proud to see you achieve this historic milestone! Keep inspiring, brother. 👏… pic.twitter.com/Pj7NcNVzyY
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) December 29, 2024
Phenomenal stuff from the master of pace and precision! 200 wickets at an average of under 20 👏🏻 👏🏻 this is legendary! 🔥 @Jaspritbumrah93 #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/qZQnJsxztx
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) December 29, 2024
Akash deep has been really unlucky . He’s bowled his heart out but not much to show in wickets column . Pretty sure there will be a series where he won’t bowl as good as this but will get a lot of wickets. That’s how cricket works sometimes #BorderGavaskarTrophy #AUSvINDIA
— Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) December 29, 2024
200 wickets at an average of 19.56—absolutely phenomenal! What an extraordinary bowler. Mind-blowing achievement. Hats off to the one and only @Jaspritbumrah93 . #AUSvIND #Bumrah #BGT pic.twitter.com/fI2sS6ak7J
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) December 29, 2024
Best in the world does it time and time again @Jaspritbumrah93 🙌🏻 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/inDf2pMFmH
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 29, 2024
The Greatest of all time is doing what he does best here at the ‘G’ .. @Jaspritbumrah93 is incredible .. #AUSvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 29, 2024
TEST cricket just keeps giving!
Incredible viewing.#INDvsAUS
— Mickey Arthur (@Mickeyarthurcr1) December 29, 2024
200 sticks at 19.56. Unreal. What a bowler. Mind-boggling stuff. Well done Boom Boom. @Jaspritbumrah93 #AUSvIND #Bumrah #BGT pic.twitter.com/ZTtjkUuTga
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) December 29, 2024
Best bowler we ever had JASPRIT BUMRAH. Less than 20 avg for 200 wickets WOW 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 29, 2024
When DSP asks you to help with crowd control 😉 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/HbDEX7gSU4
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 29, 2024
😉 #AUSvIND #Konstas #Bumrah pic.twitter.com/atIxZpMAqu
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 29, 2024
Loved the banter from Bumrah…good fun and an exceptional delivery. This Test match has everything!!!
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) December 29, 2024
Well done BOOM @Jaspritbumrah93 pic.twitter.com/asv8cL4smu
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) December 29, 2024
Now that has to be the best innings I have seen from a no 8! An innings, a high calibre, pure batter would dream of playing. Nitish Kumar Reddy take a bow! 🙇 🙇🙇#INDvsAUS
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) December 28, 2024
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