Axar Patel and Virat Kohli. (Photo Source: BCCI)
It was yet another tiring day of Test cricket for bowlers and satisfying batting performances from batters were observed, as India eked out a lead of 91 runs in the first innings of the fourth Test. Scintillating century from Virat Kohli helped India post a total of 571 runs on the board
Speaking about how the day panned out, India lost Ravindra Jadeja earlier in the day to Todd Murphy. However, Virat Kohli continued from where he left on day three by notching up his 28th Test Ton. Handy contributions from lower middle-order helped India go past Aussies’tally of 480, leading by 91 runs in the first innings.
Virat Kohli amassed 186 runs in 384 balls which included 15 fours. An 84-run artnership for the fifth wicket between Kohli and Srikar Bharat and162 runs partnership for the sixth wicket between Kohli and Axar helped India manage a lead over Australia. Shreyas Iyer was not available to bat due to Injury.
For Australia, Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon shared three wickets each and Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann took one wicket each.. Australia survived the scary six overs in the last 15 minutes and are trailing by 88 runs in the second innings.
Meanwhile let us look at the stats and numbers from day 4 of the fourth Test between India and Australia
1205 -Virat Kohli has scored Test century after 1204 days. His last Test hundred came way back in November 23, 2019, against Bangladesh
1 -Nathan Lyon (56) surpassed Derek Underwood and became the leading wicket-taker by visiting spinner in India in Test.
16 -Virat Kohli now has 16 150+ scores across format equalling Virender Sehwag’s tally.
Most 150+ scores for India across formats:
25 – Sachin Tendulkar
16 – Virender Sehwag
16 – Virat Kohli
186 -Virat Kohli registered his highest score(186) in the ongoing match, bettering his previous best of 169 in Melbourne in 2014.
75 -Virat Kohli completeed 75 international centuries and became the fastest batter to achieve this feat. He has taken 552 innings to achieve this feat, bettering Sachin’s tally of 566 innings.
65 -Nathan Lyon has bowled 65 overs in the first innings, which is the most number of overs bowled by him in Test innings, surpassing his previous best of 64 overs vs Sri Lanka in Galle, 2022
3 -India recorded 50+ partnerships for each of first six wickets, this feat is achieved for 3rd time in Test cricket.
50+ Partnerships for each of the first six wickets:
AUS vs WI Brisbane 1960
PAK vs BAN Khulna 2015
IND vs AUS Ahmedabad 2023
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