India will look to pick some early wickets on the fifth day of the opening Test as they are eyeing a historic win at the Adelaide Oval. The home side, on the other hand, need a miracle as they chase an unlikely target of 323.
Here are the live updates:
# Shaun Marsh and Travis Head are walking down the crease to resume the innings for Australia. Ravichandran Ashwin starts over the wicket for India.
# The fifth day’s play is all set to get resume.
Perfect day for a run chase #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/N3DMduwWme
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 9, 2018
Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami scalped two wickets each as India ended the fourth day’s play in a strong position on Sunday, needing just six wickets to win the opening Test of the four-match series against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.
Chasing a huge target of 323 runs to win, the Indian bowlers started putting pressure on Australia from the very first over, with Ishant Sharma rapping opener Aaron Finch on the pads in the second ball and the umpire raising his finger. But, Finch opted for the review and replay showed Ishant’s front foot landed on the line.
Finch, however, could not stay at the crease for long as he got dismissed off Ashwin’s delivery after scoring just 11 runs.
Soon after the beginning of the third session, Shami struck for India and sent Marcus Harris back to the pavilion for just 26 runs.
Following the quick dismissals of the Australian openers, the Indian bowlers started piling even more pressure on the hosts as they avoided giving them easy runs and managed to bowl a few maiden overs.
Shami and Ashwin soon got rid of Usman Khawaja (eight) and Peter Handscomb (14) as Australia struggled to build the partnership during the fourth day’s play.
At stumps, Shaun Marsh (31) and Travis Head (11) were at the crease and helped Australia cross the 100-run mark. The home side ended the day needing 219 runs to win the match.
Lineups:
Australia XI: Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Travis Head, Tim Paine (c,wk), Pat Cummins, Mitch Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
India XI: KL Rahul, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma.
Source: Zee News