India is once again in a perilous situation in the ongoing fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test against Australia, having suffered a small collapse in the closing 30 minutes of Day 2 on Friday. In response to Australia’s first innings score of 474, India finished the second day at 164/5 in 46 overs, trailing by 310 runs. Starting the day on 311/6, Australia added 163 runs for the final four wickets. India’s reply began disastrously, with skipper Rohit Sharma exiting for three in the second over. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul restarted the Indian innings with a 43-run partnership. With Rahul leaving before tea, Virat Kohli joined Jaiswal and put up 102 runs for the third wicket.
India is once again in a perilous situation in the ongoing fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test against Australia, having suffered a small collapse in the closing 30 minutes of Day 2 on Friday. In response to Australia’s first innings score of 474, India finished the second day at 164/5 in 46 overs, trailing by 310 runs. Starting the day on 311/6, Australia added 163 runs for the final four wickets. India’s reply began disastrously, with skipper Rohit Sharma exiting for three in the second over. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul restarted the Indian innings with a 43-run partnership. With Rahul leaving before tea, Virat Kohli joined Jaiswal and put up 102 runs for the third wicket.
Jaiswal got caught in a terrible mixup with Kohli, losing his wicket just 18 runs short of the southpaw’s second Test century on Australian soil. In the following over, Kohli was caught behind by Scott Boland. For India, Jasprit Bumrah (4/99) and Ravindra Jadeja (3/78) shared seven wickets, while Akash Deep (2/94) took two. How many runs does India need to avoid the follow-on at the MCG? With the scoreboard pressure building, India still requires 111 runs to prevent a follow-on score of 275. If India fails to achieve 275 runs in the first innings, the visitors will need to bat again and set a goal for Australia in the fourth innings. Australia will bat then and post a target for India in the fourth innings. If India score more than 275 in the first India,
Virat Kohli is booed by MCG crowd on Day 2 of IND vs AUS 4th Test; India batter responds with patient 86-ball 36.
The Australian audience jeered Virat Kohli as he took the field alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal after tea on day 2 of the ongoing fourth Test against Australia.
The former India skipper has been the topic of debate at the MCG. If his violent altercation with Sam Konstas dominated Day 1, a pitch invader wrapping his arm around Kohli’s shoulders became the talking point on Day 2.
With tea being served following KL Rahul’s dismissal, Kohli walked out to bat to loud booing from the MCG crowd, a video of which went viral on social media. Although Indian fans applauded the batting stalwart, there were loud booing.
However, he overcame all of it with a patient knock of 36 from 86 balls. Unlike in his previous innings, Kohli seems content when in the middle. The right-hander hit some beautiful cover drives and left the ball outside off-stump, which has bothered him in this series. Kohli and Jaiswal scored 102 runs for the third wicket. However, the dismissal of Jaiswal, following a horrible mix-up with Kohli triggered an Indian collapse as the visitors lost three wickets within a space of nine wickets. While Jaiswal departed for 82, a lapse of concentration cost Kohli.
At the end of Day 2, India had 164/5 in 46 overs, trailing Australia’s 474 all out in the first innings by 310 runs. India’s current crease players are Ravindra Jadeja (4) and Rishabh Pant (6). Earlier on Day 1, Kohli was fined 20% of his match earnings and given one demerit point for his premeditated physical collision with Sam Konstas. Kohli accepted the sanction; no formal hearing was required.