“Where are we in the game? I think it’s pretty even to be honest with you, we know in this part of the world, games can speed up quite quickly, so it’s about being patient for long periods of time and not chasing the game,” the veteran off-spinner said. Commentary Scorecard 14:02 (IST) Jan 09 Australia had a lead of 122 runs and they wanted to set a target for England which the visitors would not even attempt to chase. And it’s just coming down to doing your basics well enough for long enough,” Lyon said.įor him, Tests like these are decided in the last half an hour and right now it is on even keel. Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live cricket score updates, scorecard, and ball-by-ball commentary of 4th Ashes Test match between Australia and England. When the pitch is like Indore… I felt like I bowled better today than what I did in Indore. With Shreyas Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat and Axar Patel yet to come, India have enough depth in their batting line-up. While Jadeja, who has already played a couple of crucial knocks in this series, has to score runs at a quicker rate on Day 4 to give India enough time to make something out of the match. Kohli reached the mark of 4000 runs in his 50th Test at home. However, Todd Murphy then struck with Jadeja holing out on 28.īy scoring his first fifty in more than a year, Kohli joined an elite list that includes Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag to score 4000 or more runs at home. India started the day on a solid note with the overnight pair of Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja bringing up their fifty-run partnership and then taking the score past the 300-run mark. Kohli was solid as ever and was unbeaten on 88 when the lunch break was taken while Bharat offered a good company having made 25 off 70. The morning session was a shared one with India scoring 73/1 in 32 overs to move closer to Australia’s first innings total of 480-all out. Srikar Bharat fell on 44 right after taking on the short ball ploy of Cameron Green as he belted the pacer for two sixes and a four in successive deliveries in the second session. Kohli brought up his 28th Test century off the 241st delivery and thus ended his wait which was just over three years long. Meanwhile, India took the lead with the pair of Kohli and Axar stitching a big partnership.
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