IND vs AUS / Fourth day's play ends- India saved the follow-on, Bumrah-Aakash pair returned unbeaten

IND vs AUS: India has saved itself from playing follow-on in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. In the ongoing match at The Gaba Stadium, the Indian team is trailing by 193 runs. Till stumps on the fourth day of the match on Tuesday, India has scored 252 runs for 9 wickets. Akash Deep returned unbeaten on 27 and Jasprit Bumrah on 10 runs.

At one point the team lost the 9th wicket at 213 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed after scoring 77 runs. From here, India needed 33 runs to save the follow-on. In such a situation, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah batted with patience.

The Indian team started the day with a score of 51/4. KL Rahul took the innings forward with 33 runs and was dismissed after scoring 84 runs. For Australia, captain Pat Cummins took 4 wickets. While Mitchell Starc got 3 wickets. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood got one wicket each. Australia scored 445 runs in the first innings. Team India won the toss on Saturday and chose to bowl.

Fourth day's play is over

Fourth day's play is over. India has scored 252 runs after losing nine wickets in its first innings. Thanks to the brave batting of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep, India has saved the follow-on. Both are unbeaten. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul also batted brilliantly and scored half-centuries. Akash is unbeaten on 27 and Bumrah on 10. So far, there has been a partnership of 39 runs in 54 balls between the two for the 10th wicket. Australia had scored 445 runs in their first innings. In this sense, Team India is still 193 runs behind. India had to score 246 runs to save the follow-on.

As soon as Akash saved the follow-on by hitting a four. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, who were present in the dressing room, jumped from their chairs in excitement. All three gave each other a high five. When Akash and Bumrah were returning to the dressing room, all three gave a standing ovation. Along with this, the fans also gave a standing ovation to both of them. Now one day of play is left. This test is heading towards a draw.

India started playing today at 51 runs for four wickets. However, soon the team got the fifth blow in the form of Rohit Sharma. Rohit became the victim of Cummins after scoring 10 runs. After this, Rahul shared a 67-run partnership with Jadeja. Rahul missed the century and was dismissed after scoring 84 runs with the help of eight fours in 139 balls.

After this, Nitish Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja shared a 53-run partnership for the seventh wicket. Nitish was bowled by Cummins after scoring 16 runs. At the same time, Siraj could score only one run. At the other end, Jadeja scored the 22nd half-century of his Test career. He was out as the ninth wicket. He was caught by Cummins at the hands of Marsh. Jadeja played an innings of 77 runs in 123 balls with the help of seven fours and a six.

After this, Bumrah and Akash showed courage and saved India from playing follow-on. Both will try to reduce Australia's lead further. Captain Cummins has taken four wickets so far for Australia. At the same time, Mitchell Starc got three wickets. Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon got one wicket each. Earlier on Monday, Yashasvi was out after scoring four runs, Gill one run, Virat three runs and Pant nine runs.