India vs Australia 4th Test: Australia’s Cameron Green dominated the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy on Friday as the all-rounder scored his maiden Test century. Aussie star shakes hands with opener Usman Khawaja To score more runs on the Indian team on the second day of the Ahmedabad Test. In the process, Australia also achieved a rare feat in India.
Cameron Green made his presence felt on the first day of the Test match with a brilliant 49 off 64 balls. He continued to play on merit and brought up his century in 143 balls, which included 16 fours. Meanwhile, Khawaja also left no stone unturned to dominate as he converted his overnight hundred into 150 in the first session.
Australia achieved rare feat in India
Meanwhile, the Australian pair of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green also achieved a rare feat in Test cricket in India. Visiting teams have always found it difficult to play in India and their batsmen have struggled over the years on the spin-friendly Indian tracks. India rarely have big partnerships but Khawaja and Green certainly made one.
The duo shared a 208-run partnership for the 5th wicket and became only the second pair since 2013 to bring up a 200-plus stand in India. was the only pair to put on a 200-run partnership Joe Root and Dom Sibley, who shared a 200-run partnership in the Chennai Test in 2021.
Notably, it is also Australia’s second largest stand in India. Prior to these two, K Hughes and A Border had scored more runs for one wicket for Australia in India when they scored 222 in the Chennai Test in 1979/80.
India’s playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat KohliShreyas Iyer, Sreekar Bharat (wk), Ravindra JadejaAkshar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia’s playing XI:
Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (C), peter handscombcameron green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnman, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon