Khawaja’s epic 180 and Green’s maiden century help Australia grind India down

10.03.2023 - 15:37 theguardian.com

Australia have finished on 480 after Usman Khawaja’s epic 180 and Cameron Green’s debut Test century made India’s bowlers toil for almost two days in the field.

The tourists made the most of the best batting pitch of the series, forcing India to bowl 168 overs and take a third new ball in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad.

Australia had 10 overs to bowl at the hosts before stumps but India comfortably survived to finish 36-0, a deficit 444. India captain Rohit Sharma (17 not out) and young opener Shubman Gill (18 not out) will resume batting on Saturday with Australia desperate for early breakthroughs.

Khawaja made the third-best score by an Australian in India, finishing only behind Dean Jones (210 in 1986) and Matthew Hayden (203 in 2001).

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