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India booked their spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) final for the second straight occasion after drawing the fourth Test against Australia in Ahmedabad, and with generous help from Kane Williamson and New Zealand.
AHMEDABAD, India : India captain Rohit Sharma and his Australia counterpart Steve Smith agreed the fate of the four-test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was sealed in Delhi where the resilient hosts bounced triumphed by six wickets inside three days.
India rode Virat Kohli's brilliant century and Axar Patel's equally effective supporting act to take control on Day 4 of the fourth Test match against Australia on Sunday. While the Indian batsmen looking quite comfortable against the Australia bowlers, veteran spinner Nathan Lyon was able to claim a massive milestone. With the dismissal of KS Bharat, Lyon became the highest overseas wicket-taker in Test matches on Indian soil. He currently has 55 wickets from 11 matches in India and he surpassed the record held by former England spinner Derek Underwood. Underwood had 54 wickets against India in away matches from 16 games with best figures of 5 for 84.
Ravichandran Ashwin praised centurion Cameron Green and spoke about how the Australian or English cricket system can nurture a talent like him. Green, who is playing his 20th Test, scored 114 off 170 balls and his innings was no less significant than Usman Khawaja's 180 that took Australia to a solid first innings score of 480 on the second day of the fourth Test against India on Friday. "I hope you tuned into the IPL auction and hope you saw how Indian cricket fraternity rates Cameron Green," he answered to a question from one of the Australian scribes.
Usman Khawaja was the star during Australia's first innings in the ongoing fourth and final Test against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The southpaw scored 180 runs as the visitors posted a total of 480 runs before being bundled out on Day 2. Australia were reduced to 170 for 4 at one stage on the opening day of the game, but Khawaja and Cameron Green stitched 208 runs for the fifth wicket to bring the guests back in the driver's seat.
AHMEDABAD, India : India opener Shubman Gill's growing reputation as an all-format player got another boost on Saturday as he hit an elegant hundred in the fourth and final test against Australia.
AHMEDABAD, India :Shubman Gill smashed his second test hundred and combined in a 113-run stand with Cheteshwar Pujara to fuel India's robust reply to Australia's first innings total of 480 on day three of the fourth and final test in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Usman Khawaja was the showstopper for Australia, scoring a whopping 180 runs as the tourists posted 480 runs in the first innings against India in Ahmedabad. While Khawaja drew plaudits from the entire cricketing fraternity for his heroics with the bat, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali some bizarre remarks on the opening batter, suggesting he played with a 'timid approach'. In fact, Ali also said that Australia's top-scoring batter Khawaja played 'like a batsman from Bangladesh'.