🏏Australia vs India, 4th Test: Melbourne, 26 - 30 Dec 2024: Day 5 🏏 - Page 84

India 2nd Innings

29.4 Boland to Pant, FOUR runs

There's the aggression! Short of a length outside off, ends up down on his back knee if what almost becomes a slog sweep

Boland to Pant, FOUR, not sure that's where he intended the ball to go.

Back up to the stumps for Pant

Ind --50/3

Gagan: "Boland has bowled more short and wide in last 2 overs than in his entire mcg career. Pointless with Carey up to the stumps." A few rare deliveries off line

Evan: "Absolutely awful shot from Pant. A very lucky man that he didn't get out for the second time in the match playing a ridiculous shot." On that occasion I thought he was trying to pull and actually adjusted quite well. Maybe I'm giving too much credit!

India 2nd Innings

30.4 Starc to Jaiswal, FOUR runs

Top shot! That's superbly played. Was short, but not as wide, he leaned back and cut it through gully

Thank god bachgaya

India 2nd Innings

30.5 Starc to Jaiswal, no run

Huge appeal for lbw! Not given. Back of a length, doesn't swing, hammers into the pads, height maybe the issue. Cummins reviews with seconds to spare. Well, this is close. Umpire's call? Yes, orange on clipping the top of leg stump.

Australia review! There was a long chat between Cummins, Starc and Carey before they challenged umpire Joel Wilson's call. It is for a LBW. This looked close. But height seemed to be the issue. Oh this is too close as the ball has struck him on the back pad. No spike on the Snicko. Umpire's call on hitting. Not Out

Ind--54/3

AUS 474 & 234

IND (31 ov, T:340) 369 & 54/3

Day 5 - Session 2: India need 286 runs.

CRR: 1.74

• Min. Ov. Rem: 61

• Last 10 ov (RR): 26/1 (2.60)

End of over 31

4 runs

IND: 54/3

CRR: 1.74

Yashasvi Jaiswal

31 (98b 5x4)

Rishabh Pant

4 (14b 1x4)

Mitchell Starc

10-6-13-1

Scott Boland

8-3-22-0

AUS 474 & 234

IND (32.3 ov, T:340) 369 & 59/3

Day 5 - Session 2: India need 281 runs.

CRR: 1.81

• Min. Ov. Rem: 59.3

• Last 10 ov (RR): 29/1 (2.90)