India vs australia test 2023

Usman Khawaja's resilient century has put Australia into a position of dominance after the tourists enjoyed a superb day of impressive batting against India in the fourth Test. Australia are on track to post their best total of the series after Khawaja starred with an unbeaten 104 to help the tourists to 4-255 at stumps on day one in Ahmedabad. Khawaja batted through the entire day in sweltering conditions on a memorable opening to the Border-Gavaskar series finale as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in the stadium named after him. The classy left-hander batted patiently, with his unbeaten century coming from 246 balls. But all-rounder Cameron Green (49 not out) helped lift Australia's run rate with some outstanding, free-flowing batting in the last session. Read more But Smith (38) and Peter Handscomb (17) departed in quick succession after tea, giving India some hope of running through Australia in front of a big home crowd. Australia's best total of the series is 263 in their first innings of the second Test in Delhi, with India smashing 400 en route to a big victory in the series opener in Nagpur. The first three Tests all finished in less than three days but this appears to be a more traditional wicket after the pitch in Indore was hit with a "poor" rating from the ICC. The final Test of the series started after a bizarre political rally before the match involving the prime ministers of both countries. Australian Prime...

BATTING R B M 4s 6s SR David Warner c †Bharat b Thakur 43 60 108 8 0 71.66 Usman Khawaja c †Bharat b Mohammed Siraj 0 10 15 0 0 0.00 Marnus Labuschagne b Mohammed Shami 26 62 103 3 0 41.93 Steven Smith b Thakur 121 268 333 19 0 45.14 Travis Head c †Bharat b Mohammed Siraj 163 174 283 25 1 93.67 Cameron Green c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Shami 6 7 15 1 0 85.71 Alex Carey † lbw b Jadeja 48 69 98 7 1 69.56 Mitchell Starc run out (sub [AR Patel]) 5 20 24 0 0 25.00 Pat Cummins (c) c Rahane b Mohammed Siraj 9 34 82 0 0 26.47 Nathan Lyon b Mohammed Siraj 9 25 18 1 0 36.00 Scott Boland not out 1 7 8 0 0 14.28 Extras (b 13, lb 10, nb 7, w 8) 38 TOTAL 121.3 Ov (RR: 3.86) 469 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Usman Khawaja, 3.4 ov) , 2-71 (David Warner, 21.4 ov) , 3-76 (Marnus Labuschagne, 24.1 ov) , 4-361 (Travis Head, 91.1 ov) , 5-376 (Cameron Green, 94.2 ov) , 6-387 (Steven Smith, 98.1 ov) , 7-402 (Mitchell Starc, 103.5 ov) , 8-453 (Alex Carey, 114.4 ov) , 9-468 (Nathan Lyon, 119.5 ov) , 10-469 (Pat Cummins, 121.3 ov) • DRS BOWLING O M R W ECON 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 29 4 122 2 4.20 126 18 1 1 2 24.1 toM Labuschagne, and Shami produces the wicket immediately. Goes really full, seam-up, Labuschagne tries the drive but his front foot is stuck on the crease. It is a half-volley, he should be able to cover it, but it seams in appreciably to beat his inside edge and uproot the off stump. India right back in it. 76/3 94.2 toC Green, gone, and India are fighting back here. Terrific line and leng...