Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25: The fourth Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy being played between India and Australia is being played at the historic cricket ground in Melbourne. On December 26, after the dispute with young Australian batsman Sam Constance on the first day of the match, the media there had made fun of India’s star batsman Virat Kohli, after which former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan criticized the Australian media. At the same time, now the Australian media has once again crossed all limits of shamelessness and sarcastically called Indian captain Rohit Sharma ‘Captain Cry Baby’.
Let us tell you, Australian media is also using very bad words for Virat. Recently, a newspaper had published Sam Constant’s photo on its sports page and wrote in the headline, ‘Virat, I am your father.’ Earlier, a newspaper had shown Virat Kohli as a joker.
Know how was the condition of the match so far?
Australia scored 474 runs in the first innings on the basis of brilliant innings by Travis Head (134) and Marnus Labuschagne (87). For India, Jasprit Bumrah (4/92) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/115) performed well. In reply, India scored 369 runs with the help of Shubman Gill (91), Virat Kohli (74) and Rohit Sharma (56). Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took 3-3 wickets for Australia.
In the second innings, Australia scored 228/9 at the end of the fourth day’s play, taking their total lead to 333 runs. Nathan Lyon (41*) and Scott Boland (10*) increased India’s problems by staying at the crease in the lower order. Indian bowler Jasprit Bumrah also took 4 wickets in the second innings, while Mohammad Siraj took 3 wickets.
Now on the last day, India will have a difficult target of 334 runs. It will be interesting to see how Team India handles this challenge under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, especially when the Australian media has raised questions on his leadership abilities.
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