India Vs Australia 4th Test 2023,3rd day
Ahmedabad: The Indian team is on the back foot for the first two days of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Losing the toss and Australia's score of 480 kept India in the corner. Despite leading the series 2-1, this match is very important for the Indian team. India's Test Championship final depends on the result of this match, although Australia is only a defender of dignity. If you win, the final is certain. Aus was all out for 480 in the first innings. At the end of the second day, India was 36 for no loss.On the third day, the Shubman-Rohit pair started Well.Rohit returned with a personal score of 35 runs. No more wickets fell in the first session.From his Test debut in Melbourne against Australia to the Birmingham Test against England, Shubman Gill has crossed the 40-run mark seven times in 21 Test innings. Despite scoring four half-centuries, he could not reach the three-figure run anyway. Shubman finally scored two centuries in the last six innings from the Chittagong Test against Bangladesh to the ongoing Ahmedabad Test.Gill was dismissed for 128 off 235 balls with the help of 12 fours and a six in the first innings of the ongoing Ahmedabad Test.Shubman reached 80 to 90 runs with the help of 2 boundaries. He reached 96 runs from 92 by hitting Lyon for a four. In the end, Shubman completed the century by hitting Murphy's Back foot.
In all formats, the wait for a hundred was long. The wait finally ended in the Asia Cup. In November 2019, Virat scored the last century of the day-night Test with the pink ball at Eden Gardens. I'm not sure if the drought will end. However, Virat Kohli has reached another milestone in his long career. The best batter of the current generation has written the name next to the legends. Virat Kohli entered the club of 4,000 Test runs at home after reaching 42 runs on this day. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, and Virender Sehwag have scored 4,000 or more runs on home soil.This time Virat Kohli is also beside them.On the third day of the Ahmedabad Test, Virat Kohli entered the crease after Pujara's dismissal. Kohli sounded in the gallery as he got down. Similarly, the Aussie cricketers tried to disturb his focus from the beginning. As soon as he entered the field, Nathan Lyon made some friendly comments to him. Virat Kohli's long-standing friendship with Steve Smith. The match is undoubtedly the opponent. He also tried to disturb Virat's concentration. Smith added the story with Virat's bat in his hand. Of course, it didn't help much either. In the beginning, Virat was having trouble playing against the spinners. In the last three matches of this series, Virat has shown problems against spin. There was even more discomfort as it was a spin-friendly pitch. On this day, of course, he started cautiously. Pay more attention to retail runs., Virat reached the milestone of 4,000 in tests at home after reaching the individual 42 runs in the innings.He didn't stop there. He scored another half-century in his career. He scored 7216 runs in 94 matches. Then there is the current Indian team coach Rahul Dravid. Dravid scored 5598 runs in 70 matches. At the end of the third day, India trailed by 191 runs but was relieved. Virat Kohli is at the crease
Brief Score:
AUS-480/10(OVER 167.2)
IND 1st INN-289/3.
Rohit-35(58)
Shubman Gill-128(235)
pujara-42(121)
kohli-59*
Ravindra Jadeja-16*