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India vs Australia 4th Test: Mohammed Siraj's fifer keeps visitors in toes of Aussies as rain ends day

India vs Australia 4th Test: Mohammed Siraj's fifer keeps visitors in toes of the Aussies. Siraj took five wickets as Australia were bowled out for 294. Rain effected an early end to the day.

Mohammed Siraj took 5 wickets

Brisbane, January 18: India need 328 runs to win the fourth Test against Australia after Mohammed Siraj picked his first five-wicket haul to end the hosts' second inning on 294 runs here at the Gabba on Monday (January 18). Chasing 328 for a win, India were 4/0 when rain ended the day's proceedings after just 1.5 overs on the fourth day of the fourth Test.

Australia began the third session from 243/7, with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc on the field. However, India did not take much time to get the first breakthrough of the session as Siraj dismissed Starc (1), bringing Nathan Lyon out on the field. Indian bowlers kept a tight rein on the tailenders, not allowing them to cause much trouble.

INDIA VS AUSTRALIA: 4TH TEST: DAY 4 SCOREBOARD

The visitors took wickets at regular intervals and ended Australia's second inning on 294. Siraj picked the final wicket, removing Josh Hazlewood, and took his tally to five. Shardul Thakur picked four wickets while Washington Sundar scalped one wicket.

Earlier, starting the second session with the game evenly poised, Steve Smith and Cameron Green played contrasting knocks. Smith looked brutal and went for anything that was in his slot. The right-handed batsman hit a quickfire half-century as Australia's lead went over 200, bringing up the fifty-run partnership between Smith and Green.

However, Siraj made up for the dropped catch and picked an important wicket Smith. Paine and Green then stitched a brief 31-run partnership before Shardul removed the all-rounder in the 61st over.

Meanwhile, Paine kept ticking the scoreboard and took a calculative risk in order to score quick runs. Shardul dismissed Paine as Rishabh Pant took a sharp catch to reduce Australia to 242/7. In the first session, Siraj struck two in one over while debutants Shardul and Sundar picked a wicket each as Australia faltered after a good start.

Australia were ahead in the game with the lead of over 120 runs with 10 wickets in the bag after a couple of expensive overs from the visitors but a flurry of wickets after the first hour of play saw the hosts on the backfoot.

Resuming day four at 21/0, Marcus Harris and David Warner added 68 runs to the overnight score before Shardul sent Harris back. Sundar trapped Warner in front of the stumps to reduce Australia to 91/2. Runs kept coming at a rapid pace and the departure of Aussie openers didn't have any impact on the scoring rate.

However, Siraj struck two wickets in the first over of the new spell, dismissing both Marnus Labuschagne and Matthew Wade. While Labuschagne scored a brisk 25 off 22 balls, Wade departed without troubling the scoreboard.

Story first published: Monday, January 18, 2021, 14:26 [IST]
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