ND vs AUS 4th Test Live Update Day 5: The fourth Test between India and Australia under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25 was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). In this match, India had to face defeat by 184 runs. India had a target of 340 runs to win the match, but its entire team was limited to 155 runs only. Due to this defeat, the Indian team is now 1-2 behind in the series. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 84 runs for India, but the third umpire’s bad decision put an end to his innings. Now the last test will be played in Sydney from 3 January.
Let us tell you that Australia’s second innings was limited to 234 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets in the second innings for India. Earlier, the Indian team scored 369 runs in its first innings. Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 114 runs for India. Let us tell you that in the first innings of this match, the Australian team was reduced to 474 runs. That means, on the basis of the first innings, Australia got a lead of 105 runs.
Highlights of India’s second innings: Big giants failed
The Indian team had a slow start while chasing the target. Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal did not try to hit big shots on the new ball. As a result, India scored only 25 runs in 16 overs. It seemed that Rohit lost his patience when he was about to play a big innings. Rohit (9) was caught by Pat Cummins at gully by Mitchell Marsh. Four balls later, Cummins also got KL Rahul caught out by Usman Khawaja at first slip. Rahul could not even open his account. Then Virat Kohli also got caught by Khawaja on the ball of Mitchell Starc after scoring 5 runs. Kohli’s old weakness did not leave him in this innings also and he was out on the ball going outside the off-stump.
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From here Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal together took charge of the innings. There was a partnership of 88 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. During this partnership, Yashasvi completed his second consecutive fifty. Rishabh was set at the crease, but while trying to hit a big shot on the ball of Travis Head, he was caught by Mitchell Marsh. Rishabh scored 30 runs in 104 balls with the help of two fours. After this Jadeja also went back. Jadeja (2) was caught out by Scott Boland at the hands of wicketkeeper Alex Carey. Centurion of the first innings, Nitish Kumar Reddy could not do anything special in this innings and became the victim of Nathan Lyon after scoring 1 run. The Indian team lost 3 wickets within 9 runs.
Yashasvi remained at the crease and had reached the score of 84 runs, but a bad decision by the third umpire put an end to his innings. From here the Indian innings soon came to an end. After this, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj could not do anything special with the bat, while Washington Sundar remained unbeaten on 5 runs. For Australia, Scott Boland and Pat Cummins took maximum 3-3 wickets. The Indian team lost seven wickets in the last session, which was another reason for the defeat.
India’s scorecard (2nd innings): 155/10
| batsman | Wicket | Run |
| Rohit Sharma | caught Marsh, b Cummins | 09 |
| KL Rahul | Caught Khawaja, b Cummins | 00 |
| Virat Kohli | Caught Khawaja, b Starc | 05 |
| Rishabh Pant | Catch Marsh, Bold Head | 30 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | Caught Carry, bowled Boland | 2 |
| Nitish Reddy | Catch Smith, Bold Lion | 1 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | Catch carry, b Cummins | 84 |
| sky lamp | caught head, bowled boland | 7 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | caught Smith, b Boland | 0 |
| Mohammad Siraj | LBW Lion | 0 |
| washington beautiful | unbeaten | 5 |
Wicket Fall: 1-25 (Rohit Sharma, 16.5 ov), 2-25 (KL Rahul, 16.6 ov), 3-33 (Virat Kohli, 26.1 ov), 121-4 (Rishabh Pant, 58.4 ov), 127-5 (Ravindra Jadeja) , 62.2 overs), 130-6 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 63.2 overs), 140-7 (Yashshwi Jaiswal, 70.5 ov), 150-8 (Akash Deep, 76.1 ov), 154-9 (Jasprit Bumrah, 78.3 ov),
155-10 (Mohammad Siraj, 79.1 overs)
Australia’s second innings: Bumrah’s ‘claw’
Australia’s start in the second innings was not that good. He lost the wicket of debutant Sam Constas at the score of 20 runs. Kontas (8 runs) was clean bowled by Jasprit Bumrah on an excellent ball. Then Siraj blew the stump of Usman Khawaja (21 runs). After this, when India was looking for a wicket, Siraj dismissed Steve Smith (13). After this, Bumrah’s magic started, he first dismissed Travis Head (1) in the 34th over and then Mitchell Marsh (00) on the last ball of the same over. Bumrah completed 200 wickets in Test cricket with the dismissal of Travis Head in the second innings of the Melbourne Test.
Then Bumrah bowled Alex Carey (2) in his next over. While Smith was out on the score of 80, Australia scored only 11 runs and lost 4 wickets till Alex Carey was out. From here Marnus Labuschagne and captain Pat Cummins took over the Australian innings. There was a partnership of 57 runs between the two for the seventh wicket. Siraj broke this partnership by dismissing Marnus Labuschagne. Labuschagne scored 70 runs in 139 balls with the help of three fours. After some time, India got its eighth success, when Mitchell Starc (5) was run out by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.
After this, Australia’s ninth wicket fell in the form of Pat Cummins, who was batting vigorously. Cummins was caught by Ravindra Jadeja in the slips by Rohit Sharma. Cummins scored 41 runs in 90 balls with the help of four fours. After this Nathan Lyon and Scott The T-Boland pair settled at the crease. Both of them did not take the name of being out in the fourth day’s play. The Indian team also dropped some catches. In the last over of the day, KL Rahul took a catch on Bumrah’s ball, however, the Lion was saved from being out due to a no-ball.
It did not take long for Australia’s innings to collapse on the fifth day. Jasprit Bumrah gave India its 10th success by bowling Nathan Lyon. There was a partnership of 61 runs in 20 overs between Lyon and Scott Boland. Lion scored 41 runs in 55 balls, which included two fours. Whereas Boland returned not out after scoring 15 runs on 74 balls. In the second innings, Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets and Mohammad Siraj took three wickets. Ravindra Jadeja also got one wicket.
Australia scorecard (2nd innings): 234/10
| batsman | Wicket | Run |
| Sam Constas | b Bumrah | 8 |
| Usman Khawaja | b Siraj | 21 |
| steve smith | Catch Pant, bowled Siraj | 13 |
| travis head | Catch Reddy, b Bumrah | 01 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Caught Pant, bowled Bumrah | 00 |
| Alex Carey | b Bumrah | 02 |
| marnus labuschagne | LBW Siraj | 70 |
| Mitchell Starc | Runout | 5 |
| pat cummins | Caught Rohit, bowled Jadeja | 41 |
| nathan lion | b Bumrah | 41 |
| Scott Boland | unbeaten | 17* |
Wicket Fall: 1-20 (Sam Konstas, 6.3 ov), 2-43 (Usman Khawaja, 18.5 ov), 3-80 (Steve Smith, 32.3 ov), 4-85 (Travis Head, 33.2 ov), 5-85 (Mitchell Marsh) , 33.6 overs), 91-6 (Alex Carey, 35.6), 148-7 (Marnus Labuschagne, 56.1 ov), 156-8 (Mitchell Starc, 58.1 ov), 173-9 (Pat Cummins, 64.1 ov), 234-10 (Nathan Lyon, 83.4 ov)
Travis Head Vs Jasprit Bumrah in Test
16 innings
220 ball
133 runs
six out
average 22.16
Fastest to 200 Test wickets (by balls)
7725 Waqar Yunus
7848 Dale Steyn
8153 Kagiso Rabada
8484 Jasprit Bumrah
Nitish’s blast in Team India’s first innings
Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal came to open the first innings for India. But Rohit Sharma walked on the ball of Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins in the second over of the day. Whereas KL Rahul seemed to be in the right rhythm but he too got bowled by Pat Cummins’ ball.
After this, Kohli and Yashasvi together made a partnership of 102 runs. But then Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on 82 runs while trying to steal a run. After this, one more run was added to the scoreboard when Scott Boland got Virat Kohli, who was settled on the pitch, caught out by Alex Carey behind the wicket. Then nightwatchman Akash Deep (0) was also out on Boland’s ball. In this way the wickets of Yashasvi, Kohli and Akash Deep fell within 6 runs. When the second day’s play ended, India’s score was 164 runs for five wickets.
In the third day’s play, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant made a good start and hit some good shots. Just when it seemed that this partnership was established, Rishabh Pant (28) lost his patience and while trying to hit a ramp shot, he was caught by Nathan Lyon at third man on the ball of Scott Boland. Then after some time Jadeja was also out on a personal score of 17 runs. Lion made Jadeja LBW. After this, Nitish Reddy and Washington Sundar made an excellent partnership of 127 runs, but Sundar (50) was out as soon as he scored. Then Bumrah was out on a duck. After Bumrah’s dismissal, Nitish Reddy scored his century. Till stumps on the third day, India had scored 358 runs for 9 wickets.
It did not take long for the Indian team’s innings to collapse on the fourth day. Nathan Lyon wrapped up the Indian team’s innings by getting Nitish Reddy caught out by Mitchell Starc. Nitish scored 114 runs in 189 balls with the help of 11 fours and one six. This was the first century of Nitish’s Test career. For Australia, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland achieved one success each.
India’s scorecard (1st innings): 369/10
| batsman | wicket | रन |
| Rohit Sharma | Caught Boland, b Cummins | 03 |
| KL Rahul | bd cummins | 24 |
| successful | run out | 82 |
| Kohli | Caught Carry, bowled Boland | 36 |
| sky lamp | Caught Lion, bowled Boland | 00 |
| Rishabh Pant | Caught Lion, bowled Boland | 28 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | LBW Lion | 17 |
| Beautiful | Catch Smith, Bold Lion | 50 |
| Bumrah | Catch Khawaja, b Cummins | 00 |
| Nitish Reddy | Catch Starc, Bold Lion | 114 |
| siraj | unbeaten | 4* |
Wicket Fall:1-8 (Rohit Sharma, 2 overs), 2-51 (KL Rahul, 15 overs), 153-3 (Yashshwi Jaiswal, 41), 154-4 (Virat Kohli, 42.1), 159-5 (Akash Deep, 44.3 ), 191-6 (Rishabh Pant, 55.4 ov), 221-7 (Ravindra Jadeja, 64.5 overs), 348-8 (Washington Sundar, 112 overs), 350-9 (Jasprit Bumrah, 113.3 overs), 369-10 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 119.3 overs)
Highlights of the Australian team’s first innings
The most special thing about the first innings of the Australian team was that in their first innings all the four top order batsmen scored 50 plus scores. Steve Smith scored his second century (140) of the series. Apart from Bumrah’s 4 wickets, Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets for the Indian team. Akash Deep got 2 successes, Washington Sundar got 1 success. Mohammad Siraj remained wicketless.
In this match, Australia had a great start after winning the toss and coming to bat first. 19 year old debutant Sam Constas hit some excellent shots against Jasprit Bumrah. In the seventh over of the innings, Kontas hit two fours against Jasprit Bumrah and a six through switch hit. Then Constas scored the total on Bumrah’s balls in the 11th over. Scored 18 runs. Constas continued his stormy batting and completed his fifty in just 52 balls. However, after this Constas got caught in Jadeja’s spin and was out on 60 runs.
However, after this, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne played cautiously and both made a partnership of 65 runs. Meanwhile, Bumrah once again proved to be the trump card for India and he dismissed Usman Khawaja. After this, the Indian team again had to wait a long time to take the third wicket, but Washington Sundar, playing in this match, trapped Marnus Labuschagne with his spin.
On the score of 237, Labuschagne was out after scoring 72 runs. Whereas Travis Head was clean bowled by Bumrah on 0. When Head was out, Australia’s score became 240/4. After some time, Bumrah also disposed of Mitchell Marsh cheaply. Just when it seemed that the Australian team was getting stronger, Akash Deep got Alex Carey caught out by Pant on 31 runs with the new ball. After this, captain Pat Cummins and Steve Smith did not allow Australia to suffer any further loss.
Then the first session of the second day’s play was in the name of Steve Smith. Smith completed his century in 167 balls with the help of 9 fours and two sixes. This was Smith’s second consecutive century. Smith scored this 34th Test century of his career and 11th Test century against India. Smith has now become the player to score the most Test centuries against India. There was a partnership of 112 runs for the seventh wicket between Smith and Pat Cummins. After scoring 49 runs, Cummins was caught by Nitish Reddy on the ball of Ravindra Jadeja. Mitchell Starc (15) became Jadeja’s victim for the eighth wicket. Soon after this, Steve Smith (150) was also unfortunately clean bowled. The last batsman to be out in Australia’s innings was Nathan Lyon.
Most test centuries against India
11: Steve Smith (43 innings)
10: Joe Root (55 innings)
8: Gary Sobers (30 innings)
8: Viv Richards 41 innings
8: Ricky Ponting (51 innings)
Australia scorecard (2nd innings): 474/10
| batsman | wicket | रन |
| Sam Constas | LBW Jadeja | 60 |
| Usman Khawaja | Caught Rahul, bowled Bumrah | 57 |
| marnus labuschagne | Catch Kohli, bowled Sundar | 72 |
| travis head | b Bumrah | 00 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Caught Pant, bowled Bumrah | 04 |
| Alex Carey | Caught Pant, b Akash Deep | 31 |
| pat cummins | Caught Nitish, bowled Jadeja | 49 |
| Mitchell Starc | b Jadeja | 15 |
| steve smith | b akash deep | 140 |
| nathan lion | LBW Bumrah | 13 |
| Scott Boland | unbeaten | 6* |
Wicket fall: 1-89 (Sam Constas, 19.2 ov), 2-154 (Usman Khawaja, 44.1 ov), 3-237 (Marnus Labuschagne, 65.1 ov), 4-240 (Travis Head, 66.3 ov), 5-246 (Mitchell Marsh) , 68.6 overs), 6-299 (Alex Carey, 82.1 ov), 7-411 (Pat Cummins, 104.1 ov), 8-455 (Mitchell Starc, 113.3 ov), 9-455 (Steve Smith, 114.1 ov), 10-474 (Nathan Lyon, 122.4 ov)
Australia’s playing XI in MCG Test: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstans, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
India’s playing-11 in MCG test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
Indian team results in Melbourne (all Tests against Australia)
January 1948: Defeat by 233 runs
February 1948: Defeat by an innings and 177 runs
December-January 1968: Defeat by an innings and four runs
December-January 1978: Win by 222 runs
February 1981: Win by 59 runs
December 1985: draw
December 1991: Defeat by 8 wickets
December 1999: Defeat by 180 runs
December 2003: Defeat by 9 wickets
December 2007: Defeat by 337 runs
December 2011: Defeat by 122 runs
December 2014: draw
December 2018: Win by 137 runs
December 2020: Win by 8 wickets
December 2024: Defeat by 184 runs
Australian record in Melbourne
Total test matches: 117
Win: 68
Defeat: 32
Draw: 17
India-Australia h2h in Melbourne
Total test matches: 15
India won: 4
Australia won: 9
Draw: 2
Team India tour of Australia
22–25 November: 1st Test, Perth (India won by 295 runs)
6–8 December: 2nd Test, Adelaide (Australia win by 10 wickets)
14–18 December: 3rd Test, Brisbane (drawn)
26–30 December: Fourth Test, Melbourne (Australia win by 184 runs)
03-07 January: Fifth Test, Sydney