Bumrah gives India a shot at victory, but Australia lead by 333

Bumrah stars with 4 wickets but Australia’s process pushes pb past 300 connected 4th time of 4th Test.

India seamer Jasprit Bumrah was astatine his unplayable champion astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground connected Day Four of the 4th Test, claiming 4-56 including his 200th wicket successful a breathtaking show against Australia.

Bumrah dominated Australia’s mediate bid connected Sunday, removing Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Alex Carey cheaply earlier the location side’s process wagged, reaching 228-9 astatine stumps, with 1 time of play remaining. Australia leads by 333 runs with the five-match bid level astatine 1-1.

Earlier, Australia mislaid 4 wickets for 11 runs successful 22 deliveries, slumping from 80-2 to 91-6 successful a melodramatic middle-order illness aft Lunch.

But the location broadside rallied acknowledgment to a 57-run concern betwixt Marnus Labuschagne (70) and Pat Cummins (41).

Jasprit Bumrah’s enactment has go arsenic iconic arsenic show level for India [Robert Cianflone/Getty Images]

India resumed Sunday connected 358-9 and was bowled retired for 369 successful reply to the location side’s 474.

Nitish Kumar Reddy top-scored with 114. It was the 21-year-old’s maiden period successful his 4th test. Cummins (3-89), Scott Boland (3-57) and spinner Nathan Lyon (3-96) took 3 wickets each.

Reddy said that to person household and friends, including his father, Mutyala, watching erstwhile helium scored his maiden Test period was a peculiar moment.

“That was a peculiar period for maine and for my father,” Reddy said. “When I was nothing, the archetypal idiosyncratic who believed successful maine was my father. He believed successful maine and helium resigned his occupation for me.

“He made a batch of sacrifices. I’m truthful grateful to person a begetter similar him.”

Australia edged dilatory to 53-2 disconnected 25 overs by Lunch successful their 2nd innings connected a transportation that continued to connection sideways movement. Openers Sam Kontas (eight) and Usman Khawaja (21) departed earlier the interval.

Mohammed Siraj (3-66) triggered a illness by removing first-innings century-maker Steve Smith caught down for 13 astatine 80-3.

In the adjacent over, Bumrah broke done twice. The 31-year-old claimed his 200th wicket, removing Head caught astatine forward-square limb for one, and Marsh was caught down 4 balls aboriginal for a duck.

The 44-Test-capped Bumrah claimed his 4th wicket of the innings erstwhile helium bowled Carey (2) successful his adjacent implicit arsenic Australia staggered to 91-6.

Labuschagne described the bowling of Bumrah, who has taken 29 wickets successful the bid astatine an mean of 13.24, arsenic “relentless”.

“He conscionable bowls a relentless length. He attacks the stumps. He’s pugnacious to navigate,” Labuschagne said. “He was hot. He had 3 wickets successful 2 overs. He’s been precise bully this series.”

Yashavi Jaiswal missed 3 catches successful the field, including dropping Labuschagne astatine gully connected 46, and Cummins connected 21 astatine silly point.

Virat Kohli, 2nd right, of India celebrates the wicket of Australia’s Mitchell Marsh [Robert Cianflone/Getty Images]

Australia regained their composure, pushing the pb beyond 250, earlier Siraj trapped Labuschagne lbw astatine 148-7. Mitchell Starc (5) was tally retired soon aft Tea astatine 156-8.

Cummins was caught astatine gaffe 17 runs later, but India fumbled a 4th accidental erstwhile Siraj enactment down a caught-and-bowled accidental portion Lyon was connected five.

Lyon (41 not out) and Boland (10 not out) added to India’s frustrations with an unbeaten 55-run concern for the last wicket. Bumrah had Lyon caught successful slips connected 35 successful the last implicit of the day, but it was a no-ball.

The highest palmy run-chase successful a Test lucifer since 2000 astatine the Melbourne Cricket Ground is Australia’s 231-2 successful 2013-14 against England.

Reddy said it would beryllium important to person “one oregon 2 bully partnerships” to springiness India a accidental of victory.

“We tin spot aboriginal connected the 4th time the transportation was doing a small spot more,” Reddy said. “We don’t request to enactment much unit (on ourselves) by saying the transportation is doing this oregon that.”

The five-match bid is level astatine 1-1. The 5th and last Test of the Border-Gavaskar bid is scheduled to commencement connected January 3, astatine the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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