Watch: Scott Boland bowls a ripper to shatter stumps of KL Rahul at SCG

Australian fast bowler Scott Boland's dream run in Test cricket continued as he picked up the first wicket of India's second innings to dismiss the opener, KL Rahul. It was an outstanding ball from Boland and Rahul had no clues whatsoever.

It was a fuller-length ball from Scott Boland that seamed in after pitching outside off stump. The ball was tempting enough for a drive but it took Rahul's inside edge to smash into the top of leg stump.

Rahul was dismissed for 13 off 20 balls. It was his second successive low score of the match after he had been earlier dismissed for just 4 by Mitchell Starc in the first innings. Boland too continued his wicket-taking spree and provided Australia with this vital wicket.

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Watch: Scott Boland shatters the stumps of KL Rahul

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The dismissal ended KL Rahul's series with the bat. He started the series brilliantly with the bat and was India's best batter in the initial phase of the series.

However, he didn't get a significant score in the last two Tests played in Melbourne and Sydney. Rahul scored 276 runs in five Tests at an average of 30.66 with two fifties to his name.

He wasn't even expected to be in India's Playing XI before the series but Rohit Sharma's absence from the first Test paved the way for Rahul to slot back into the team as an opener.

Australia bounce back after good start from India

Meanwhile, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave India a flying start and formed an excellent partnership of 42 runs for the first wicket. But Rahul's dismissal gave Australia an opening and they forced a collapse.

India went on to lose three wickets for the next 17 runs as their innings. All these wickets were picked up by Scott Boland. After dismissing Rahul, Boland picked up the wicket of the other opener Yashasvi Jaiswal as well. Jaiswal was removed for 22 off 35 balls.

Boland didn't stop here and picked up the prized scalp of Virat Kohli too. Kohli was dismisseed for just 6 runs as India's innings slided further. After a while, Shubman Gill was also removed, thus giving the allrounder Beau Webster his maiden Test wicket.

Fantastic series for Scott Boland

Scott Boland is having a fantastic Test series with the ball. He came in as a replacement for the injured Josh Hazlewood in the second Test in Adelaide. He was dropped for the third Test in favor of Hazlewood but came back for the Boxing Day Test after Hazlewood was ruled out of the series.

Boland had unreal figures of 4-31 in the first innings and has already picked up three wickets in the second innings so far. The right-arm quick has picked up 18 wickets in three Tests so far at an average of close to 15.