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Australia vs India 2018: Twitter Reacts as India Eye Famous Win in Adelaide

By Gautam Chauhan

Updated - 09 Dec 2018, 02:17 PM

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It was another engaging day of Test match cricket as Australia and India brought their best to the table. Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara gave an ideal start to the visitors as the duo helped India in strengthening their grip in the match. Rahane and Pujara added a pivotal partnership of 87 runs. Thus, India added 109 runs in the first session to put their noses in front.

Meanwhile, Pujara continued his good form going as he scored another fifty. Pujara once again batted with resilience to push the Australians behind the eight-ball as he scored his 20th Test fifty. Subsequently, India’s deputy Ajinkya Rahane got back into form as he scored his 16th Test half-century.

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Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

India stamp authority.

Rahane brought some fine eye-catching shots out of the closet. One of them that stands out for the day was a crashing cover drive that found the middle of the bat to race away to the cover boundary.

Consequently, India had their one foot in the door when they were going strong. However, the Indian tail had no interest to wag around as they batted with the long handle. The tourists lost five wickets for only 25 runs to set up a target of 323 runs for the Aussies.

Indian tail disappointed.

There was a big opportunity for the visitors to bat Australia out of the game, however, they were reckless after the Lunch session. Nathan Lyon was the wrecker in chief as the off-spinner took six wickets. Meanwhile, a target of 323 runs is always going to be a daunting task for the hosts.

Rohit Sharma, Nathan Lyon
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Subsequently, India could have had a perfect start had Ishant Sharma landed his left-foot behind the crease. It wasn’t to be the case as Aaron Finch was given life after been adjudged LBW.

Shami bowled with fire.

However, Finch didn’t have the rub of the green on his side when he was given out to Ravichandran Ashwin. Surprisingly, Finch decided not to go for the review even after not edging the ball.

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India celebrates its wicket. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Australia’s debutant Marcus Harris was done and dusted when he tried to cut a close delivery and Shami was successful in generating the outside edge. Usman Khawaja was put under pressure by Jasprit Bumrah as he breathed down the southpaw’s neck. Khawaja tried to release the pressure by going for a big shot in the next over against Ravichandran Ashwin but was well caught by Rohit Sharma.

Peter Handscomb and Shaun Marsh, kept the Indian bowlers at bay. The pair had done a fine job in drawing the Ranchi Test match in 2017 and the hosts had huge expectations. However, Handscomb was galloped by Mohammed Shami who bowled a brilliant spell. Although, first innings hero Travis Head and Shaun Marsh took Australia to end of day’s play without any further damage.

Australia ends Day four with 104-4, needing another 219 runs to win with six wickets in hand.

Here is how Twitter Reacted to Day’s four-play:

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