The first day of the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground has ended. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, the Australian team scored 311 runs at the loss of 6 wickets on the first day. Smith and Cummins are currently unbeaten on the field. The five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series is currently tied at 1-1.
Australia, who came to bat first, scored 311 runs after losing 6 wickets in 86 overs by the end of the day’s play. Sam Konstans, who was debuting for Australia, scored 60 runs in 65 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes, while Usman Khawaja scored 57 runs in 121 balls. Labuschagne played an unbeaten inning of 72 runs on 145 balls and Smith played an unbeaten inning of 68 runs on 111 balls. Smith and Cummins remained unbeaten till the end of the day’s play.
Talking about India’s bowling, once again the best fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for India, while Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Deep and Washington Sundar took one wicket each.
India has made some changes in the team in the fourth match of the series. India has kept young batsman Shubhman Gill out of the team, while in his place Sundar has become India’s second spin bowling option in Melbourne along with left-arm spin all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
