Australia’s tailenders sweat Indian bowlers as the team leads by record score of 333 at stumps at MCG Test

The Indian cricket team might have made a comeback with the ball, but they are very far from a win in the fourth Test match of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were the two main bowlers who destroyed most of the Australian batters, but since the Pat Cummins-led side already had a 105-run lead at the start of the day they managed to post a massive total for the visitors.

Bumrah and Siraj sent back Australian openers Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja on small numbers. Siraj then did not let Steve Smith to make a big change in the innings, cutting his time short on the pitch. Bumrah then again came into clutch and made sure Travis Head would go back to the dugout disappointed.

Marnus Lasbuschagne kept one side as the other end saw batters changing frequently. He played an important knock of 70 runs and made sure that his team did not fall behind much. Pat Cummins then came in and had a strong 57-run partnership with him to keep the match going on. Labuschagne got dismissed after he scored 70 runs, however he made sure that the Australian team was in a good place.

Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland were the final players for the team and when seemed the most difficult thing to accept was the 55-run partnership between the two, as they changed the path of the match. As stumps got called on Day 4, Australia is leading by 333 runs.
If India aims to win the match, they will have to improve their batting lineup, which has not been promising so far in the series. The performance of the batting lineup suggests that chasing this target is going to be an extremely difficult task.

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