India claimed four wickets to peg back a flying start by Australia and keep their hopes alive on the fourth morning of the series-deciding ...
India claimed four wickets to peg back a flying start by Australia and keep their hopes alive on the fourth morning of the series-deciding final Test against Australia at the Gabba on Monday.
Australia went to lunch at 149/4 in their second innings with Steve Smith on 28 alongside Cameron Green on four, an overall lead of 182 runs.
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The home side are still favourites, but with rain forecast later Monday and on Tuesday, India have put themselves in a position to draw the match at least.
With the series tied at 1-1, the Indians only need a draw to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
India again showed great resilience to roar back after an aggressive first hour from Australian opening batsmen David Warner and Marcus Harris, who took advantage of some poor bowling to score freely.
After starting the morning with their partnership on 21 from the six overs they faced on Sunday evening, Warner and Harris accelerated the scoring rate as they tried to set up a declaration later in the day.
They added 68 runs off 19 overs when, with the score on 89, Harris fell for 38 when he tried to duck a Shardul Thakur short ball only for the ball...
