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Join us again tomorrow at 10.00 am to see how things pan out on the final day of the first test.
69 overs- 290/5
Steven Smith- 52 off 64 balls, Brad Haddin- 14 off 15 balls
Oz score 290/5 in 69 overs; take a lead of 363 runs
Steve Smith slams 50 off 60 balls
It's just about going positive on Day 5. Expecting a draw. #INDvsAUS
— Safwan (@iMoosabhai) December 12, 2014
As I said had Aus started batting like this 2 hours ago they'd have been able to declare tonight & have batted Ind out of the game #INDvsAUS
— Paul Dennett (@IndiaInOz) December 12, 2014
RG Sharma to Marsh, OUT, caught in the deep! He had run down the track, got down on his knee and slugged the ball hoping to beat long-on but holes out to the man.
MR Marsh c Vijay b RG Sharma 40 off 26 balls
KV Sharma to Warner, OUT, bowled off the switch hit and Karn picks up Warner again! It was a bit too full and the drift slid the ball under the bat, through his legs and onto his stumps. End of a top class innings from one of Australia's best batsmen right now
DA Warner b KV Sharma 102 (271m 166b 11x4 1x6) SR: 61.44
56 overs- 204/3
David Warner has become the 2nd Aussies after Sir Don Bradman (at MCG 1948) to hit two centuries in same Test against India.
Phil did it as a opener and Warner does it again for him. #TwinTons
— Fake Mitch Johnson (@NotMitchJohnson) December 12, 2014
CENTURY! David Warner scores a brilliant ton to leave the Indian bowlers frustrated. Scores a second century, repeats first innings performance. 100 off 150 balls.
Warner- 96 off 151 balls, Smith- 13 off 24 balls
53 overs- 190/3
Warner on 90. Will look to repeat first innings performance.
48 overs- 175/3. Lead of 248 runs
Australia take 244-run lead.
Varun gets Clarke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #indvsAus #AusvsInd
— #Sachinfan (@AngryMariobird) December 12, 2014
Unclear why Clarke wants to be a hero when he should rest and think about the WC 2015 #INDvsAUS
— Vyas Sanzgiri (@ejvyas) December 12, 2014
OUT! Clarke edges an Aaron delivery which glovesman Saha collects well. MJ Clarke c Saha b Aaron 7 off 20 balls.
And there goes wicket no.3
44 overs- 162/2. Warner 84 off 125, Michael Clarke 7 off 13.
Varun Aaron has been bowling a good spell. Just been unlucky on a few occassions .
SR Watson b Mohammed Shami 33 off 86 balls
OUT! And Shane Watson has been deceived by the deep reverse swing as a Mohammed Shami delivery clips his off stump, dislodging the bails. Finally India get the much-needed breakthrough they were growing desperate for.
bang on...watson gone...flood gates opening?...i hope so..@swaris16 #INDvsAUS #TheTourThatMatters
— ayush agrawal (@amiayush) December 12, 2014
Tea break
38 overs- 139/1. Warner-69 off 105 balls, Watson- 33 off 83 balls
The partnership continues to get stronger as Indian bowlers experiment without meeting with much success.
30 overs- 115/1Settled Warne and Watson maul Indian bowling attack as no signs of a breakthrough as yet. Lead increased to 187.
Good bowlers with great pace like @VarunAaron and @y_umesh are not getting good coaching since no good bowling coach @BCCI #INDvsAUS
— Tushar Mishra (@tusharmishra22) December 12, 2014
Watson- 26 off 58 balls
Warner- 63 off 81 balls
India's strategy for 2nd innings - Bring the Aussies back into roaring form so they can slaughter us in the 2nd test! #Facepalm #INDvsAUS
— Aditya (@vizagobelix) December 12, 2014
Indian bowling attack in a cloud of doubt
Appoint @wasimakramlive sir as India's bowling coach before world cup as soon as possible for gods sake @BCCI #INDvsAUS
— Tushar Mishra (@tusharmishra22) December 12, 2014
27 overs- 105/1
The Australian batsmen race away to big runs as Indian bowlers growing desperate to break the Watson-Warner partnership. Warner- 61 off 76, Watson- 20 off 43
It looks like the openers have identified Karn Sharma's bowling and are capitalizing on it.
25 overs- 93/1. Captain Virat Kohli will want the dismissal of Warner who is starting to get dangerous. He also played a terrific knock of 145 in the first innings.
HALF-CENTURY for David Warner. The Aussie left-hander anchoring yet another fine second innings after his 63-ball knock 50.
24 overs- 88/1
India to restrict aussis play at the end of 3rd session or starting of the 4th. So India could taste the win.#INDvsAUS #longlivetestcricket
— santhosh Venkatraman (@sansvenkat) December 12, 2014
Need an Agarkar now #adelaide #INDvsAUS
— Raghuram (@Ghurram) December 12, 2014
20 overs- 77/1. Oz lead by 150
Australian batsmen dominate Indian bowlers.
David Warner completes 1000 test runs in 2014
Amid much talks of bringing Rohit Sharma, also a part-time spinner might just work for India as the right-handed batsman may be the key to picking up important wickets.
16 overs- 50/1
DA Warner- 25 off 38 balls, Shane Watson 4 off 13 balls
8:34 IST Friday, 12 December 2014
Bring in Rohit Sharma. He can bowl decent off spin. #INDvsAUS
— Anish Dhuri (@Anish_hbk) December 12, 2014
Hehe that was silly from Rogers. Walks into the trap #IndvsAus
— Abhijit Banare (@AbhijitVirgo) December 12, 2014
14 overs- 40/1. Murali Vijay alongwith Karn Sharma will look to claim maximum wickets. The two bowlers will try to pressurize and destabilize the Oz batting line-up as the pitch assists the spinner duo.
13 overs- 39/1- Spinner Karn Sharma dismisses opener Rogers to give India the first breakthrough.
CJL Rogers c RG Sharma b KV Sharma 21 off 45 balls
Karn Sharma has not looked threatening as yet
#INDVSAUS match marching towards draw
— abinesh nagendran (@abineshviru) December 12, 2014
Lunch- Day 4
Australia end at 32/0 in 10 runs, going ahead by 105 runs
8 overs- 25/0. Karn Sharma bowls well as batsmen manage just two runs.
Commentators believe that the pitch's unpredictability is surprising as on Day 4 the pitch offers so much turn, bounce. Batting becomes harder.
Indian seamers bowling fuller. Change in lengths.
Bengal should be proud of the two sons - Shami and Saha, playing for India together, that too in Australia. #IndVsAus
— Sanjib Chakravorty (@isanzc) December 12, 2014
6 overs- 17/0. Karn Sharma turning the ball really well there which might spell problems for the batsmen in the later stages of the game.
2 overs- 2/0
After a first tight, maiden over by Shami, Ishant too keeps the pressure on Aussie batsmen.
Second innings start as Australian opening batsmen David Warner and Chris Rogers open and paceman Mohammed Shami will open the bowling attack for India.
With the pitch becoming a spin-friendly one, one can only hope that it assists Indian spinner Karn Sharma
Karn Sharma will be an important bowler when Australia bat 2nd #indvsaus
— Abhishek (@ImAbhishek_) December 12, 2014
Karan Sharma is going to be our lethal weapon. Well I wish so #IndvsAus
— Sakshi. (@KohliLove_x) December 12, 2014
Australia take a 73-run lead as India collapses for 444.
#India all out for 444, losing five wickets for 45 runs on the fourth morning. @CricketAus lead by 73. #INDvsAUS
— (@Hassam420) December 12, 2014
Quadruple Nelson! Scoring 444 & conceding a 73 run lead is by no means game-losing. Not bad India, All results still possible. #INDvsAUS
— Arjun Rangarajan (@Hungarious_Jun) December 12, 2014
WICKET! And India lose the tenth wicket as Mohammed Shami is taken at first slip by Watson. It was a good length ball outside off and Shami, as has been his gameplan today, slogs. Gets a bottom edge that deflects to the cordon. Watson dives low to his left, making no mistake in taking that one. Mohammed Shami c Watson b Siddle 34 off 24b
Shami providing some entertainment with the bat #propertailender #INDvsAUS
— Sonal (@SonalHirani95) December 12, 2014
@cricketaakash what @ShaneWarne must be thinking? When these spinner are doing welll against India #INDvsAUS
— JJ (@jjvyakyam) December 12, 2014
Indian players really need to learn how to play off spinners. Making an average bowl look tremendous #INDvsAUS
— Gunjan Vaswani (@gtv58) December 12, 2014
Nathan Lyon spun a web of wickets in the morning session on Day 4 to ensure collapse of Indian tailenders. The Oz off-spinner gets a fifer bowling 36 overs to give away 134 runs.
114 overs- 422/9
I Sharma c Smith b Lyon 0 off 2 balls
OUT! This time the casualty is Ishant Sharma and the bowler is none other than Lyon. With Ishant Sharma's dismissal he has scalped five wickets in this match
Lyon wreaks havoc in the lower Indian batting order.
Lyon strikes again! This time he dismisses Saha. WP Saha c Watson b Lyon 25 off 68 balls
Ishant Sharma and Varun Aaron now left to bat.
Now the outcome of this match looks inevitable i.e. australia winning. Last 3 wont survive for much. #INDvsAUS
— Ripudaman Singh (@RS__Rathore) December 12, 2014
Bowled. Tail def feeling extra long without any of Buvi, Ashwin or Jadeja. Just need to support Saha for another 30-40 runs.#INDvsAUS
— Arjun Rangarajan (@Hungarious_Jun) December 12, 2014
OUT! Siddle cleans up Karn Sharma. Kisses his black armband after landing a really full delivery that catches Karn on the crease and forces him to play across with the ball crashing into the middle stump
KV Sharma b Siddle 4 (8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00
Nathan Lyon getting some good turn here. From someone who doesn't really turn it a lot he's getting his money's worth. #INDvsAUS
— Andy Brennan (@silverbrenno) December 12, 2014
Nathan Lyon is bowling beautifully. Hopefully Karn Sharma can rip a few next innings. #IndvsAus
— Arjun Rangarajan (@Hungarious_Jun) December 12, 2014
109 overs- 401/6
WICKET! India has lost their flamboyant batsman Rohit Sharma. The Mumbai Indians batsman tried to nudge Nathan Lyon's delivery, only to unsuccessfully return it to the bowler's hand who had to dive low to his right to remove the batsman. RG Sharma c & b Lyon 43 off 89 balls
That is d problem of R.Sharma, after getting settled down thrown his wicket cheaply #IndvsAus :(
— Sandip Karmakar (@Sndpkarmakar) December 12, 2014
Oh Rohit, why must you delight and disappoint so much so often? #INDvsAUS
— Shiamak Unwalla (@ShiamakUnwalla) December 12, 2014
Turning the TV on just as a wicket falls. Worsst feeling. #INDvsAUS
— Arjun Rangarajan (@Hungarious_Jun) December 12, 2014
Peter Siddle comes in for Mitchell Johnson. But here's our poll question:
Nathan Lyon comes into the attack after two boundaries were struck in the last over. India are at 387/5.
This guy is eerie:
Never thought I'd ever say this, but... it is time to bring on Lyon. #INDvsAUS
— Paul Dennett (@IndiaInOz) December 11, 2014
The ball isn't moving a lot, and India seem reasonably comfortable at this point. But who will crack first in this waiting game? Another maiden over, India 377/5.
Oh! Wriddhiman Saha gets struck on the back hand from a Mitchell Johnson bouncer. This bowler is really dangerous, Kohli or not. Saha's also got a chest guard. India are 374/5, because Saha survived that over.
This almost happened:
Really really can't afford to lose anymore wickets india #INDvsAUS
— Surina Mawkin (@_ssurina) December 11, 2014
And play begins on Day 4. It's Ryan Harris bowling to Rohit Sharma, who's batting on 33. Wriddhiman Saha is on 1.
Welcome to the LIVE coverage of Day 4 of the 1st Test between India and Australia, at the Adelaide Oval.
India staged a good fightback on Day 3 after Australia had declared on their overnight score of 517/7. India's hero was their captain Virat Kohli, who scored a fluent 115 despite being hit on the helmet with a Mitchell Johnson bouncer.
Cheteshwar Pujara, who had a horrid series in England along with Kohli, also came along with a sedate 73, and Murali Vijay made 53. India's score at the end of Day 3 stands at 369/5, with the visitors trailing by 148 runs.
While India's hopes of creating a winning situation are very bleak, they would be looking to add at least another 100 runs to put a degree of pressure on the Australian batting. India have to bat last, so they would be happy to give the Australians lesser time and runs to play with.
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