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The fourth Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-2025 between India and Australia is being played at the MCG. In this Boxing Day Test, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be quite effective. The Kangaroo team made a bright start. 19 year old Sam Constas, who was debuting, created a stir by scoring 60 runs in 65 balls. He targeted India’s most dangerous bowler Jasprit Bumrah and scored runs against him.
However, Sam Constas’ partner Usman Khawaja has still not been able to break Jasprit Bumrah. Jassi remains the call for Khawaja in this series. Bumrah has continuously trapped Usman Khawaja. Now in the Melbourne Test also, Bumrah dismissed Khawaja. After scoring 57 runs, Australian player of Pakistani origin became the victim of Bumrah.
In this match, the Australian team is batting first after winning the toss. Australia’s score has crossed 300 runs. Pat Cummins-Steve Smith are at the crease. Till now 6 wickets of Australia have fallen.
This series of 5 test matches is tied at 1-1. India won the Perth Test by 295 runs. After this, Australia won the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets, while the Brisbane Test remained a draw. The Indian cricket team has won both the test matches played in Melbourne in 2018 and 2020. In such a situation, he will have a chance for a hat-trick here. In 2018, the Indian team won here by 137 runs, while in 2020 it won by 8 wickets.
Bumrah got out 5 times in 6 innings
In this Border Gavaskar Trophy, Jasprit Bumrah’s dominance has been seen against Usman Khawaja. So far in this series, Khawaja has played 87 balls for Bumrah in 7 innings, in which he has scored only 24 runs and has been out 5 times.
The series is tied at 1-1
The excitement of Border Gavaskar Trophy is at its peak right now. So far 3 Tests have been played between the two teams, after which the series is tied at 1-1. India won in Perth, Australia won the Pink Ball Test in Adelaide while the match played in Brisbane was a draw.
