Australia vs India

Mohammed Shami started with his radar not quite there. Then KS Bharat wasn't quite flash to a couple of difficult takes. However, the big one came towards the ...

Two balls in Shami has found the inside edge of Marnus Labuschagne, and then the wicket. The last half hour has been full of control for India. My suspicion is, they have seen the ball might be ready for reverse.

India vs Australia, 4th Test Live Score Updates Day 1: The equation remains simple for the hosts - Win the series 3-1 and don't depend on the result of Sri ...

Win the series 3-1 and don’t depend on the result of Sri Lanka’s away rubber in New Zealand for a ticket to summit WTC clash in June. [ Sandeep Dwivedi](https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/sandeep-dwivedi/) and senior writer [Sriram Veera](https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/sriram-veera/) are covering the Test from the venue in [Ahmedabad](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/ahmedabad/). Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat first.

Australia has won the toss and elected to bat first at the biggest cricket stadium in the world for the fourth and final Test in Ahmedabad, with plenty at ...

It’s been great to be able to play spinners and show that we can do it effectively.” Victory in the third Test was only Australia’s second in India since 2004 and Smith believes another to level the series would be an ideal finish. If you can’t see the blog click he was sort of like a sitting duck in many ways. It’s such a tricky balance.” “Looks like probably of the four wickets we’ve seen so far, potentially the flattest on day one. “It’s just playing what’s in front of us really, obviously the scores haven’t been big throughout this whole series. “It’s almost un-Australian. Newcomer Murphy has been economical and got Virat Kohli out three times. So yeah, there might be opportunities for bigger totals on this wicket.” It was wayward start for Indian seamers Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav, who bowled several deliveries down the leg side during their opening spell. Albanese stood alongside Australian captain Steve Smith during the national anthems. How much is it turning?

Australia are aiming to draw the Border-Gavaskar series after a big win in Indore. Follow all the action from day one of play.

Four runs down the ground for Head, a punch through mid-on and a poor attempted dive to stop it by Umesh Yadav. Only a desperate hand to the ball stops a boundary by the man at cover, Head settles for two, before tucking a loose Yadav delivery off his hip to the square leg boundary. Brilliant stop from Gill and a flick at the stumps that would’ve had Khawaja run out with a direct hit. Khawaja doing similar at the other end until he comes down the track to Ashwin and whips off his legs... Ball not exactly flying through to keeper, three or four already getting there on the bounce. Down the wicket to Ashwin, can’t get hold of it properly and toes a catch to Jadeja at mid-on, gone for 32. That was an absolute dolly, Bharat spilling it behind the stumps. Just completely misjudged that simple offering after Head fended at a seaming delivery outside off. Thrashed a cut shot to the man at point before another well-timed boundary through cover. A rank long hop is dragged down by Jadeja and Khawaja helps himself, belting that one behind square. Not much in this pitch and India aren’t helping themselves. Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now after drinks.

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The third ball of the over is straight and Head finally gets some willow on one, driving powerfully to mid on but a good dive in the field keeps it to a single. He had five runs from his first 26 balls in Indore but then rattled the sabre to finish with 49 from 53 with half a dozen fours and a marvellous six to get Australia home in style. The fourth ball from Shami starts wide, Khawaja gives it a wider berth and ended up being the widest wide of the series, piercing first and second slip and running away to the third man boundary. Head heaves it off his hip pocket and sends it to the rope. 2nd over: Australia 10-0 (Head 0, Khawaja 4) So sundries outscoring batters so far, with four byes, a leg bye and a wide getting Australia to double-figures in the first over. Head takes a single from the second and Khawaja to swipe a four from the fifth. But the short point fielder had stopped it and as he scurried to collect and throw Khawaja realised the danger and swivelled and lunged for home. he seems to have pulled the trigger again, stepping inside the line to hit Shami past the fielder at mid on and all the way to the boundary. And Head does it again to the last, stepping out and taking it off his toes to punch it through cover. Khawaja had stroked a lovely two and he strolled down three paces to the next ball from Ashwin and nonchalantly rolled the wrists to turn it down legside and set off. Instead, he squeezes on the sixth ball, leaning back to a half-tracker and hammering it to the deep square boundary. Shami put it on a good length and Labuschagne stepped out to meet it but it straightened on him and he’s gone.