Australia vs India Match Scorecard, 4th Test, Melbourne, December 26

While the 4th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Melbourne concluded tragically for India, Australia proved its prowess in cricket by leading the 5-match series 2-1, defeating India by 184 runs on Monday. On the fifth and final day, India was bowled out for 155 in 79.1 overs while chasing a target of 340 runs. The young and agile, Yashasvi Jaiswal (84 off 208) outplayed which made it seem that India might escape a draw. Rishabh Pant (30 off 104) batted out the complete second session to take India to 112/3, but his fall set the stage for the hosts.

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Australia’s captain Pat Cummins and the right-arm bowler Scott Boland were the standout bowlers taking 3 wickets each, displaying determined fast bowling.

Recommencing the day at 228/9, Australia was bowled out for 234, thanks to India’s star paceman, Bumrah. Jasprit Bumrah (5/57) unsurprisingly led the match with a five-wicket haul. This brutal defeat of India poses a major setback in their content in the World Test Championship (WTC) final.

Match Scorecard: Australia vs India 4th Test, Melbourne

Australia Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Sam Konstas	lbw b Jadeja	60	65	92.3	6	2
Usman Khawaja	c Rahul b Bumrah	57	121	47.1	6	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Kohli b Washington Sundar	72	145	49.65	7	0
Steven Smith	b Akash Deep	140	197	71.06	13	3
Travis Head	b Bumrah	0	7	0	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	c Pant b Bumrah	4	13	30.76	1	0
Alex Carey	c Pant b Akash Deep	31	41	75.6	0	1
Pat Cummins (c)	c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Jadeja	49	63	77.77	7	0
Mitchell Starc	b Jadeja	15	36	41.66	0	1
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Bumrah	13	18	72.22	1	0
Scott Boland	not out	6	36	16.66	0	0
Extras	(lb 11, nb 6, w 10)	27
Total	122.4 Ov (RR: 3.86)	474

India Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	28.4	9	99	4	3.45
Mohammed Siraj	23	3	122	0	5.3
Akash Deep	26	8	94	2	3.61
Ravindra Jadeja	23	4	78	3	3.39
Nitish Kumar Reddy	7	0	21	0	3
Washington Sundar	15	2	49	1	3.26

India Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	run out (Cummins/Carey)	82	118	69.49	11	1
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Boland b Cummins	3	5	60	0	0
KL Rahul	b Cummins	24	42	57.14	3	0
Virat Kohli	c Carey b Boland	36	86	41.86	4	0
Akash Deep	c Lyon b Boland	0	13	0	0	0
Rishabh Pant	c Lyon b Boland	28	37	75.67	3	0
Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Lyon	17	51	33.33	3	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Starc b Lyon	114	189	60.31	11	1
Washington Sundar	c Smith b Lyon	50	162	30.86	1	0
Jasprit Bumrah	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	3	0	0	0
Mohammed Siraj	not out	4	15	26.66	0	0
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4, w 5)	11
Total	119.3 Ov (RR: 3.08)	369

Australia Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	25	2	86	0	3.44
Pat Cummins	29	6	89	3	3.06
Scott Boland	27	7	57	3	2.11
Nathan Lyon	28.3	4	96	3	3.36
Mitchell Marsh	7	1	28	0	4
Travis Head	3	0	11	0	3.66

Australia Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Sam Konstas	b Bumrah	8	18	44.44	1	0
Usman Khawaja	b Mohammed Siraj	21	65	32.3	2	0
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	70	139	50.35	3	0
Steven Smith	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	13	41	31.7	1	0
Travis Head	c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Bumrah	1	2	50	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	c Pant b Bumrah	0	4	0	0	0
Alex Carey	b Bumrah	2	7	28.57	0	0
Pat Cummins (c)	c Sharma b Jadeja	41	90	45.55	4	0
Mitchell Starc	run out (Nitish Kumar Reddy/Pant)	5	13	38.46	0	0
Nathan Lyon	b Bumrah	41	55	74.54	5	0
Scott Boland	not out	15	74	20.27	2	0
Extras	(lb 10, nb 6, w 1)	17
Total	83.4 Ov (RR: 2.79)	234

India Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	2.31
Akash Deep	17	4	53	0	3.11
Mohammed Siraj	23	4	70	3	3.04
Ravindra Jadeja	14	2	33	1	2.35
Nitish Kumar Reddy	1	0	4	0	4
Washington Sundar	4	0	7	0	1.75

India Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Carey b Cummins	84	208	40.38	8	0
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Marsh b Cummins	9	40	22.5	0	0
KL Rahul	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	5	0	0	0
Virat Kohli	c Khawaja b Starc	5	29	17.24	0	0
Rishabh Pant	c Marsh b Head	30	104	28.84	2	0
Ravindra Jadeja	c Carey b Boland	2	14	14.28	0	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Smith b Lyon	1	5	20	0	0
Washington Sundar	not out	5	45	11.11	0	0
Akash Deep	c Head b Boland	7	17	41.17	1	0
Jasprit Bumrah	c Smith b Boland	0	8	0	0	0
Mohammed Siraj	lbw b Lyon	0	2	0	0	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 2)	12
Total	79.1 Ov (RR: 1.95)	155

Australia Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	16	8	25	1	1.56
Pat Cummins	18	5	28	3	1.55
Scott Boland	16	7	39	3	2.43
Mitchell Marsh	3	2	2	0	0.66
Nathan Lyon	20.1	6	37	2	1.83
Travis Head	5	0	14	1	2.8
Marnus Labuschagne	1	1	0	0	0

Man of the Match: Australia vs India 4th Test, Melbourne

Pat Cummins emerged as the Player of the Match with 3/89 in the 1st innings followed by 3/28 in the second.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Pat Cummins	Australia	Bowling- 3/89 & 3/28
Pat Cummins	Australia	Batting- 49 & 41

Most Runs: Australia vs India 4th Test, Melbourne

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal hit the most runs in AUS vs IND 4th Test in Melbourne. He scored 82 in the first innings and 84 in the second.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	82 & 84

Most Wickets: Australia vs India 4th Test, Melbourne

The ‘Kohinoor of Indian cricket’ Jasprit Bumrah single-handedly took 9 wickets, the most in the 4th test. He claimed 4 wickets in the first innings and 5 in the second.

Player	Team	Contribution in Match
Jasprit Bumrah	India	4/99 & 5/57

Playing XIs: Australia vs India 4th Test, Melbourne

Australia Playing XI

Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(wk), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep

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