Openers Travis Head and Khawaja batted without giving any loopholes to the Indian bowlers in the first few hours.
Australia lost four wickets in the first innings of the fourth cricket test against India. Peter Hanscombe (17) was the last to be dismissed. Skipper Steve Smith(38), Travis Head(32) and Marnus Labouchein(3) are the others out.
Smith was dismissed while forming a dangerous partnership with Khawaja, who scored a century and remained at the crease. Cameron Green, who scored 49 runs, is another player who remains at the crease.
After winning the toss, Australia got off to a good start with openers Usman Khawaja and Travis Head. Both of them made a partnership of 62 runs. Later, the Khawaja-Smith alliance became stronger for Aussies. Shami, Ashwin and Jadeja took two wickets each for India. Australia are in a strong position of 255 for four when the score finally comes on day one.
Openers Travis Head and Khawaja batted in the first few hours without giving loopholes to the Indian bowlers. Khawaja was on the defensive when he sped up to head scoring in his own style.
When the score reached 61 runs, Ravichandran returned to Ashwin’s ball. Ravindra Jadeja, who scored 32 runs off 44 balls, returned with a catch. Marnus Lebusche (3), who came third, could not shine much. The player was bowled by Shami.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Mohammad Shami replaced Mohammad Siraj in the Indian team. There are no changes in the Australian team. A win is essential for India to qualify for the World Test Championship final.
Team
India: Rohit Sharma, Subhman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
Australia: Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnes Labuschein, Steven Smith, Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Todd Murphy, Matthew Kuhneman, Nathan Lyon.
