Tourists reach 255-4 after day one of fourth Test as opener’s patient knock subdues home PM’s pageantry
Opener’s patient knock subdues pageantry of Indian PMUsman Khawaja’s resilient century has put Australia into a position of dominance after the tourists enjoyed a rare day of impressive batting against India in the fourth Test.
Khawaja batted through the entire day in sweltering conditions on a memorable opening to the Border-Gavaskar series finale as Indian prime minister Narendra Modi hosted Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in the stadium named after him.But allrounder Cameron Green helped lift Australia’s run-rate with some outstanding, free-flowing batting in the last session.
But Smith and Peter Handscomb departed in quick succession after tea, giving India some hope of running through Australia in front of a big home crowd. The first three Tests all finished in less than three days but this appears to be a more traditional wicket after the pitch in Indore was hit with a “poor” rating from the ICC.
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