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New Delhi. The fourth match of the 5-match Test series being played between India and Australia has become exciting. On the fourth day of the match, India took 9 wickets for 228 runs in Australia's second innings due to the deadly bowling of Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj. On the last day of the game, India would like to achieve the target by taking the last wicket as quickly as possible. At present, Australia has a lead of 333 runs.

The Indian cricket team changed the course of the Boxing Day Test match against Australia within two days. After scoring 474 runs in the first innings, the host team was at one point dreaming of giving a follow-on but Nitish Kumar Reddy's century did not let this happen. On the fourth day of the match, Jaspreet Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj's lethal bowling tore apart Australia's batting order and completely won the match. By taking 1 wicket on the last day, India would want to stop Australia from setting a big target.

Bumrah and Siraj's deadly bowling
In the second innings against Australia, the pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj presented a spectacle of tremendous bowling. After dismissing Sam Costas early, who had given a tough time to the Indian bowlers in the first innings, Bumrah dismissed the dangerous Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh. Siraj completely turned the match in India's favour by taking the wickets of Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith. On the fourth day, Bumrah took 4 wickets while Siraj had 3 wickets in his account.

Nitish Reddy made the match.
At one point, the Indian team had lost 6 wickets at a score of 191 runs in reply to Australia's 474 runs in the first innings. Coming here, 21-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy along with Washington Sundar made a century partnership and took the match away from Australia. The youngster who made his debut in this series scored his first Test century in just the fourth match. Playing an innings of 114 runs on 189 balls, he changed the course of the match.


 

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