Australia vs India 4th Test 2024-25 Highlights

Watch the highlights of Australia vs India 4th Test 2024-25 - India tour of Australia 5-match Test series of the 4th Test match played between India and Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne in 26th December to 30th December 2024.

Jasprit Bumrah removed Travis Head for a duck © Getty Images

Match Stats :

Sam Konstas' 60 was the fourth highest score by an Australian debut opener against India in Test matches, The highest is 68 by Ed Cowan at Melbourne in 2011. 19y 85 days : Sam Konstas became the youngest Australian debut opener in Tests, surpassing the previous record of Archie Jackson's 19y 149 days. Sam Konstas hammered a 52-ball third fastest fifty by an Australian debut batsman in Tests after Adam Gilchrist's 46-ball debut fifty against Pakistan at Brisbane in 1999 and Ashton Agar's debut 50-ball half-century against England at Nottingham in 2013. Sam Konstas scored 18 runs in the 11th over of Australia's innings at MCG Test - the most expensive over of Jasprit Bumrah in Tests, previous expensive over of 16-runs against Australia at same venue in 2020 and against England at Visakhapatnam earlier this year. 34 : Steve Smith equalled a joint seventh most centuries hit in Test matches, jointly with Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan. 11 : Steve Smith hit the most centuries by any batsman against India in Test cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 10-hundreds by Joe Root. This is the Steve Smith's 11th century against India in Test matches - The joint fifth most hundreds hit by any batsman against an opponent in Tests, jointly with Sachin Tendulkar's 11-hundreds against Australia. This is the Smith's second most centuries against an opponent in Tests after his 12-hundreds against England.

* Sam Konstas' debut fifty, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith's fifties and Jasprit Bumrah's three-for headlines on boxing day.

India's star batsman Virat Kohli and Australia's 19-year-old debutant batsman Sam Konstas had a mid-pitch altercation in the first session of the Australia's innings on the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Test series. The incident occurred after the 10th over of the morning session when Virat Kohli and Debutant San Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch between overs.

* Magnificent Steve Smith's record-breaking 11th Test century against India and Scott Boland's late strikes deflate India after Yashasvi Jaiswal run-out for superb 82 on the day two of the fourth Test match.

Australia 1st Innings scored 474 for all-out in 122.4 overs with top scorer by Steve Smith hammered a 140 off 197-balls - which was his 11th century against India in Tests - including 13-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 71.06.

Marnus Labuschagne cracked a 72 off 145-balls including 7-fours, Debutant Sam Konstas - who hammered a 60 off 65-balls on his debut Test match - including 6-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 92.30.

Usman Khawaja cracked a 57 off 121-balls included 6-fours, Pat Cummins blasted a 49 off 63-balls included 7-fours with strike rate of 77.77 and Alex Carey hit a 31 off 41-balls including a six and Mitchell Starc 15.

1st Innings India best bowler by Jasprit Bumrah claimed a 4-wickets for 99-runs in 28.4-overs including nine maidens, Ravindra Jadeja picked up 3-wickets, Akash Deep took 2-wickets and one for Washington Sundar.

India 1st Innings scored 164-5 in 46-overs at Stumps - with top scorer by Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered a 82 off 118-balls including 11-fours & a six with strike rate of 69.49.

Virat Kohli cracked a 36 off 86-balls including four boundaries, KL Rahul hit 24 off 42-balls contained three-fours, Rishabh Pant 6 not out and Ravindra Jadeja 4 not out.

1st Innings Australia best bowler by Scott Boland and Pat Cummins both took 2-wickets.

Day 2 Highlights

Day 1 Highlights

                   

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