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.

Nathan Lyon finished off the match to take Australia up 2-1 © Getty Images

Pat Cummins, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and Scott Boland stars as Australia comfortable 184-run victory over India and go up 2-1 lead in the fourth Test match.

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Australia's 184-run win was their tenth largest victory by terms of runs against India in Tests. 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. 127 : Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar equalled a joint second highest eighth-wicket partnership for India against Australia in Tests, jointly 127-run stand held by between Syed Kirmani and Karsan Gharvi at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in 1979. The highest is 129-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh at Sydney in 2008. 127 : Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar set up the second highest eighth-wicket partnership for India in Australian soil in Test matches, The highest is The highest is 129-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh at Sydney in 2008 and the eighth highest eighth-wicket stand in Australia in Tests. 21y 214 days : Nitish Kumar Reddy became the third youngest Indian player to score a hundred in Australian soil in Tests. Nitish Kumar Reddy's unbeaten 114 was the second highest score by an Indian No.8 batsman against Australia in Tests after Wriddhiman Saha's 117 at Ranchi in 2017. Nitish Kumar Reddy's unbeaten 114 was the highest score by any No.8 batsman at Melbourne in Test cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 92 jointly held by Mitchell Johnson against Sri Lanka in 2013, Johnson remained unbeaten 92 and Don Tallon against England in 1947. India's 465 was their highest score against Australia at Melbourne in Test matches, previous highest was 445 in the 1985 Boxing Day Test and also It is their highest total in the first innings at MCG in Tests, previous best was 445 also against Australia in the Boxing Day Test 1985. Jasprit Bumrah became the 12th Indian bowler to take a 200 Test wickets. Jasprit Bumrah became the sixth Indian pace bowler to claimed a 200 Test wickets. Jasprit Bumrah 5 for 57 was his 13th 5-wicket haul or more wickets for India in Test matches and the second in the list of most five-wicket haul or more wickets by an Indian pacer in Tests after Kapil Dev's 23-five-fors. India lost their last seven wickets for just 34-runs - which was their joint fifth worst seven-wicket collapse against Australia in Test matches. They went from 121 for 3 to 155 for all out. India's 155 was their 13th lowest score in the second innings against Australia in Test matches and It is their third lowest total in the second innings at Melbourne in Tests.

* 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.

* A record-breaking dramatic maiden century by No.8 batsman Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar's fifty leads India fightback in a rain-hit day two of the fourth Test match.

* Australia's low-order batsmen extended their lead to 333 after Jasprit Bumrah claimed a four-for and Mohammed Siraj's three-for on the day four of the fourth Test match.

* Australia lead the 5-match series with 2-1 after India dramatic collapse, despite a opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's fighting 84 in the fifth & final day 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 369 for all-out in 119.3 overs with top scorer by Nitish Kumar Reddy cracked a career-best unbeaten 114 off 189-balls - which was his 1st Test hundred - including 11-fours & a six.

Yashasvi Jaiswal blasted a 82 off 118-balls including 11-fours & a six with strike rate of 69.49, Washington Sundar scored 50 off 162-balls included a boundary.

Virat Kohli struck 36 off 86-balls including 4-fours, Rishabh Pant blasted a 28 off 37-balls included 3-fours with strike rate of 75.67.

KL Rahul scored 24 off 42-balls including 3-fours and Ravindra Jadeja hit 17 off 51-balls included three boundaries.

1st Innings Australia best bowler by Scott Boland, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon each took 3-wickets

Australia 2nd Innings scored 234 for all-out in 83.4 overs with top scorer by Marnus Labuschagne cracked a 70 off 139-balls including 3-fours.

Nathan Lyon blasted a 41 off 54-balls including 5-fours with strike rate of 75.92, Pat Cummins struck 41 off 90-balls included 4-fours, Usman Khawaja scored 21 off 65-balls included 2-fours and Scott Boland 15 not out.

2nd Innings India best bowler by Jasprit Bumrah claimed a 5-wickets for 57-runs in 24.4-overs including seven maidens, Mohammed Siraj picked up 3-wickets and one for Ravindra Jadeja.

India 2nd Innings scored 155 for all-out in 79.1 overs with top scorer by Yashasvi Jaiswal cracked a 84 off 208-balls including 8-fours.

Rishabh Pant scored 30 off 104-balls including two boundaries, Rohit Sharma 9 and Akash Deep 7.

2nd Innings Australia best bowler by Pat Cummins picked up 3-wickets for 28-runs in 18-overs including five maidens.

Scott Boland captured three-wickets for 39-runs in 16-overs included seven maidens, Nathan Lyon took 2-wickets and one for Travis Head - Mitchell Starc.

Pat Cummins earned player of the match for his all-round performance to contributed 90 runs and took six wickets.

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