India vs Australia 4th Test Stats Preview: Players' records and approaching milestones
India eye WTC final berth with series win.
Indian dressing room would be worried after getting conquered by Nathan Lyon’s dominance in the third Test in Indore. The action now moves to Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad where both India and Australia will be facing each other for one last time in the four-match Test series on 9th March, 2023.
Speaking about the third Test, India won the toss for the first time in the series and opted to bat. Indian batters, in the first innings, succumbed to Australia’s spin dominance as they were bundled out for 109 within 34 overs. Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill were the only two batters to cross the 20-run mark for India.
In response to 109, Australia were all out for 197 runs after eking out a lead of 88 runs in the first innings. Usman Khawaja was brilliant for Australia as he notched up his 21st fifty. Ravindra Jadeja picked up the first four wickets and then the duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav ran through Australia’s lower order picking up 6 wickets while giving away just 11 runs. Ashwin and Yadav equally shared the six wickets between themselves, picking up 3 each.
In the second innings, as India started the proceedings with an 88-run deficit, Nathan Lyon made the way even more rugged for the hosts as he brought the Indian batters crumbling down with his fiery spell. Lyon registered his second-best figures of 8/64. Cheteshwar Pujara gathered all his experience to not only survive Lyon and his teammates but also keep accumulating scores on the board. Pujara notched up his 35th half-century and tenth in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia eventually bowled India out for 163 which left them with a target of 76.
Australia lost Khawaja in the first over, but Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne played with caution to hand Australia their first win in the four-match series. This confirmed their place in the WTC Final for the 2021-23 leg.
As India faces Australia on Thursday, they, too, would be keen to travel to The Oval as they are now one win away from confirming both the series and a berth in the WTC Final. Any result other than a win for India in the final Test would see them stand eliminated unless the results of Sri Lanka's matches go in their favor.
Let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the fourth Test between India and Australia:
India vs Australia Head-to-Head in Tests: Both India and Australia have met on 105 occasions out of which, Australia have been on the winning side on 44 occasions and India have had 32 victories. One match ended in a Tie with the remaining 28 matches ending in draw.
In India, both have played 53 games and the numbers are in the hosts' favour as India have won 23 of those games against Australia's 14. One game ended in a tie whereas 15 others ended in draw.
21 – Rohit Sharma (16979) needs 21 runs to complete the landmark of 17000 runs across formats.
5 – Rohit Sharma (195) needs five catches to reach 200 catches across formats.
10 – R Ashwin (690) requires ten wickets to complete 700 wickets in international cricket.
1 – Virat Kohli (299) is one grab away from reaching 300 catches in international matches.
3 – Mohammed Siraj (47) is three scalps away from completing 50 wickets in Tests.
1 – Virat Kohli (49) is one game away from featuring in 50 Tests on home soil.
33 – Rohit Sharma (1967) needs 33 runs to get to 2000 Test runs at home.
1 – Nathan Lyon (149) is one game away from appearing in 150 international matches.
7 – Ravindra Jadeja (193) is seven scalps away from completing 200 wickets in Tests in India.
42 – Virat Kohli (3958) requires 42 runs to get to 4000 Test runs on home soil.
4 – Mohammed Siraj (96) needs four wickets to get to 100 wickets across formats.
2 – Axar Patel (48) requires two scalps to get to 50 wickets in Tests.
8 – Shubman Gill (92) needs eight fours to reach 100 fours in Test cricket.
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