Melbourne, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Dec, 2024) ripped out seven wickets in the final session of the fourth Test in on Monday to win by 184 runs and go 2-1 up in the five-match series. collapsed to 155 out with just 12.5 overs left in the match at the Ground and will need to win the final Test starting in on Friday to level the series and retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
captain Pat Cummins, who took 3-28, removed top-scorer Yashasvi Jaiswal for 84 as 's last seven wickets fell for 34 runs 20.3 overs. Set an unlikely 340 runs to win, looked well placed to save it when Jaiswal and batted through the entire second session to be 112-3 at tea.
However, the departure of Pant for 30, caught in the deep a wild shot off part-time spinner , sparked their collapse. Ravindra Jadeja and first-innings centurion Nitish Kumar Reddy came and went quickly before Cummins ended Jaiswal's gritty 208-ball knock in controversial fashion. The 23-year-old was given not out to a caught-behind appeal an attempted hook.
But the decision was overturned by the umpire on visual evidence that the ball had changed direction, even though no noise was picked up by . Akash Deep was caught at short leg off (3-39) before Jasprit Bumrah scored his second duck of the match and Mohammed Siraj was the last out, trapped lbw by Nathan , who finished with 2-37. A tenacious Sundar was left not out five after facing 45 balls.
's hopes were rocked in the first session when veteran batsmen Rohit Sharm.
