Report Boland four-for, Pant fireworks keep SCG Test in balance Despite the absence of Bumrah, India snatched a four-run first-innings lead, turning the Test into a second-innings shootout Deivarayan Muthu 04-Jan-2025 • 30 mins ago Scott Boland had KL Rahul bowled • Getty Images {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"https://img1.hscicdn.
com/image/upload/f_auto/lsci/db/PICTURES/CMS/394200/394201.4.jpg","caption":"Scott Boland had KL Rahul bowled"} India 141 for 6 (Pant 61, Boland 4-42) and 185 lead Australia 181 (Webster 57, Smith 33, Prasidh 3-42, Siraj 3-51) by 145 runs During the lunch break on the second day, Rohit Sharma cleared the air , saying that he had sat out of the Sydney Test and that he wasn't retiring from Test cricket yet.
Soon after the break, Jasprit Bumrah, who had taken over from Rohit as captain, left the SCG for scans . Australia had lost half their side around that time, with the game - and the series - dangling on a razor's edge. Despite the absence of Bumrah, India snatched a four-run first-innings lead, turning the Sydney Test into a second-innings shootout.
Rishabh Pant pulled India further ahead with a jaw-dropping 29-ball half-century. It was the second-fastest fifty by an Indian in Test cricket, behind his own 28-ball effort against Sri Lanka in 2022. After Scott Boland had carved up India's top order with pinpoint accuracy, Pant countered them and thrilled a Sydney crowd of 47,257.
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