Australia are motoring towards a crucial win in the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at the MCG after Steve Smith’s ton and Pat Cummins’ brilliance with the ball knocked the stuffing out of India. A disastrous run-out late in the day denied Yashasvi Jaiswal a century before public enemy No.1 Virat Kohli also fell in the shadows of stumps.
India finished day two on 5-164 in reply to Australia’s Smith-powered 474 with Scott Boland adding to his MCG cult hero status with two late wickets. Late run-out burns Jaiswal before Kohli nicks off Yashasvi Jaiswal managed to repel Cummins and everything else Australia could throw at him for 117 deliveries in a superb counter-attacking 82. The young opener strokes 11 boundaries and a majestic six down the ground off Mitch Marsh in a But he made a late exit after a 102-run partnership with Virat Kohli when he called his veteran teammate for a tight single to mid-on.
Jaiswal hits it straight to mid on, takes off...
And gets stranded! ???? #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/JFThg0eMox Unfortunately for him, Kohli turned his back on him to go back to his crease and Jaiswal was left stranded at the wrong end of the pitch as Cummins whipped the return back to Alex Carey.
“It’s a huge moment for the context of the game,” Kerry O’Keeffe mused on Fox Cricket. Another major turning point followed a few overs later when Kohli nicked off to Scott Boland for 36. Jeered when he made his way to the wicket, he was roundly booed as he went off after .
