Pujara and Pant bat Australia out of 4th Test in Sydney

by Alastair Symondson Friday 4 January 2019

India's Rishabh Pant (L) celebrates scoring his 150 runs with his teammate Ravindra Jadeja on day two of the fourth test

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India batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara 193, Rishabh Pant 159* and Ravindra Jadeja 81 batted Australia out of the 4^th Test in Sydney today.

Match Summary

India 622-7 (Mayank Agarwal 77, Cheteshwar Pujara 193, Rishabh Pant 159*, Ravindra Jadeja 81 ; Nathan Lyon 4-178)

Australia – 24-0

At the Close - Australia trail India by 598 runs with 10 wickets remaining

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Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant made contrasting centuries as India posted a massive 622/7d on day two of the Sydney Test. #AUSvIND

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Big hundreds from Cheteshwar Pujara 193 and Rishabh Pant 159*, and a cameo 81 from Ravindra Jadeja, took the 4^th Test away from Australia today in Sydney. Nathan Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers and at the close of play - Australia trail India by 598 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Australia - Usman Khawaja, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Tim Paine(c)(wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

India - Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah