The fourth day of the ongoing third Test between India and Australia turned out to be a memorable one as the visitors narrowly escaped the follow-on. After bad light forced early stumps, India’s score read 252/9 as the visitors trailing by 193 runs. India were nine down when JaspritBumrah (10) and Akash Deep (27) joined hands and brilliantly tackled the Australian bowling attack to avoid follow-on. For India, KL Rahul scored 84 while Ravindra Jadeja played an important knock of 77. For Australia, skipper Pat Cummins took four wickets while Mitchell Starc took three.

Some pointers from Day 4 of 3rd Test match between India and Australia

• Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep’s unbeaten 39-run stand helps India avoid follow-on at close of day’s play.
• Pat Cummins dismisses RavindraJadeja for 77 at the start of the final hour of day’s play.
• Mitchell Starc gets rid of Mohammed Siraj in first over after Tea
• Rain forced an early Tea, India were 201/7, need 45 runs to avoid follow-on.
• Nitish Kumar Reddy and Jadeja put up a partnership of 67 in 115 balls before Pat Cummins dismissed the former.
• Ravindra Jadeja scored his 22nd Test fifty in the first over of the second session
• Heavy rains delayed the start of the second session.
• India 167/7 in 49 overs at Lunch, trail by 278 runs.
• KL Rahul fell to Nathan Lyon thanks to a screamer from Steve Smith on 94 off 139
• Partnership between KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja crossed 50 in 73 balls.
• Rain interrupted play after the first hour of play, India 105/5 in 30.5 overs.
• KL Rahul got to his half-century in 85 balls.
• India started the day on 51/4, trailing Australia by 394 runs.