IND vs AUS 4th Test: India Achieve Unique Feat With 50-Plus Runs Partnerships For First 6 Wickets

Team India batters displayed their class in the first innings of fourth and final Test match against Australia. The star-studded line-up lived up to the expectations after Steve Smith and Co. posted 480 runs in the first innings at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill scored incredible centuries to pull India back into the game while other batters also made valuable contributions to put pressure on Australia.

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It was the third time in Test cricket history when the fifty-plus run partnerships were shared for the first six wickets.

Fifty-plus Partnerships for Each of the First Six Wickets

• Australia vs West Indies at Brisbane in 1960
• Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Khulna in 2015
• India vs Australia at Ahmedabad in 2023

Partnerships Between India Players For First Six Wickets Against Australia in 4th Test Match

• 1st Wicket – Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill – 74 runs
• 2nd Wicket – Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara – 113 runs
• 3rd Wicket – Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli – 53 runs
• 4th Wicket – Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja – 64 runs
• 5th Wicket – Virat Kohli and KS Bharat – 84 runs
• 6th Wicket – Virat Kohli and Axar Patel – 162 runs

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Kohli ended his Test century drought in a productive afternoon session to bring India on the verge of taking the lead against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Kohli got his long-awaited hundred in 241 balls, his second slowest century after his ton against England in the 2012/13 series coming off 289 balls, showing utmost discipline, determination and patience to play a long innings and get India into a strong position.

Meanwhile, middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer didn’t come out to bat on Sunday as he complained about pain in his back.

“Shreyas Iyer complained of pain in his lower back following the third day’s play. He has gone for scans and the BCCI Medical Team is monitoring him,” the board said.

Iyer missed the Nagpur Test and was declared fit before Delhi Test and he played in both Delhi and Indore but his body didn’t go through the rigours like it did in Ahmedabad.

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