Australia 236/6 in 1st innings of 4th test against India, trail by 386 runs

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Patna : Australia were 236/6 in 83.3 overs in their first innings at stumps on day 3 of the 4th and final test against India at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia, on January 5, 2018, with Peter Handscomb batting on 28 and Pat Cummins batting on 25. Handscomb and Cummins have so far added 38 runs for the 7th wicket. The play was stopped after 83.3 overs on day 3 due to rain. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 3/71 and Ravindra Jadeja 2/62. Mohammad Shami took 1/54.

Australia trail India by 386 runs and need to score another 187 runs to avoid follow on. India had declared their first innings at 622/7 with Cheteshwar Pujara scoring 193, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant an unbeaten 159, Ravindra Jadeja 81, and opener Mayank Agarwal 77.

Resuming at their overnight score of 24/0, Australia lost their first wicket that of opener Usman Khwaja when the score was 72. Khwaja scored 27 in 71 balls with 3 fours. His opening partner Marcus Harris fell to Jadeja after scoring 79 in 120 balls with 8 fours making it 128/2. Shaun Marsh fell to Jadeja for 8 making it 144/3. Marnus Labuschagne fell to Shami for 38 in 95 balls with 7 fours making it 152/4. Travis Head fell to Kuldeep for 20. Captain & wicketkeeper Tim Paine also fell to Kuldeep for 5 making it 198/6.