- Australia 326 & 243; India 283 & 112-5 (41 overs) | Target 287
- Tourists still need 175 to win at stumps on day four
Australia are on track to level the four-Test series after dismissing Virat Kohli and reducing India to 112-5 in a chase for 287 on a testy fourth day in Perth. Kohli led an inspired fightback in India’s first innings of the second Test but the world’s best batsman had no answers to Tim Paine’s barbs and Nathan Lyon’s bounce on Monday.
Lyon dismissed Kohli for a seventh time in Tests, drawing him forward with a well-flighted delivery that was edged to Usman Khawaja at first slip, then Murali Vijay as India slumped to 55-4. Ajinkya Rahane’s needless dismissal then left Australia perfectly placed to complete their first Test win since the Cape Town cheating scandal, with one more wicket needed to expose the visitors’ long tail at Perth Stadium.
Written by Australian Associated Press
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/17/australia-sense-victory-in-second-test-after-brutal-day-in-perth under the title “Australia sense victory in second Test after brutal day in Perth”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
