The last Border Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia is currently underway in India. India has a 2-1 lead in the 4-Test series. Hence, the last Test match between the two teams is going on at the Ahmedabad ground. In this, Australia won the toss and are batting first. At the end of the first day’s play, Australia were 255 for the loss of 4 wickets. In this, Usman Khawaja was in the field with 104 runs and Cameron Green with 49 runs.
Cameron Green, who came to India for the first time – scored the first century with a boundary!
Indian Team:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
Australia Team:
Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (captain), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Kunnemann.
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After that both started the 2nd day. However, both of them entered the field wearing a black arm band. They did this to mourn the death of Maria Cummins, mother of Australian Test captain Pat Cummins. Green completed his fifty by scoring a run in the first over of today’s match. After that both took one run each. They also hit boundaries when needed.
Australia 347: Khawaja 150*, Green 95* – No one can break this partnership!
Rohit Sharma has surpassed Usman Khawaja’s record of 121 runs to become the number 1 run-scorer in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 at one stage. Earlier, Rohit Sharma had scored 120 runs in the first Test match. Now Khawaja has broken his highest run record and is playing at number 1 position. So far, Khawaja has scored 162 runs.
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Similarly, Cameron Green, who came to India for the first time, completed his first century in India. 23-year-old Cameron Green has achieved this feat in his 20th Test match. Michael Clarke and Glenn Maxwell had previously achieved this feat.
Aussies who scored first century in India:
Les Powell 101 – Chennai – 1959/60
Fall Sheeken 114 – Kanpur – 1969/70
Dean Jones 210 – Chennai – 1986/87
Michael Clarke 151 – Bangalore – 2004/05
Glenn Maxwell 104 – Ranchi – 2016/17
Cameron Greene 114 – Ahmedabad – 2022/23
Last Updated Mar 10, 2023, 1:05 PM IST