Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with the Indian players after dismissing Steve Smith (AP Image)
In the current series, Steve Smith has been dismissed thrice by Ravindra Jadeja.
Flamboyant India off-spinner Ravindra Jadeja once again outclassed Australia’s leading batsman Steve Smith during the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Smith, who is the No. 2 batsman in the ICC Test rankings, has been dismissed thrice by Jadeja in the ongoing series as he has struggled to put together a big innings against India in tough batting conditions.
On the first day of the final Test, Jadeja dismissed Smith in the second over after the tea break. The Australian batsman looked to steer it on the off side but missed the ball completely as the ball was a bit straight and took an inside edge before hitting the stumps.
Smith hit hard in the second session and showed enough resilience against the Indian bowlers to put on a solid 79-run partnership with Usman Khawaja to rebuild the Australian innings after some early setbacks.
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The stand-in Australia skipper scored 38 off 135 balls and managed to frustrate the Indian bowlers in the second session.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat against India in a bid to draw the four-match series.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese were present on the first day, where the two leaders met their respective captains and presented them with special Test caps.
The day began with Mohammed Shami returning from the way and giving away eight byes, with Australia opting to bat first on a pitch that was bouncy up and down. India almost got the breakthrough when Umesh Yadav edged the ball outside off Travis Head, but wicketkeeper KS Bharath added to their poor start with the gloves when he dropped a sitter.
However, Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Head for 32 to pull India back. While Shami brought on Marnus Labuschagne on the verge of lunch to give the hosts a physical advantage.
Although, after lunch, it was the first wicketless session of the series, Khawaja read the conditions well, suited the batsmen and took advantage of the loose balls.
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