India vs Australia 4th Test Day 5 Highlights: Ahmedabad Test ends in high-scoring draw, India win series 2-1

Mar 13, 2023 - 16:30

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India vs Australia 4th Test Day 5 Highlights: Ahmedabad Test ends in high-scoring draw, India win series 2-1

16:01 (IST)

That brings us to the end of our coverage of the fourth and final Test between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, with the action now shifting to the one-dayers — the first of which takes place on Friday at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

On behalf of my colleagues at the sports desk at Firstpost, this is Amit signing off, bidding you all goodbye!

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Here are some of the key awards handed out during the presentation ceremony:

Player of the Match: Virat Kohli

Player of the Series: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja

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A tame end to what turned out to be another fiercely fought series between these two great cricketing nations, with India once again walking away with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in their possession. Australia, who have not beaten India in a Test series since 2014-15 at home, deserve credit for a superb comeback in the third and fourth Tests after crumbling to one-sided defeats inside three days in each of the first two games.

Among their biggest gains in this series would be the discovery of a couple of gems in Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnemann in the spin department, as well as Usman Khawaja and Travis Head's form with the bat at the top of the order. For the hosts, Virat Kohli ending a long drought after more than three years and the manner in which Axar Patel contributed both with bat and ball would be their key talking points.

Australia will certainly be backing themselves to come out on top in the World Test Championship final in June after the kind of fight they displayed in the last two weeks.

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IND vs AUS LIVE Cricket Score

After 78.1 overs,Australia 175/2 decl. ( Marnus Labuschagne 63 , Steven Smith (C) 10)

The players are shaking hands out at the centre, with Australia apparently declaring 10 minutes before the start of the final hour.

And with that, the fourth Test ends in a high-scoring draw, with Team India winning the four-Test series 2-1, maintaining ownership over the Border-Gavaskar Trophy!

Part-timers Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara bowl an over each, before Rohit and Smith decide there's no point in playing any further.

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IND vs AUS LIVE Cricket Score

After 75 overs,Australia 173/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 61 , Steven Smith (C) 10)

Drinks taken at the end of the 75th over, and we're in for what should be the final 30 minutes of the Test series. Just 11 runs have been scored in the last 10 overs, so the intent on the part of Labuschagne and Smith is pretty clear right now.

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India vs Australia 4th Test LIVE Score

After 74 overs,Australia 173/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 61 , Steven Smith (C) 10)

Not much happening out there at Motera right now, both Labuschagne and Smith are blocking their way through the overs right now. Another half an hour to go before the two captains can officially shake hands and bring this Test to an end.

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IND vs AUS 4th Test LIVE Score

After 70 overs,Australia 169/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 59 , Steven Smith (C) 8)

India have opted to have a left-arm spinner from each end after the tea interval. Australia, meanwhile, stretch their lead to 78 at the end of the 70th over with Smith batting on 8, having scored a hundred per cent of his runs through boundaries.

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IND vs AUS 4th Test LIVE Score

FOUR! A second boundary to Smith after tea, this time off Jadeja who replaces Ashwin in the attack. Short and wide from Jaddu and the Aussie skipper firmly cuts this through the backward point region. AUS 166/2

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IND vs AUS 4th Test LIVE Score

After 65 overs,Australia 162/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 56 , Steven Smith (C) 4)

FOUR! Aussie skipper Steve Smith gets off the mark in style on the other side of the tea interval, charging down the track and smashing Ashwin down the ground for a boundary!

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IND vs AUS 4th Test LIVE Score

The players are back from their respective dressing rooms for what is the final session of another riveting edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, although the series appears set to end in a tame draw. The two teams could end up shaking hands and agreeing to a draw at 3.30 pm local time if the situation remains more or less than same.

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India vs Australia 4th Test LIVE Score

After 64 overs,Australia 158/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 56 , Steven Smith (C) 0)

TEA on Day 5: Axar bowls out the final over of the second session as Australia head to tea with a lead of 67 and Labuschagne batting on 56. Skipper Steve Smith is yet to get off the mark, and will hope to bat out the remainder of the day.

14:08 (IST)

India vs Australia 4th Test LIVE Score

After 63 overs,Australia 158/2 ( Marnus Labuschagne 56 , Steven Smith (C) 0)

DROPPED! Axar nearly snares two wickets before tea as Bharat puts down a tough chance after a thick deflection off Smith's outside edge, the ball deflecting off the keeper's pad before falling away to safety. Labuschagne, meanwhile, collects a boundary off Ashwin with a solid punch through the covers the following over.

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