Australia made quick work of breaking India's lower-order resistance - a
meek, thin, inexperienced resistance - to level the series at 1-1
before lunch on the fifth day Tuesday Dec 18,2018
The odds weren't in India's favour to start with: since the start of 2014, only six teams had chased 200 or more in 124 attempts, and overall, India had gone past 287 - the target - only twice in a successful chase.
With a sixth-wicket pair that had fewer than 10 Tests' experience between them, and a lack of any allrounders No. 8 onwards, it didn't look likely India would come close.
Resuming the day on India 113 for five, India lost Hanuma Vihari (28) to Mitchell Starc early. However, his fellow overnight batsman Rishabh Pant (30) continued to show some resistance and tackle the Australian bowlers before he was dismissed by Nathan Lyon. Later, Umesh Yadav (2), Ishant Sharma (0) and Jasprit Bumrah (0) fell without troubling the scoreboard much. For Australia, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc picked three-wicket hauls as India lost their way to a defeat
For what it was worth, Vihari looked compact in the first half hour of play, getting behind the line solidly against Starc, and using his wrists to pick up singles both in front of and behind the wicket against Lyon. But Perth's extra bounce persisted on the final day and Starc's pace was sufficient to make Vihari's inside-edge carry to square leg off the pad.
From there, it was upto Pant to bat with a lower order that has normally had at least one of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to help him out during his short career. In the absence of all three, Pant couldn't keep his innings going for long enough.
Scorecard
Australia 326 and 243
India 283 and 140(Target 287 Runs)
Match Result - Australia won by 146 Runs
MOM = Nathan Lyon(Australia)for his 5/67(34.5 Overs) and 3/39(19 Overs)
Series Result - 4-Match Test Series level at 1-1
The odds weren't in India's favour to start with: since the start of 2014, only six teams had chased 200 or more in 124 attempts, and overall, India had gone past 287 - the target - only twice in a successful chase.
With a sixth-wicket pair that had fewer than 10 Tests' experience between them, and a lack of any allrounders No. 8 onwards, it didn't look likely India would come close.
Resuming the day on India 113 for five, India lost Hanuma Vihari (28) to Mitchell Starc early. However, his fellow overnight batsman Rishabh Pant (30) continued to show some resistance and tackle the Australian bowlers before he was dismissed by Nathan Lyon. Later, Umesh Yadav (2), Ishant Sharma (0) and Jasprit Bumrah (0) fell without troubling the scoreboard much. For Australia, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc picked three-wicket hauls as India lost their way to a defeat
For what it was worth, Vihari looked compact in the first half hour of play, getting behind the line solidly against Starc, and using his wrists to pick up singles both in front of and behind the wicket against Lyon. But Perth's extra bounce persisted on the final day and Starc's pace was sufficient to make Vihari's inside-edge carry to square leg off the pad.
From there, it was upto Pant to bat with a lower order that has normally had at least one of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to help him out during his short career. In the absence of all three, Pant couldn't keep his innings going for long enough.
Scorecard
Australia 326 and 243
India 283 and 140(Target 287 Runs)
Match Result - Australia won by 146 Runs
MOM = Nathan Lyon(Australia)for his 5/67(34.5 Overs) and 3/39(19 Overs)
Series Result - 4-Match Test Series level at 1-1
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