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India vs Australia, Live Score, Latest Updates, 4th Test: Three runs from the final over and that’s end of Day 1 at Sydney. Quite a fruitful day for India as they finish the play at 303/4. The 4th India vs Australia Test is being telecast on Sony Sports Network. The Australia-India live streaming will take place on sonyliv.com. Click
here to know when and where to watch the fourth Test between Australia and India. Preview, 4th Test: The New Year’s test has more often than not been a sun-drenched celebration of Australian cricketing domination but this year it looms as a desperate scrap to prevent India from finally exerting their superiority Down Under. The last time a touring party turned up at the Sydney Cricket Ground with a test series still up for grabs was in the 2010-2011 Ashes and, eight years on, there was a similar “fin de siecle” feeling about the place on Wednesday. Then, Australia had already relinquished the Ashes on home soil for the first time in a quarter of a century and their hopes of a series-levelling win were shattered by England’s rampant bowling attack in an innings and 83-run defeat. On Thursday, India will embark on a bid to end 70 long years of fruitless attempts to win a test series in Australia from a similar position of strength, 2-1 up with one to play after a crushing victory in Melbourne. [caption id=“attachment_5823651” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Virat Kohli and Tim Paine, captain of the Indian and Australian teams respectively. AP[/caption] India’s fortunes have also been built on the back of disciplined pace bowling against fragile home batting and they take their advantage to the one ground in Australia which has traditionally favoured their strongest suit - spin bowling. The “Will he? Won’t he?” saga around whether Ravichandran Ashwin might return for the decisive test aside, the tourists, as England in 2011, looked in confident mood as they trained under bright blue Sydney skies. Virat Kohli rarely betrays anything but the greatest confidence and Wednesday’s traditional captain’s press conference was no exception. Kohli, whose single century in the series alone betters the entire Australia effort, took questions about where a series triumph would rank in his own glory-filled career as well as in the annals of his country’s cricketing history. This was not about making history, he said, more about proving that a team already ranked number one in the world in tests could do the business on the rock hard wickets of Australia as well as the slow, brown pitches of home. “The reason why we want to win this test is because we understand as cricketers how difficult it is to come here and play,” he said. “Every team that comes here wants to win, obviously. I’m sure that they would have had the same intention, but the motivation has never been to change history. “(It’s) not necessarily proving something to someone or changing history, just crossing a hurdle and making yourself believe that you are good enough to be at this level and beat any team anywhere in the world.” Which 11 players will take up that challenge will not be known until Thursday’s toss but what is certain is that batsman Rohit Sharma, who has returned home for the birth of his first child, and injured quick Ishant Sharma will not be among them. Australia also decided against naming a team on Wednesday as they searched for the perfect “balance” to their side for a fourth and final test they must win on a wicket they believe will offer some turn. His bowlers pick themselves so captain Tim Paine fielded questions about batting permutations should, as has been reported, opener Aaron Finch and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh be dumped for Marnus Labuschagne and Peter Handscomb. Senior batsman Usman Khawaja, whose 37 on debut in that 2011 Ashes test was one of the only highlights of a miserable five days for the hosts, would open if Finch was dropped, Paine said, with the other batsmen shuffling up one in the order. Many of the remainder of the questions Paine faced revolved around how Australia, who travel to England for an Ashes series later this year, could get better. “We’re a work in progress,” he conceded. “It’s about keeping perspective and reality about where we’re at and I think the main thing for us is that we’re improving. I think we’re showing signs of getting better. “The silver lining is that in a few months we’re going to have some world class guys returning and we’re going to have some younger guys with eight to 10 tests under their belts.” Ah yes, the asterisk that some Australians are likely to append to this series forever — Paine is captain because Steve Smith and David Warner were banned for their part in the ball tampering scandal and will not return until the end of March. That will, of course, be far too late to play any part in this series and Australia’s home record against India may end up being another line to add to the long list of damage done to the game by that catastrophic misjudgement at Newlands. With inputs from Reuters
Highlights, India vs Australia, 4th Test, Day 1 in Sydney, Full Cricket Score: Pujara stands tall as visitors reach 303/4 at stumps
India vs Australia, Live score: Three runs from the final over and that’s end of Day 1 at Sydney. Quite a fruitful day for India as they finish the play at 303/4.
 "Highlights, India vs Australia, 4th Test, Day 1 in Sydney, Full Cricket Score: Pujara stands tall as visitors reach 303/4 at stumps")
India’s day at Sydney and the unbeaten 130 from Cheteshwar Pujara has really strengthened their chances of securing a series win. Pujara played 250 balls in the day, frustrated Aussie bowlers and consolidated India’s position and he’s going to return tomorrow. Credit must also go to Mayank Agarwal, who gave India a perfect start with his knock of 77 as he negotiated the barrage of short balls expertly. Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane got starts but failed to convert while KL Rahul disppointed yet again with his six-ball stay. Pujara was ably assisted by Hanuma VIhari, who scored 39* off 58 to further dent Australia’s chances.
That’s it for today. We will return tomorrow with live updates of Day 3 action at Sydney. Till then, goodbye!
303-4 and it has been another batting masterclass from Pujara who is stamping his authority on this series with every passing innings. Even so, a word for Vihari who has looked completely comfortable at the crease. Without bother he stroked his way to 39 off 58.
The day though belongs to Pujara. He is making sure India have 400 in their sights again, which could virtually assure that they won’t probably lose this match. It will be such a mental barrier for the Australian batsmen, albeit the Australian bowlers are still struggling to find an answer to Pujara. Onto day 2 then!
After 90 overs,India 303/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 130 , Hanuma Vihari 39)
Three runs from the final over and that’s end of Day 1 at Sydney. Quite a fruitful day for India as they finish the play at 303/4.
After 89 overs,India 300/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 128 , Hanuma Vihari 38)
Maiden over for Cummins as he continues with the short-ball attack against Vihari.
After 88 overs,India 300/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 128 , Hanuma Vihari 38)
Pujara nudges Lyon to mid-wicket to collect a single followed by one more Vihari with a pull to backward square. 300 up for India
After 87 overs,India 298/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 127 , Hanuma Vihari 37)
Cummins has been called back into attack and he’s hit for a four first ball as he bowls full. Vihari drives in the air, importantly in the gap, through cover for a boundary, then pushes one to point for single. Pujara adds one more as he tucks the short ball on his hips to square leg. Six off the over.
After 86 overs,India 292/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 126 , Hanuma Vihari 32)
Pujara’s innings has been highly significant but Vihari is complementing him perfectly with 32 off 40 balls. He gets one more boundary with a slap through point as Starc bowls wide of off and short. Takes another single with a nudge to fine-leg. Five off the over.
After 85 overs,India 287/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 126 , Hanuma Vihari 27)
Vihari gets a four on the first ball with a cut off back-foot through point and also gets a single on the last ball with a push to the same area. Five off the over.
After 84 overs,India 282/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 126 , Hanuma Vihari 22)
Pujara tucks the back of length delivery on his hips to leg-side for a double on the first ball. He’s then hit on the shoulder off a short delivery followed by another short ball. Two off the over.
After 83 overs,India 280/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 124 , Hanuma Vihari 22)
Excellent short delivery by Hazlewood on first ball but Vihari does well to get out of the way and then replies with a back-foot punch off a wide short delivery for a boundary. Four off the over.
After 82 overs,India 276/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 124 , Hanuma Vihari 18)
Starc has been called back to use the red cherry. The pacer is driven gloriously through cover by Vihari for three runs before Travis Head cut it off. Pujara tucks the short ball to fine-leg for a double. Five off the over.
After 81 overs,India 271/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 122 , Hanuma Vihari 15)
Vihari inside-edges the length ball to fine leg for a single followed by a four for Pujara as he tucks the fuller ball to mid-wicket. Five off the over.
Yet another Test Match, yet another marvellous innings from Pujara. Many congratulations on the 18th Test hundred. Has been a delight to watch you bat, @cheteshwar1 ! pic.twitter.com/dxTiaidSYc
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 3, 2019
After 80 overs,India 266/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 118 , Hanuma Vihari 14)
A single each for Pujara and Vihari as they push Lyon to deep mid-wicket area. Two off the over.
After 79 overs,India 264/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 117 , Hanuma Vihari 13)
Vihari takes a single with a drive to mid-on and Pujara collects a single with a flick behind square. Two from the over.
After 78 overs,India 262/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 116 , Hanuma Vihari 12)
Pujara tucks Lyon to square leg for one before Vihari flicks one to the same area for a single. Pujara uses his wrists to guide one to mid-wicket for a double. Four from the over.
After 77 overs,India 258/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 113 , Hanuma Vihari 11)
Pujara slams Labuschagne’s low full-toss over mid-on for four runs. The duo also collects two singles each. Eight runs off the over.
Cheteshwar Pujara’s centuries in this series,
Adelaide – off 231 balls
Melbourne – off 280 balls
Sydney – off 199 balls
After 76 overs,India 250/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 107 , Hanuma Vihari 9)
Pujara dances down on the first delivery to slam the flighted delivery past the bowler for a boundary. Four off the over.
Pujaraaaa bolo tara rara @cheteshwar1 3 hundreds in last 3 games in australia.. what a player @BCCI #AUSvIND 4th test
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) January 3, 2019
After 75 overs,India 246/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 103 , Hanuma Vihari 9)
Pujara drives Labuschagne’s wide of off, full delivery for a single before Vihari plays him through cover for another single. One more single for Pujara with another drive off full delivery to cover. Three off the over.
Asian batsmen with most centuries in a Test series in Australia:
4 – Virat Kohli, 2014/15
3 – Sunil Gavaskar, 1977/78
3 – Cheteshwar Pujara, 2018/19*
Most centuries by Indians in Tests in Australia:
6 – Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar
5 – Sunil Gavaskar
4 – VVS Laxman
3 – Cheteshwar Pujara*
This is Cheteshwar Pujara’s 18th Test century. He now goes past Dilip Vengsarkar (17) and VVS Laxman (17) in the list of Indians with most centuries in Test cricket.
Fastest Indian to 18 Test tons: (By innings)
82 – Sunil Gavaskar
99 – Sachin Tendulkar
103 – Virat Kohli
114 – Cheteshwar Pujara*
121 – Mohammad Azharuddin
126 – Virender Sehwag
146 – Rahul Dravid
After 74 overs,India 243/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 101 , Hanuma Vihari 8)
Vihari plays Lyon through extra-cover for a treble and then takes a single with a flick to mid-wicket. Four off the over.
After 73 overs,India 239/4 ( Cheteshwar Pujara 100 , Hanuma Vihari 5)
Pujara completes his 18th Test century and brings it up with a four off Starc through fine-leg. Takes his helmet off and celebrates with a punch in the air. Third century of the series. Six off the over which also included a single each for Pujara and Vihari.
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