The Boxing Day Test match is being played between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This match is the fourth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which is currently tied at 1-1. In such a situation, both the teams are eyeing to win this match and take lead in the series, the decision of which will be taken on the last day of the match. By the end of the fourth day's play, Australia had scored 228 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in its second innings. Due to which his lead has increased to 333 runs. That means if Team India wants to win this match then now it will have to do a record breaking chase. In such a situation, the biggest question is that which batsman of India can lead the team to victory by playing a memorable inning in the fourth innings?

From whom will Team India now hope for victory?

The most difficult time to bat in Test cricket is the last day of the game, where the bowlers get a lot of help from the pitch. In such a situation, it is not going to be easy at all for the Indian batsmen to bat in the fourth innings on the last day in Melbourne and while chasing more than 300 runs, the team will need at least 1 or 2 big innings. But there are very few players in the current team who can play big innings in the fourth innings of the Test.

The figures of these batsmen in the fourth innings are the most special.

If we talk about the top order and middle order of the Indian team, the fans are going to have the most hope from Rishabh Pant. He is always known to play well in such conditions. So far, he has batted 10 times in the fourth innings, during which he has scored 436 runs at an average of 54.50, which includes one century and has also scored 3 half-centuries. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant's average in the fourth innings on foreign soil becomes 71.40.

Apart from Rishabh Pant, Virat Kohli also performs well in the fourth innings. He has batted in the fourth innings 30 times in his Test career so far. During this period he has scored 1083 runs at an average of 43.32. During this period, 2 centuries and 7 half-centuries have been seen from Virat's bat. At the same time, Virat's average in the fourth innings on foreign soil is 39.87. The good thing is that both the centuries in Virat's fourth innings have come abroad.

Statistics of these players are a big concern for Team India

On the other hand, the figures of Team India's openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are nothing special in the fourth innings. So far, Rohit has scored only 481 runs at an average of 28.29 while batting 21 times in the fourth innings of the Test. Which includes 2 half-centuries, that is, he has never been able to score a century in the last innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal's figures are also not much different, he has scored 217 runs at an average of 36.16 while batting 7 times in the fourth innings. But he too could not score a century. In such a situation, both these players will have to perform something special this time and change their statistics.

Apart from these, KL Rahul is also seen struggling to score runs in the fourth innings of the Test. So far he has scored only 337 runs in 16 innings at an average of 25.92. Which includes 1 half-century and 1 century. At the same time, Nitish Kumar Reddy, who has scored a brilliant century in the Melbourne Test, has not batted even once in the fourth innings of the Test.