Australia vs India, Second Test: 5 talking points from Day 4

#2 Australian tail-enders made some useful contribution

Starc and Hazlewood made a useful contribution with the bat

At 192/4, India were starting to get hopeless when Shami and Bumrah inspired them to make a comeback of sorts, to 207/9. To take five wickets in a space of fifteen runs is magnificent, but only if the visitors were able to pick up that final scalp which evaded them until another 36 runs were added to the Kangaroos' scoreboard.

Mitchell Starc (14 from 29) and Josh Hazlewood (17* from 25) played brilliantly, considering that what they did is not the primary reason why they are in the team. The last-wicket stand and the runs they added, will have the value of a thousand gems, provided the match eventually turns out to be a close contest tomorrow.

One can only imagine the danger that India would have faced, had Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins also added another 20-30 runs. The match may have already been decided in favor of the hosts, had that happened.