![]() "To be out there with Uzzie for my whole innings, it helped me so much out there. "You never know when that's going to happen, incredibly grateful for it," Green said of his maiden test hundred. The beaming all-rounder took off his helmet and soaked up the applause before being hugged by Khawaja. ![]() Green showed his growing confidence by hitting Umesh Yadav for three boundaries in an over and brought up his hundred with a four off Ravindra Jadeja. The home side trail by 444 runs in the match, which they need to win to seal their place in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia in June.Įarlier, on a flat track where the ball did not really turn and reverse swing did not materialise, Khawaja and Green, who made a fluent 114, piled on the runs in the morning session. India, who lead the series 2-1, were 36 for no loss in reply with Rohit Sharma (17) and Shubman Gill (18) seeing off the final 10 overs of the day. ![]() Khawaja's batting masterpiece was spread over 10 hours during which the opener faced 422 balls, the most by an Australian batter in India, hitting 21 fours. Khawaja and Green were the bedrock of Australia's innings with a 208-run stand for the fifth wicket, the highest partnership from either side in the bowler-dominated series. AHMEDABAD, India, March 10 (Reuters) - Usman Khawaja struck a majestic 180 and Cameron Green smashed his maiden test hundred to power Australia to a series-high 480 all out on day two of the fourth and final test against India on Friday.
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