139/7. And from that, the score was 253/8. Axar Patel has become a better all-rounder with time. He along with Ravichandran Ashwin saved India from an embarrassing score. Australia is currently leading by 62 runs. But that lead could have been a lot bigger if Axar Patel and Ashwin were not there for India. Honestly, I am not very interested in test cricket. But this match is keeping my interest because I believe we are going to see a result from this test match. If somehow Australia ends up losing this one, I have to say that they would be throwing away a very good chance.
India is fortunate to have so many allrounders - Axar, Ashwin and Jadeja. If they can have one pace-bowling allrounder as well (similar to Sourav Ganguly two decades back, or Vijay Shankar or Venkatesh Iyer in the recent past), then they can become almost impossible to defeat when they play in SENA nations as well. But then, the importance of pace has gone down over the years. Now spin and medium pace are preferred, especially due to the proliferation of T20 leagues. Apart from Cameroon Green and Ben Stokes, we don't have too many pace bowling allrounders in international cricket these days.
