New Delhi. The teams of India and Australia are facing each other in the Boxing Day Test match. Today is the second day of the ongoing fourth Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On the second day, Steve Smith from Australia increased India's problems by scoring the 34th Test century of his career. Captain Smith made a partnership of more than 100 runs with Pat Cummins and took Australia towards a big score. Cummins was out after scoring 49 runs. On the second day, Indian players came on the field wearing a black band on their left hand. The Indian team paid tribute to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh died last night in AIIMS, Delhi. He was suffering from age related problems. Australia had scored 311 runs for 6 wickets in the first innings on the first day.
A record 87242 spectators gathered at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the first day of the Boxing Day Test. Which is a new record for one-day attendance in Test cricket between the two teams. Tickets for the first day of the fourth Test were sold out two weeks before the match. The spectators also got to see exciting cricket on the first day.
'Virat Kohli collided with me by mistake'
There was a clash on the field between Virat Kohli and Sam Constas on the first day. But Constas did not make a big deal out of it and said that Kohli accidentally collided with him. After the tenth over of the Australian innings, when the players were passing in front of each other, Kohli and Constas' shoulders collided. Both the players turned and stared at each other and also said something. After the end of the first day's play, Constas said that Kohli had not collided with him intentionally. He said, 'Virat Kohli accidentally collided with me. This is cricket and this happens under stress. I think emotions overpowered both of us. I just didn't understand. I was putting on my gloves when suddenly his shoulder bumped into mine. All this keeps happening in cricket.
