Australia made a comeback in the second session as Cheteshwar Pujara became the first victim of Todd Murphy in the 62nd over. Virat Kohli came in the final over to face Nathan Lyon. India ended the session with 188/2.
Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara dominated Australian bowlers in the first innings of the fourth Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. India lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma in the first hour of the day. But Pujara and Gill didn't allow the Australian team to capitalise on it.
The batting pair of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green were decisive in their approach and made the Indian bowlers toil hard making merry of the excellent batting conditions on offer.
On Friday morning in Ahmedabad, coach Andrew McDonald gathered the team before the game to share that Maria Cummins had passed away from breast cancer.
At stumps, Australia's score read 255/4, with Khawaja going strong at 104 and Green unbeaten at 49. Australia lost four wickets but Khawaja, who slammed his 14th Test century, ensured that the visitors were in the driver's seat at the close of play.
The visitors started well in the first half before the Indian bowlers struck twice. Ravichandran Ashwin got the first wicket while Shami scalped the second. Usman Khawaja 27(94) and Steven Smith 2(17) were at the crease for the Aussie team at lunch.
The hosts made just one change with Mohammed Shami replacing pacer Mohammad Siraj, who was given rest considering his workload. Australia made no changes to their winning team from the third Test.