In a pulsating day of action in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India’s last-wicket batting pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep emerged as the unlikely heroes to stave off Australia on Day 4 of the Gabba Test on Tuesday. Staring at the proposition of being asked to follow on for the first time in 13 years since a horrendous England tour in 2011, India opened their first-innings response to Australia’s 445 on Tuesday at 51 for four with captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. While Rohit fell early to his counterpart Pat Cummins, Rahul staged a recovery with help from Ravindra Jadeja. Akash Deep makes sure India avoid the follow-on and then smashes Pat Cummins into the second level!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/HIu86M7BNW — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 17, 2024 While Rahul (84) and Jadeja (77) could not keep the fight going to help India cross the follow-on mark, it was down to India’s tail-order to weave in some magic to take the side past the mark. Reduced to 213 for nine with Cummins running through the lower-order, Bumrah and …