Pat on back for Aussies

Cummins, Boland to the fore as Oz take 2-1 lead; Rohit, Kohli misfire

MELBOURNE: India slumped to a demoralising 184-run loss to Australia in the fourth Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy here on Monday with contemporary greats Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failing to come good yet again, signalling that their walk towards the exit door is not too far.

Chasing a near improbable target of 340, both Rohit (nine off 40 balls) and Kohli (five) failed to battle their technical frailties and mental cobwebs as India lost seven wickets for 34 runs in just 20.4 overs in the final session to be all out for 155 in 79.1 overs. Australian captain Pat Cummins (3/28 in 18 overs) was superb as usual and Scott Boland was also magnificent (3/39 in 16 overs) in his every spell.