Australian batters Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green continued their domination over the Indian bowlers on Day 2 of the fourth Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Resuming his innings on 104, Khawaja went on to score 180 – his 14th century in the longest format of the game. On the other hand, Green, who was unbeaten on 49 at stumps on Day 1, slammed his maiden Test ton (114) on the second day.

The duo added 208 runs for the fifth wicket to put the visitors in a dominant position. They also frustrated the Indian bowlers and fielders with their marathon partnership.

The hosts were so desperate to break the partnership that they ended up taking a horrendous review on the last ball of the 128th over.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja got Usman Khawaja to shoulder his arms to a tossed-up delivery. It struck him way outside the line of the stumps but the fact that the southpaw was not offering a shot, attracted an appeal from Jadeja and the close-in fielders.

Umpire Richard Kettleborough didn’t raise his finger, but Jadeja manage to persuade skipper Rohit Sharma to take the DRS. The replays confirmed that the ball would have gone on to miss the off stump by a country mile.

The Indian fielders had a smile on their face when the replays were shown on the big screen. On-field umpire Kettleborough couldn’t hide his emotions as well as he was seen smiling when TV umpire Jayaraman Madanagopal told him to uphold his on-field decision.

Here’s the video:

The desperate review was discussed even in the commentary box by Ravi Shastri, Matthew Hayden and Dinesh Karthik.

Karthik said, "They (India) wanted to check whether the third umpire was awake."

(Hindustan Times Inputs)