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The first three Test matches in the ongoing India vs Australia Test series might not have assisted pace bowling much, yet Umesh Yadav stood out. With the Dharamsala pitch offering purchase to seamers, Umesh took it up a notch and put India in the driver's seat in the series-decider.

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The pacer took two wickets in the first innings of the fourth Test. Umesh was unplayable in the second innings on Monday. Right from his first over the Aussies batsmen struggled to cope with his pace and taunting lengths.

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With Umesh dismissing Warner, there was no stopping the Vidarbha pacer, who got himself into a fine rhythm, and the commentators were in awe of the speedster. Umesh has been India's best seamer in the series too, picking wickets with both the new and old balls. 

It wasn't just the pitch, but he bowled in the right areas and let the ball do all the talking, and later dismissed two more Australian players, Matt Renshaw and Nathan Lyon, to cap off the brilliant series with 17 wickets. With Umesh playing an important role in bundling out Australia for 137 runs in the second innings, India are inching towards a series victory.

With 106 runs set as a target, India got off to a good start with 19 runs on the board without losing a wicket at stumps. India need another 87 runs to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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