Australia vs India 3rd Test at Melbourne, 26 Dec, 2014

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat first
Australia 530/10 (142.3)  &  318/9 (98)
India 465/10 (128.5)  &  174/6 (66)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: RJ Harris
  • Ravichandran Ashwin 8 * (34)
  • MS Dhoni 24 * (39)

Over 1.2 RJ Harris bowls a good length delivery to S Dhawan, OUT LBW, Shikhar Dhawan hardly presses forward and plays outside the line in his defence and gets struck on the pad below the knee roll by the late inswinger for an lbw. This could be the end of Shikhar Dhawan's Test career for a while.

Over 2.2 MG Johnson bowls a short and rising delivery to Lokesh Rahul, CAUGHT, lol Rahul has committed suicide for the second time in his Test debut, taking on this pacy ball outside off with a hook shot and only getting a top edge. That was a good catch taken by Watson running backwards from first slip.

Over 8.1 J Hazlewood bowls a pitched up delivery to M Vijay, OUT LBW, rank bad shot from Vijay as he flicks at this inswinger around middle and he misses it to get hit on the pad. Dharmasena takes his time and gives it out. Replays show that the ball had reversed out! The shiny side was on the outside and it was bowled like an inswinger. Nevertheless the shot selection was very poor, should have been driven with a straight bat to mid off!

Over 34.1 RJ Harris bowls a good length delivery to V Kohli, CAUGHT, Kohli recklessly flicks this in the air and gives catching practice to the man at squareleg first ball after Tea!

Over 50.6 MG Johnson bowls a good length delivery to CA Pujara, CLEAN BOWLED, wow what a slower one it was from round the sticks. Pujara plays inside the line to it in his frontfoot defence and it was a leg cutter which angled in but cut away just enough to hit the off stump! That was bowled from the edge of the crease! 125 kmph

Over 54.6 J Hazlewood bowls a short and rising delivery to AM Rahane, CAUGHT, Rahane goes through with the pull shot and fails to get any height and he has spliced it in the air straight to the man at mid wicket! And now the final hour could be called.