The IND vs AUS series is currently locked at 1-1 and the winner of the upcoming Test will be assured of at least not losing the series anymore. After India won the first Test and Australia won the second Test, the third Test at the Gabba ended in a draw.
Rain played spoilsport on all the days of the Test and eventually forced the umpires to call off the game early.
In the first innings, centuries from Steve Smith and Travis Head propelled the hosts to a big total of 445 runs. In reply, India's batters once again failed to impress after their poor show in the second Test as the hosts were bowled out for 260 runs.
With a 185-run lead in the bag, Australia declared their second innings on 89/7. In reply, India were on 8/0 when the game was called off. Ahead of the fourth Test, here are all the predictions for the game.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
AUS vs IND 4th Test Match Details
Match: AUS vs IND 4th Test Match, India tour of Australia
Captains:
Rohit Sharma is going to lead India Cricket Team
Pat Cummins will lead Australia Cricket Team
When: start from 26th December till 30th December 2024
Match is going to start at 05.30 a.m.
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Head-to-head of these two teams: Both teams have played 110 matches against each other. Out of which India has won 33 matches and Australia cricket team has won 46 matches with 1 match ended up in no result and 30 ended up in draw.
Likely playing XI
Australia
AT Carey (wk), TM Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, MR Marsh, Nathan Lyon, SM Boland, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, S Konstas
Bench : JP Inglis, Josh Hazlewood, NA McSweeney, BJ Webster, Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett, JA Richardson
India
KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, RA Jadeja, JJ Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Bench : DC Jurel, AR Easwaran, SN Khan, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Prasidh Krishna, H Rana, Mukesh Kumar, NA Saini, KK Ahmed, Devdutt Padikkal, Yash Dayal
Pitch report
The surface at Melbourne Cricket Ground has been more seam-friendly of late. As a result, the venue hasn't witnessed a single drawn affair in the previous six Boxing Day Tests. The fast bowlers will get a hint of seam movement.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Travis Head
Best Bowler: Jasprit Bumrah
Weather forecast for today in Melbourne
Maximum temperature: 24°C
Minimum temperature: 15°C
Wind speed: 29km/h
Chances of rain: 10%
Capacity of stadium: 125, 000
Prediction to win: Team batting first is most likely to win the match
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