**Official** 4th Test at Melbourne, 26-30 Dec 2024

[Anthony Clayden]

WTC trumps BGT, India need to be ahead of Australia to get past Australia. If they are not then they have to rely on SL to qualify.

 

[Burgey]

If this test is drawn and then we see another draw or India win at SCG, Australia would be seething given how much they dominated the middle 3 tests of the series.

Can’t help rain. Stuff happens

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

How good does it feel to be on the right side of a pesky tailend partnership.

They have eaten up so many dangerous overs I feel like India have been on the right side of it tbh

 

[morgieb]

Man Bumrah is looking cooked. This might be an even more important factor, the gap between Bumrah and the rest of the attack is very large so if he breaks or isn't at 100%......

 

[Daemon]

Boland being able to bat 65 balls relatively easily gives me a bit of comfort that we may be able to deadbat the game should it come to that

 

[honestbharani]

Can’t help rain. Stuff happens

Yeah but I genuinely feel they are letting slip a chance to win here by not bowling now. I am not saying declare but surely could have tried playing some shots 30 mins ago.

 

[halba]

If this test is drawn and then we see another draw or India win at SCG, Australia would be seething given how much they dominated the middle 3 tests of the series.

Aussie selectors to blame. Keep picking mitch marsh. He's simply dreadful. If they had an extra bowler the Indian tail would've not have wagged so much.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Err are you sure about that?

For every 100 Aussie fans that follows the Ashes there would be lucky to be 2 that even knows that the "Border Gavaskat trophy" is a thing

 

[King Kane]

Bumrah back on but he even he looks cooked now, he must be tired from carrying his team.

 

[silentstriker]

Pretty happy here with this. Hopefully they’ll bat for a while tomorrow.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

WTC trumps BGT, India need to be ahead of Australia to get past Australia. If they are not then they have to rely on SL to qualify.

Does it tho

 

[SkyBlue]

Finally lol

 

[morgieb]

Oh god

 

[stephen]

Bumrah's spirit just broke.

 

[silentstriker]

For every 100 Aussie fans that follows the Ashes there would be lucky to be 2 that even knows that the "Border Gavaskat trophy" is a thing

Can’t speak to the fans but the players know.

 

[Qlder]

Hahaha no ball

 

[Burgey]

Oh boy

 

[King Kane]

Rahul takes a catch off Bumrah and it's a no ball, can you believe it.

 

[halba]

Yeah but I genuinely feel they are letting slip a chance to win here by not bowling now. I am not saying declare but surely could have tried playing some shots 30 mins ago.

Indian lower order wickets are worth 300 runs on their own. No rational captain would declare. Their own bowlers are tired. Gotta agree with the deadbat tactics here.

 

[cascade]

Thinking India should be happy to go for the draw tomorrow is wild when they've cooked Bumrah to make a win possible.