Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogers	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	57	126	157	5	0	45.23

David Warner	c Dhawan b Yadav	0	6	8	0	0	0.00

Shane Watson	lbw b Ashwin	52	89	153	4	0	58.42

Steven Smith (c)	b Yadav	192	305	433	15	2	62.95

Shaun Marsh	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	32	83	85	4	0	38.55

Joe Burns	c †Dhoni b Yadav	13	27	34	2	0	48.14

Brad Haddin †	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	55	84	133	7	1	65.47

Mitchell Johnson	st †Dhoni b Ashwin	28	37	49	5	0	75.67

Ryan Harris	lbw b Ashwin	74	88	93	8	1	84.09

Nathan Lyon	b Mohammed Shami	11	15	23	2	0	73.33

Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 5, w 1)	16
Total	142.3 Ov (RR: 3.71, 591 Mins)	530
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (David Warner, 1.6 ov), 2-115 (Chris Rogers, 36.2 ov), 3-115 (Shane Watson, 37.2 ov), 4-184 (Shaun Marsh, 60.6 ov), 5-216 (Joe Burns, 70.5 ov), 6-326 (Brad Haddin, 100.6 ov), 7-376 (Mitchell Johnson, 111.4 ov), 8-482 (Ryan Harris, 135.4 ov), 9-530 (Nathan Lyon, 141.6 ov), 10-530 (Steven Smith, 142.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ishant Sharma	32	7	104	0	3.25	136	9	0	0	5
Umesh Yadav	32.3	3	130	3	4.00	121	10	0	0	0
1.6 to DA Warner, first strike! Dhawan takes a smart catch at third slip. This takes off from a length and catches the shoulder of the bat - Warner was jabbing at that while on the crease - it flies low towards the cordon. Dhawan has been one of the more secure hands there and he doesn't make a mistake.. 0/1 70.5 to JA Burns, Mr Burns has to go! He goes for the pull that is not really short enough, and he gets a bottom edge through to the keeper. That's 13 on debut for the batsman. That came in a touch too, cramping the batsman. 216/5 142.3 to SPD Smith, he has lost his middle stump! He goes all the way to the off side to play a ramp shot, but misses a straight delivery. It strikes the top of middle stump. To be frank, the bowlers never looked like taking that wicket and it was up to Smith to do something crazy to give it away. 530/10
Mohammed Shami	29	4	138	4	4.75	120	23	0	1	0
36.2 to CJL Rogers, bowls length delivery outside off and manages to get the outside edge! If they needed any confirmation about what is the right length to bowl on this pitch, this is it. Rogers pushed at it but it kept going away with the angle. 115/2 60.6 to SE Marsh, another one for Shami! This is a loose shot by Marsh. It's the length delivery outside off again, and Marsh goes for a front foot cut shot, which would have worked well in sub-continent, but not here.. The bounce means it takes the outside edge and flies to the keeper. 184/4 100.6 to BJ Haddin, a wicket from nowhere! Haddin looks to leave this length delivery outside off but is a little too late to get his bat out of the way.. this takes the bottom edge and dies on to the keeper but Dhoni takes a good low catch. 326/6 141.6 to NM Lyon, swings and misses a straight one, that one hits the leg stump. Lyon doesn't really care. He has done the job of rubbing it in.. 530/9
Ravichandran Ashwin	44	9	134	3	3.04	198	10	4	0	0
37.2 to SR Watson, and another wicket! Watson goes for the sweep when he was playing solidly with the straight bat. He misses the ball, gets rapped in front of the off stump. 115/3 111.4 to MG Johnson, he has missed this one completely! Johnson steps out early to slog it over the leg side but this drifts in and slides through the gap. Dhoni does the rest. Johnson doesn't even look back. Knows he is gone the moment his misses it. 376/7 135.4 to RJ Harris, and he misses a straight ball to be given out lbw! He went for the big sweep and missed it completely. That would have hit the stumps. 482/8
Murali Vijay	5	0	14	0	2.80	19	0	0	0	0

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay	c Marsh b Watson	68	135	210	7	0	50.37

Shikhar Dhawan	c Smith b Harris	28	51	64	3	0	54.90

Cheteshwar Pujara	c †Haddin b Harris	25	71	90	2	0	35.21

Virat Kohli	c †Haddin b Johnson	169	272	380	18	0	62.13

Ajinkya Rahane	lbw b Lyon	147	171	240	21	0	85.96

KL Rahul	c Hazlewood b Lyon	3	8	12	0	0	37.50

MS Dhoni (c)†	c †Haddin b Harris	11	23	28	1	0	47.82

Ravichandran Ashwin	c & b Harris	0	4	7	0	0	0.00

Mohammed Shami	c Smith b Johnson	12	30	46	1	0	40.00

Umesh Yadav	c †Haddin b Johnson	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Ishant Sharma	not out	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
Total	128.5 Ov (RR: 3.60, 548 Mins)	465
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Shikhar Dhawan, 14.2 ov), 2-108 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 37.2 ov), 3-147 (Murali Vijay, 49.5 ov), 4-409 (Ajinkya Rahane, 107.4 ov), 5-415 (KL Rahul, 109.6 ov), 6-430 (MS Dhoni, 116.4 ov), 7-434 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 118.2 ov), 8-462 (Virat Kohli, 126.2 ov), 9-462 (Umesh Yadav, 126.4 ov), 10-465 (Mohammed Shami, 128.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Johnson	30.5	6	135	3	4.37	131	20	0	0	0
126.2 to V Kohli, and he gets the big wicket! After 29 overs of toil, Johnson has something to show. But check that out for a catch from Haddin. He dives full length to his right and plucks it in front of first slip. It was going straight into Watson's hands. Kohli tried to chase that full and wide delivery, but got a thick outside edge.. 462/8 126.4 to UT Yadav, a wicket falls of the second ball, just like yesterday! Not much Umesh could have done with it. It was short and rising past his left shoulder, he tried to play at that but it keeps getting bigger on him. Faint edge en route to the keeper. 462/9 128.5 to Mohammed Shami, he wraps it up with a fuller delivery outside off. Smith takes a nonchalant catch at second slip as this flies towards him head high. 465/10
Ryan Harris	26	7	70	4	2.69	121	8	0	1	0
14.2 to S Dhawan, that's the outside edge! Harris bowls it short of length on off stump and this one does a little to catch the shoulder of the bat and flies to Smith who takes a good low catch at second slip. Dhawan hung is bat loosely there, falls yet again after getting a start to the innings. 55/1 37.2 to CA Pujara, a wicket second ball! Stunning catch by Haddin. Yesterday he had dropped a much simpler one, but this time Haddin more than makes up for it. He dives full length to his right and plucks this with one hand, catches it in the webbing. It would have gone straight to first slip anyway, but these catches charge up the fielders. Poor shot from Pujara as he tried to cut something that wasn't so far wide.. he got a little cramped for room. 108/2 116.4 to MS Dhoni, he flirts with this length ball outside off and gets out caught behind! He was trying to run it down to third-man. It works so well in ODIs but for some reason, he keeps getting out this way in Tests. 430/6 118.2 to R Ashwin, and here's another one! Harris takes a tumbling catch in his follow through. Ashwin drives at this fuller delivery and is not able to keep it down, Harris stretches his right hand out, is not able to cling on. Luckily the ball doesn't get away from him and he is able to make a second grab at that. 434/7
Josh Hazlewood	25	6	75	0	3.00	113	6	0	0	0
Shane Watson	16	3	65	1	4.06	73	10	0	0	0
49.5 to M Vijay, Vijay has given it away! Watson keeps pegging away at that off stump line and finally Vijay is lured into a loose shot. He stays in the crease and looks to cut it through backward point, but that has flown of the edge straight to first slip.There were similarities to Pujara's shot there.. 147/3
Nathan Lyon	29	3	108	2	3.72	109	8	0	0	0
107.4 to AM Rahane, and there is the breakthrough! Rahane looks to repeat the sweep shot but this is much straighter and fuller from Lyon, he misses and his hit on the back pad. The umpire takes time and then raises his finger. Rahane gets a pat on the back from Kohli and a standing ovation from the crowd as he walks back. Superb innings from him.. 409/4 109.6 to KL Rahul, he's gone next ball, it was full and well outside off, hitting the rough as well, Rahul goes for an expansive sweep, top edges that towards backward square leg, simple catch and it is not put down this time, there's plenty of hype around Rahul, but he's played a couple of strange shots in his short debut innings. 415/5
Steven Smith	2	0	11	0	5.50	4	1	0	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	lbw b Ashwin	40	42	67	6	0	95.23

Chris Rogers	b Ashwin	69	123	192	8	0	56.09

Shane Watson	c †Dhoni b Sharma	17	34	41	1	0	50.00

Steven Smith (c)	c Rahane b Yadav	14	27	48	2	0	51.85

Shaun Marsh	run out (Kohli)	99	215	274	11	2	46.04

Joe Burns	c †Dhoni b Sharma	9	17	23	0	0	52.94

Brad Haddin †	c †Dhoni b Yadav	13	27	41	0	0	48.14

Mitchell Johnson	c Rahane b Mohammed Shami	15	27	48	2	0	55.55

Ryan Harris	c †Dhoni b Mohammed Shami	21	68	108	0	0	30.88

Nathan Lyon	not out	1	10	21	0	0	10.00
Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 13, nb 5, w 2)	20
Total	98 Ov (RR: 3.24, 438 Mins)	318/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (David Warner, 14.2 ov), 2-98 (Shane Watson, 24.1 ov), 3-131 (Steven Smith, 33.3 ov), 4-164 (Chris Rogers, 40.3 ov), 5-176 (Joe Burns, 45.3 ov), 6-202 (Brad Haddin, 55.2 ov), 7-234 (Mitchell Johnson, 67.1 ov), 8-303 (Ryan Harris, 93.4 ov), 9-317 (Shaun Marsh, 96.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umesh Yadav	22	3	89	2	4.04	93	12	0	1	0
33.3 to SPD Smith, would you believe that! A catch at leg slip. This was a poor delivery, it was going down the leg side and Smith looks to flick it fine to the boundary again, but Rahane is standing really fine at the position and dives to his right to intercept that beautifully. There you go.. Leg-slip. Where's Vijay?. 131/3 55.2 to BJ Haddin, caught down the leg side! Yadav keeps getting batsmen down the leg side. He bowls it full, and this tail in sharply, slipping down the leg side. Dhoni appeals immediately and the umpire agrees. Haddin is not too happy but he will have to go. There is something on the snicko..nothing on the hot-spot. 202/6
Mohammed Shami	28	4	92	2	3.28	119	10	0	1	0
67.1 to MG Johnson, end of Johnson's stay! Shami bowls a bouncer and Johnson has a swing at that, gets a bit of top-edge and it lobs up for the man at midwicket. Just got a bit too big on him. Lots of words from Indian fielders has Johnson walks back. 234/7 93.4 to RJ Harris, finally a wicket breaks the monotony of the morning! This one swings away from a length and catches the outside edge through to the keeper. 303/8
Ishant Sharma	20	5	49	2	2.45	96	5	0	0	5
24.1 to SR Watson, edged and this time it's gone! Ishant Sharma finally gets a wicket in the game. This is on a good channel outside off, it draws the batsman forward and Watson can only manage a thick outside edge. Dhoni does well to swoop this low effort on to his right. The umpires check for a no-ball but Ishant can happily keep this wicket.. 98/2 45.3 to JA Burns, Mr Burns has to go! He pokes his bat at this length delivery outside off, it bounces a touch extra, gets a big deflection and a good catch from Dhoni, diving to his right. Similarities to how M Vijay or Pujara edged behind in India's innings. 176/5
Ravichandran Ashwin	28	4	75	2	2.67	124	3	2	0	0
14.2 to DA Warner, loud appeal and this time the umpire raises the finger! This was tossed up on the off and middle line, Warner comes forward to defend but plays outside the line of the delivery, the drift bringing it in more than the batsman anitcipated, it hits him on the back leg right in front of the middle. 57/1 40.3 to CJL Rogers, he is got him! Rogers doesn't really get too far from him 50s anchor. Rogers plays forward to this tossed up delivery, a bit outside the line, but gets an inside edge on to his pads. It rolls on to his stumps.. 164/4

India 2nd Innings (T: 384 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Murali Vijay	lbw b Hazlewood	11	28	41	0	0	39.28

Shikhar Dhawan	lbw b Harris	0	5	6	0	0	0.00

KL Rahul	c Watson b Johnson	1	5	6	0	0	20.00

Virat Kohli	c Burns b Harris	54	99	134	7	0	54.54

Ajinkya Rahane	c Marsh b Hazlewood	48	117	199	6	0	41.02

Cheteshwar Pujara	b Johnson	21	70	73	3	0	30.00

MS Dhoni (c)†	not out	24	39	68	4	0	61.53
Ravichandran Ashwin	not out	8	34	49	0	0	23.52
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)	7
Total	66 Ov (RR: 2.63, 291 Mins)	174/6
Did not bat: Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Shikhar Dhawan, 1.2 ov), 2-5 (KL Rahul, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (Murali Vijay, 8.1 ov), 4-104 (Virat Kohli, 34.1 ov), 5-141 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 50.6 ov), 6-142 (Ajinkya Rahane, 54.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Johnson	15	3	38	2	2.53	73	4	0	0	0
2.2 to KL Rahul, gone! gone! Another brain freeze for Rahul! This is one match he would want to forget very quickly. Looks to take on Johnson's short delivery, but this is well outside off, and all Rahul can manage is a thick top edge. Watson jogs back from first slip and completes a good catch. 5/2 50.6 to CA Pujara, what a delivery! He follows up two bouncers with a superb slower delivery. That pitches on off and straightens past the bat to strike the top of off. This is excellent. Pujara thought he had everything covered, but that sneaks past the outside edge. 141/5
Ryan Harris	16	8	30	2	1.87	83	4	0	0	0
1.2 to S Dhawan, gone! That is gone. This is full and swinging in, Dhawan plants his front foot forward too early and gets hit on the knee roll..That's plumb in front. 2/1 34.1 to V Kohli, he strikes first ball! Flicked straight into the hands of square leg. It was a gentle length delivery on the stumps, Kohli is not able to keep his flick down and lobs a gentle one for Mr Burns. Kohli cannot believe he has played that shot. Big big wicket and the complexion of the game changes completlely. 104/4
Josh Hazlewood	15	3	40	2	2.66	74	6	0	0	0
8.1 to M Vijay, it's gone! Vijay is gone. Australia are all over India's top order. That is a huge wicket. That swings in sharply into Vijay and strikes the pads as the batsman misses the flick. Umpire Dharamsena lifts his finger after giving it some thought. A bit leg-sidish that delivery.. maybe it was hitting leg, maybe it was missing.. 19/3 54.6 to AM Rahane, Rahane!! He has given it away..Short delivery outside off, he goes for the pull after being quiet for a while, this catches the splice of the bat and goes straight into the hands of midwicket.. 142/6
Nathan Lyon	12	0	36	0	3.00	51	2	0	0	0
Shane Watson	6	1	14	0	2.33	30	2	0	0	1
Steven Smith	2	0	10	0	5.00	8	2	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 259/5 (Steven Smith 72*, Brad Haddin 23*, 90 ov)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 108/1 (Murali Vijay 55*, Cheteshwar Pujara 25*, 37 ov)

Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 462/8 (Mohammed Shami 9*, 126.2 ov)

Mon, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 261/7 (Shaun Marsh 62*, Ryan Harris 8*, 75 ov)

Tue, 30 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 174/6 (66 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Australia 1st innings
Drinks: Australia - 44/1 in 13.0 overs (CJL Rogers 27, SR Watson 16)
Australia: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (CJL Rogers 34, SR Watson 17, Ex 1)
Lunch: Australia - 92/1 in 28.0 overs (CJL Rogers 46, SR Watson 41)
Australia: 100 runs in 29.6 overs (180 balls), Extras 5
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 168 balls (CJL Rogers 49, SR Watson 46, Ex 5)
CJL Rogers: 50 off 113 balls, 133 mins (5 x 4)
SR Watson: 50 off 74 balls, 135 mins (4 x 4)
Drinks: Australia - 120/3 in 42.0 overs (SPD Smith 1, SE Marsh 2)
Australia: 150 runs in 51.6 overs (314 balls), Extras 10
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (SPD Smith 23, SE Marsh 25, Ex 4)
Tea: Australia - 174/3 in 59.0 overs (SPD Smith 23, SE Marsh 32)
Australia: 200 runs in 65.4 overs (396 balls), Extras 10
SPD Smith: 50 off 96 balls, 114 mins (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Australia - 224/5 in 75.0 overs (SPD Smith 58, BJ Haddin 2)
Australia: 250 runs in 83.5 overs (505 balls), Extras 10
New ball taken at 82.1 overs
Attendance: 69,993
End Of Day: Australia - 259/5 in 90.0 overs (SPD Smith 72, BJ Haddin 23)

Day 2

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 127 balls (SPD Smith 24, BJ Haddin 27, Ex 1)
BJ Haddin: 50 off 75 balls, 104 mins (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 300 runs in 96.6 overs (586 balls), Extras 12
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 174 balls (SPD Smith 43, BJ Haddin 55, Ex 2)
SPD Smith: 100 off 191 balls, 256 mins (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 350 runs in 105.6 overs (641 balls), Extras 14
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (SPD Smith 20, MG Johnson 28, Ex 2)
Lunch: Australia - 389/7 in 115.0 overs (SPD Smith 128, RJ Harris 10)
Australia: 400 runs in 120.6 overs (731 balls), Extras 14
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 94 balls (SPD Smith 14, RJ Harris 38, Ex 0)
RJ Harris: 50 off 75 balls, 71 mins (7 x 4)
Australia: 450 runs in 131.5 overs (796 balls), Extras 16
Drinks: Australia - 452/7 in 132.0 overs (SPD Smith 147, RJ Harris 52)
SPD Smith: 150 off 273 balls, 392 mins (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
8th Wicket: 100 runs in 141 balls (SPD Smith 30, RJ Harris 68, Ex 2)
Australia: 500 runs in 138.2 overs (835 balls), Extras 16
Tea: Australia - 530/10 in 142.3 overs (JR Hazlewood 0)
India 1st innings
India: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (M Vijay 24, S Dhawan 28, Ex 0)
Drinks: India - 60/1 in 17.0 overs (M Vijay 29, CA Pujara 3)
M Vijay: 50 off 93 balls, 141 mins (4 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 34.5 overs (209 balls), Extras 0
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 126 balls (M Vijay 27, CA Pujara 25, Ex 0)
End Of Day: India - 108/1 in 37.0 overs (M Vijay 55, CA Pujara 25)

Day 3

Drinks: India - 147/3 in 49.5 overs (V Kohli 26)
India: 150 runs in 51.2 overs (308 balls), Extras 0
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (V Kohli 15, AM Rahane 35, Ex 0)
India: 200 runs in 61.4 overs (370 balls), Extras 0
V Kohli: 50 off 86 balls, 109 mins (6 x 4)
Lunch: India - 224/3 in 66.0 overs (V Kohli 60, AM Rahane 43)
AM Rahane: 50 off 60 balls, 82 mins (6 x 4)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 138 balls (V Kohli 43, AM Rahane 57, Ex 0)
India: 250 runs in 73.6 overs (444 balls), Extras 0
New Ball taken at 80.1 overs
Drinks: India - 279/3 in 82.0 overs (V Kohli 84, AM Rahane 74)
4th Wicket: 150 runs in 218 balls (V Kohli 62, AM Rahane 88, Ex 0)
India: 300 runs in 86.5 overs (521 balls), Extras 0
AM Rahane: 100 off 127 balls, 161 mins (13 x 4)
V Kohli: 100 off 166 balls, 232 mins (11 x 4)
Tea: India - 336/3 in 95.0 overs (V Kohli 104, AM Rahane 111)
4th Wicket: 200 runs in 290 balls (V Kohli 86, AM Rahane 114, Ex 0)
India: 350 runs in 98.2 overs (590 balls), Extras 0
4th Wicket: 250 runs in 333 balls (V Kohli 108, AM Rahane 142, Ex 0)
India: 400 runs in 106.2 overs (638 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: India - 409/4 in 107.4 overs (V Kohli 140)
V Kohli: 150 off 242 balls, 341 mins (15 x 4)
India: 450 runs in 121.5 overs (731 balls), Extras 2
End Of Day: India - 462/8 in 126.2 overs (Mohammed Shami 9)

Day 4

Innings Break: India - 465/10 in 128.5 overs (I Sharma 0)
Australia 2nd innings
Drinks: Australia - 45/0 in 8.0 overs (DA Warner 37, CJL Rogers 8)
Drinks: Australia - 48/0 in 11.0 overs (DA Warner 38, CJL Rogers 9)
Australia: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (DA Warner 38, CJL Rogers 10, Ex 2)
Lunch: Australia - 90/1 in 22.0 overs (CJL Rogers 33, SR Watson 15)
Rain: Australia - 90/1 in 22.0 overs (CJL Rogers 33, SR Watson 15)
Australia: 100 runs in 25.4 overs (156 balls), Extras 3
CJL Rogers: 50 off 81 balls, 127 mins (6 x 4)
Drinks: Australia - 127/2 in 32.0 overs (CJL Rogers 53, SPD Smith 12)
Australia: 150 runs in 36.5 overs (225 balls), Extras 10
Tea: Australia - 174/4 in 43.0 overs (SE Marsh 15, JA Burns 8)
Australia: 200 runs in 54.4 overs (333 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: Australia - 208/6 in 58.0 overs (SE Marsh 30, MG Johnson 4)
SE Marsh: 50 off 112 balls, 154 mins (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
Australia: 250 runs in 69.4 overs (423 balls), Extras 13
End Of Day: Australia - 261/7 in 75.0 overs (SE Marsh 62, RJ Harris 8)

Day 5

Rain: Australia - 261/7 in 75.3 overs (SE Marsh 62, RJ Harris 8)
Rain: Australia - 278/7 in 84.0 overs (SE Marsh 72, RJ Harris 12)
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (SE Marsh 32, RJ Harris 14, Ex 4)
Australia: 300 runs in 91.2 overs (553 balls), Extras 17
India 2nd innings
Drinks: India - 38/3 in 16.0 overs (V Kohli 21, AM Rahane 4)
India: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 1
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (V Kohli 29, AM Rahane 21, Ex 3)
V Kohli: 50 off 87 balls, 119 mins (7 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 32.4 overs (196 balls), Extras 5
Tea: India - 104/3 in 34.0 overs (V Kohli 54, AM Rahane 33)
Drinks: India - 142/6 in 55.0 overs (MS Dhoni 0)
India: 150 runs in 57.4 overs (347 balls), Extras 7
Lunch: India - 0/0

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Season	2014/15
Player Of The Match	Ryan Harris
Series result	Australia led the 4-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 2152
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 15.10-15.30pm, Close 17.30pm
Match days	26,27,28,29,30 December 2014 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	KL Rahul Joe Burns
Umpires	Kumar Dharmasena Richard Kettleborough
TV Umpire	John Ward
Reserve Umpire	Geoff Joshua
Match Referee	Roshan Mahanama

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
M Vijay	lbw	11	28
S Dhawan	lbw	0	5
KL Rahul	caught	1	5
V Kohli	caught	54	99
AM Rahane	caught	48	117
CA Pujara	bowled	21	70
MS Dhoni	not out	24	39
R Ashwin	not out	8	34
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)
Total	174(6 wkts; 66 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	15	3	38	2	2.53
RJ Harris	16	8	30	2	1.87
JR Hazlewood	15	3	40	2	2.66
NM Lyon	12	0	36	0	3
SR Watson	6	1	14	0	2.33 (1 nb)
SPD Smith	2	0	10	0	5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Shikhar Dhawan	Murali Vijay
2nd	3	Murali Vijay	KL Rahul
3rd	14	Murali Vijay	Virat Kohli
4th	85	Virat Kohli	Ajinkya Rahane
5th	37	Cheteshwar Pujara	Ajinkya Rahane
6th	1	MS Dhoni	Ajinkya Rahane
7th	32	MS Dhoni	Ravichandran Ashwin

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