“Australia Triumphs in Melbourne: Defeats India by 184 Runs to Take 2-1 Series Lead”

IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 5, Live Score: Australia beat India by 184 runs in the fourth of the five-match Test series in Melbourne on Monday. Chasing 340 runs on the final day India was bundled out for 155 runs. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland have been the pick of the bowlers for Australia with three wickets apiece

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 84 runs. While he was in the middle, it looked like India might escape with a draw. However, he got out for a Pat Cummins bumper, which stirred up a bit of controversy. Rishabh Pant chipped in with 30 runs, and apart from that, none of the other batters reached two digits.

India won the opening Test in Perth and Australia bounced back at Adelaide. The Test in Brisbane was a draw. With the win today, Australia takes a 2-1 lead and the final Test will start on Friday in Sydney.

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Konstas	lbw b Jadeja	60	65	92	6	2	92.30
Usman Khawaja	c Rahul b Bumrah	57	121	201	6	0	47.10
Marnus Labuschagne	c Kohli b Washington Sundar	72	145	190	7	0	49.65
Steven Smith	b Akash Deep	140	197	294	13	3	71.06
Travis Head	b Bumrah	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Marsh	c †Pant b Bumrah	4	13	10	1	0	30.76
Alex Carey †	c †Pant b Akash Deep	31	41	53	0	1	75.60
Pat Cummins (c)	c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Jadeja	49	63	99	7	0	77.77
Mitchell Starc	b Jadeja	15	36	34	0	1	41.66
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Bumrah	13	18	37	1	0	72.22
Scott Boland	not out	6	36	33	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 11, nb 6, w 10)	27
Total	122.4 Ov (RR: 3.86)	474
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Sam Konstas, 19.2 ov), 2-154 (Usman Khawaja, 44.1 ov), 3-237 (Marnus Labuschagne, 65.1 ov), 4-240 (Travis Head, 66.3 ov), 5-246 (Mitchell Marsh, 68.6 ov), 6-299 (Alex Carey, 82.1 ov), 7-411 (Pat Cummins, 104.1 ov), 8-455 (Mitchell Starc, 113.3 ov), 9-455 (Steven Smith, 114.1 ov), 10-474 (Nathan Lyon, 122.4 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jasprit Bumrah	28.4	9	99	4	3.45	0	3
Mohammed Siraj	23	3	122	0	5.30	2	0
Akash Deep	26	8	94	2	3.61	0	2
Ravindra Jadeja	23	4	78	3	3.39	0	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	7	0	21	0	3.00	0	0
Washington Sundar	15	2	49	1	3.26	0	1

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	run out (Cummins/†Carey)	82	118	191	11	1	69.49
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Boland b Cummins	3	5	10	0	0	60.00
KL Rahul	b Cummins	24	42	61	3	0	57.14
Virat Kohli	c †Carey b Boland	36	86	125	4	0	41.86
Akash Deep	c Lyon b Boland	0	13	19	0	0	0.00
Rishabh Pant †	c Lyon b Boland	28	37	69	3	0	75.67
Ravindra Jadeja	lbw b Lyon	17	51	93	3	0	33.33
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Starc b Lyon	114	189	266	11	1	60.31
Washington Sundar	c Smith b Lyon	50	162	189	1	0	30.86
Jasprit Bumrah	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	not out	4	15	30	0	0	26.66
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4, w 5)	11
Total	119.3 Ov (RR: 3.08)	369
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rohit Sharma, 1.6 ov), 2-51 (KL Rahul, 14.6 ov), 3-153 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 40.6 ov), 4-154 (Virat Kohli, 42.1 ov), 5-159 (Akash Deep, 44.3 ov), 6-191 (Rishabh Pant, 55.4 ov), 7-221 (Ravindra Jadeja, 64.5 ov), 8-348 (Washington Sundar, 111.6 ov), 9-350 (Jasprit Bumrah, 113.3 ov), 10-369 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 119.3 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	25	2	86	0	3.44	0	3
Pat Cummins	29	6	89	3	3.06	1	0
Scott Boland	27	7	57	3	2.11	0	0
Nathan Lyon	28.3	4	96	3	3.36	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	7	1	28	0	4.00	0	1
Travis Head	3	0	11	0	3.66	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sam Konstas	b Bumrah	8	18	31	1	0	44.44
Usman Khawaja	b Mohammed Siraj	21	65	94	2	0	32.30
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	70	139	228	3	0	50.35
Steven Smith	c †Pant b Mohammed Siraj	13	41	62	1	0	31.70
Travis Head	c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Bumrah	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Mitchell Marsh	c †Pant b Bumrah	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Alex Carey †	b Bumrah	2	7	8	0	0	28.57
Pat Cummins (c)	c Sharma b Jadeja	41	90	124	4	0	45.55
Mitchell Starc	run out (Nitish Kumar Reddy/†Pant)	5	13	13	0	0	38.46
Nathan Lyon	b Bumrah	41	55	114	5	0	74.54
Scott Boland	not out	15	74	86	2	0	20.27
Extras	(lb 10, nb 6, w 1)	17
Total	83.4 Ov (RR: 2.79)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Sam Konstas, 6.3 ov), 2-43 (Usman Khawaja, 18.5 ov), 3-80 (Steven Smith, 32.3 ov), 4-85 (Travis Head, 33.2 ov), 5-85 (Mitchell Marsh, 33.6 ov), 6-91 (Alex Carey, 35.6 ov), 7-148 (Marnus Labuschagne, 55.1 ov), 8-156 (Mitchell Starc, 58.1 ov), 9-173 (Pat Cummins, 64.1 ov), 10-234 (Nathan Lyon, 83.4 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jasprit Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	2.31	0	4
Akash Deep	17	4	53	0	3.11	0	1
Mohammed Siraj	23	4	70	3	3.04	1	0
Ravindra Jadeja	14	2	33	1	2.35	0	1
Nitish Kumar Reddy	1	0	4	0	4.00	0	0
Washington Sundar	4	0	7	0	1.75	0	0

India 2nd Innings (T: 340 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c †Carey b Cummins	84	208	310	8	0	40.38
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Marsh b Cummins	9	40	74	0	0	22.50
KL Rahul	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	c Khawaja b Starc	5	29	40	0	0	17.24
Rishabh Pant †	c Marsh b Head	30	104	131	2	0	28.84
Ravindra Jadeja	c †Carey b Boland	2	14	12	0	0	14.28
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Smith b Lyon	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Washington Sundar	not out	5	45	73	0	0	11.11
Akash Deep	c Head b Boland	7	17	23	1	0	41.17
Jasprit Bumrah	c Smith b Boland	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	lbw b Lyon	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 2)	12
Total	79.1 Ov (RR: 1.95)	155
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Rohit Sharma, 16.1 ov), 2-25 (KL Rahul, 16.6 ov), 3-33 (Virat Kohli, 26.1 ov), 4-121 (Rishabh Pant, 58.4 ov), 5-127 (Ravindra Jadeja, 62.2 ov), 6-130 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 63.2 ov), 7-140 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 70.5 ov), 8-150 (Akash Deep, 76.1 ov), 9-154 (Jasprit Bumrah, 78.3 ov), 10-155 (Mohammed Siraj, 79.1 ov) • DRS

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	16	8	25	1	1.56	0	0
Pat Cummins	18	5	28	3	1.55	0	1
Scott Boland	16	7	39	3	2.43	0	1
Mitchell Marsh	3	2	2	0	0.66	0	0
Nathan Lyon	20.1	6	37	2	1.83	0	0
Travis Head	5	0	14	1	2.80	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 26 Dec – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 311/6 (Steven Smith 68*, Pat Cummins 8*, 86 ov)

Fri, 27 Dec – day 2 – India 1st innings 164/5 (Rishabh Pant 6*, Ravindra Jadeja 4*, 46 ov)

Sat, 28 Dec – day 3 – India 1st innings 358/9 (Nitish Kumar Reddy 105*, Mohammed Siraj 2*, 116 ov)

Sun, 29 Dec – day 4 – Australia 2nd innings 228/9 (Nathan Lyon 41*, Scott Boland 10*, 82 ov)

Mon, 30 Dec – day 5 – India 2nd innings 155 (79.1 ov) – end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 5

Innings Break: Australia – 234/10 in 83.4 overs (SM Boland 15)
India 2nd innings
Drinks: India – 22/0 in 15.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 10, RG Sharma 8)
Lunch: India – 33/3 in 26.1 overs (YBK Jaiswal 14)
India: 50 runs in 29.4 overs (178 balls), Extras 5
Over 30.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – JS Wilson, Batter – YBK Jaiswal (Struck down – Umpires Call)
YBK Jaiswal: 50 off 127 balls (7 x 4)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (YBK Jaiswal 36, RR Pant 14, Ex 1)
Drinks: India – 86/3 in 40.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 52, RR Pant 14)
India: 100 runs in 48.1 overs (291 balls), Extras 7
Tea: India – 112/3 in 54.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 63, RR Pant 28)
Drinks: India – 138/6 in 67.0 overs (YBK Jaiswal 82, Washington Sundar 2)
Over 70.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – JS Wilson, Batter – YBK Jaiswal (Upheld)
India: 150 runs in 75.1 overs (453 balls), Extras 7
Over 76.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – JS Wilson, Batter – Akash Deep (Upheld)
Drinks: India – 154/8 in 77.0 overs (Washington Sundar 5, JJ Bumrah 0)
Attendance: 74,362
Over 79.1: Review by India (Batting), Decision Challenged – Wicket, Umpire – MA Gough, Batter – Mohammed Siraj (Struck down)

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia ICC World Test Championship
Season	2024/25
Player Of The Match	Pat Cummins
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 2571
Hours of play (local time)	10.09 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 18.00
Match days	26,27,28,29,30 December 2024 – day (5-day match)
Test debut	Sam Konstas
Umpires	Joel WilsonDRS Michael GoughDRS
TV Umpire	Sharfuddoula
Reserve Umpire	Shawn Craig
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft
Points	Australia 12, India 0