Australia vs India 4th Test Match Day 2: Today, i.e. Friday 27 December, was the second day of the India vs Australia Boxing Day Test match. Like the first day, Australia's dominance was seen in Melbourne on the second day as well. After the first day's play, Australia's score was 311/6. Playing further, Steve Smith scored a century and Australia scored 474 runs after losing all the wickets.

After this the Indian innings started, but the start was not good. Rohit's poor form continued. He flopped as an opener too. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring three runs in five balls. Then KL Rahul, who came at number three, scored 24 runs in 42 balls with the help of three fours. India lost two wickets at 51 runs.

After this, there was a century partnership between Jaiswal and Virat Kohli. Both added 102 runs for the third wicket. Jaiswal was run out at 82 runs. As soon as he was out, the match turned. He played an innings of 82 runs in 118 balls with the help of 11 fours and a six. Then Virat also returned to the pavilion at 36 runs. Virat hit 4 fours in his innings. The fifth wicket fell in the form of nightwatchman Akashdeep.

Earlier Australia scored a huge score of 474 runs in their first innings. For the first time in the last 10 years, the Kangaroos scored more than 450 runs against India. Steve Smith played an innings of 140 runs for Australia. Pat Cummins scored an important 49 runs. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets.

Brief Scores After Day 2

Australia 474 in 122.4 overs (Steve Smith 140, Marnus Labuschagne 72; Jasprit Bumrah 4-99, Ravindra Jadeja 3-78), India 153/2 in 405 overs (KL Rahul 24, Yashasvi Jaiswal 82 not out; Pat Cummins 2-57).

AUS vs IND 4th Test Match Playing-11s

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.

On the first day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a record 87242 spectators gathered at the ground. This is a new record for attendance on a single day in Test cricket between the two teams. Tickets for the first day of the fourth Test were sold out two weeks before the match. Spectators also got to see exciting cricket on the first day.