AUS vs IND: Boxing Day Test time suddenly changed, match referee took this decision

Under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the fourth match of the five-match Test series has now reached a very exciting stage. India has scored 358 runs for the loss of 9 wickets with the first century of Indian cricketer Nitish Kumar Reddy's career and Washington Sundar's half-century (50 runs). At the time of stumps on the third day, Nitish Kumar Reddy is unbeaten on 105 runs and Mohammad Siraj is unbeaten on 2 runs at the crease. Based on the 474 runs scored by Australia in the first innings, the Indian team is still 116 runs behind the host team.

This match being played between India and Australia in Melbourne has been affected due to rain and low light. Something similar was seen during the match on the third day as well. The game of the final session started late due to rain. At the same time, after Nitish Kumar Reddy scored a century, the match had to be stopped prematurely due to low light, and later stumps were declared. Due to this, now the time of the match has been changed by the match referee.

The fourth day of the fourth Test match between India and Australia will start at a new time. Till now this match used to start at 5 am Indian time, but the time lost due to rain and low light will be compensated. Because of this, now you will have to get up a little early to enjoy the match. That is, now the match between the two teams on the fourth day will start half an hour earlier. Now you have to get up at 4:30 am Indian time to watch the match.

There has been a difference of 116 runs between Australia, with the first innings lead that India is lagging on and one wicket remaining for India. In these circumstances, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Mohammad Siraj also have big responsibilities at the front to reduce the lead gap. At this very time, the Australian team would like to wrap up the Indian first innings as soon as early and score big time. Australia would be looking to give a fair target to put some pressure on India as the visiting team would want to win this match at all costs in view of the WTC final. Australia too, on the other side, will look to get into a better position on the WTC 2024-25 table by winning this Melbourne Test.

Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan praised the partnership of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, saying never in the history of the game, did the number 8 and number 9 batsmen of the Indian team play 300 balls. It is due to this fantastic partnership that India is still in the match. If these two players had not played 300 balls, Australia would have dominated the match. He said, one played with aggression and restraint while the other showed patience. The pairing of these two was commendable, he said, adding the running between the wickets of both was amazing.