The Day 3 of the 4th Test between India and Australia was called off due to bad light. Day 4 is set to start early at Melbourne.

After a nervous wait in the 90s, India's Nitish Kumar Reddy got to the three-figure mark with a boundary, sparking pandemonium in the stands. Follow live.

Reddy’s stellar knock, supported by Washington Sundar’s composed half-century, has given Indian fans a glimmer of hope.

Welcome to the live coverage of 4th Test (Day 3) of India tour of Australia, 2024/25. Match will start at 05:00 AM

Team India face the daunting task of going past Australia's first innings total of 474. Captain Rohit Sharma's poor run with the willow is not coming to an end. He came out to open in the boxing day Test at the MCG and got out to his counterpart Pat Cummins after scoring three runs.

The tourists’ tail leads fightback as they chase Australia’s first-innings total. Join our writers for updates. Stumps! India 358-9 (Reddy 105, Siraj 2) trail by 116 runs 07:01 They’ve called things off for the day in Melbourne,

Nitish Kumar Reddy has met Australia's fire with fire ever since he came on after Rishabh Pant's dismissal. India are down to their last recognised pair with Ravindra Jadeja's vigil also ending in the first session.

India and Australia are currently facing each other in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. At the end of Day 2, the hosts are on top having reduced India to 164/5 after posting 474 runs on the board.

It was all going Australia's way until Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal's 102-run partnership. Then came a tragicomic mix-up and Jaiswal was denied a well-deserved century. Kohli finally went for the poke outside off he avoided so well throughout the innings and fell soon thereafter and so,