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IND vs AUS, 4th Test Fantasy Prediction: The much-awaited fourth Test match, which is also known as the Boxing Day Test match between India and Australia is all set to be held at the MCG. The upcoming clash would begin at 5:00 a.m. IST on December 26, Thursday.

It looks like the festive spirit has engulfed the MCG on the eve of the much-awaited clash as about 90,000 cricket fans will be watching the fourth Test match at the iconic venue and the ongoing series is also currently leveled at 1-1. This venue would be hosting about one lakh fans as both the teams will aim to take a lead in this series.

Everything is at stake for both these teams, who would be entering the fourth Test match on the back of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series being leveled at 1-1. If the Rohit Sharma-led side does win this match, then there are high chances that they will win this series and defend their title, whereas if Australia wins this match, then they would be on the verge of winning this series against India for the first time in 10 years.

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Talking about the team combinations, Australia captain Pat Cummins revealed their strategy by making two changes in their playing XI. Youngster Sam Konstas would be making his debut and thus replacing Nathan McSweeney whereas Scott Boland would come in place of Josh Hazlewood. There were speculations about Travis Head's availability after he had suffered a quad injury during the third Test match at the Gabba but his inclusion in the playing XI has provided a huge boost to the Pat Cummins-led side.

At the same time, there are high chances that India captain Rohit Sharma will once again bat as an opener for the upcoming match and all the attention will be on Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. Virat has scored 316 runs during the last three Test matches at the MCG, which is considered as one of the best performances whereas Jasprit Bumrah has registered his career-best bowling figures at this venue.

Toss- The match toss between India and Australia for the fourth Test match will be held at 4:30 a.m. IST.

Time- December26, 5:00 a.m. IST

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Where to watch IND vs AUS, 4th Test match live streaming: The match would be telecasted live on Star Sports network and it would be live streamed on Disney+ Hotstar.

Pitch report: The pitch at MCG has been seamers-friendly lately. Due to this, there hasn't been a single drawn match during the last six Boxing Day Test matches. The Pacers will get a little bit of seam movement.

IND vs AUS, 4th Test match Fantasy Prediction:

Wicket-keepers: Alex Carey, Rishabh Pant

Batters: Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-rounder: Nitish Kumar Reddy

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Captain: Travis Head

Vice-captain: Mitchell Starc

IND vs AUS, 4th Test match playing XIs:

Australia: Alex Carey (wk), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Sam Konstas

India: KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

IND vs AUS, 4th Test match squads:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Tanush Kotian, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana

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, Beau Webster, Sean Abbott, Josh Inglis, Jhye Richardson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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