The Boxing Day Test saw debutant Sam Konstas confront Virat Kohli on the first day, leading to Kohli's fine by the ICC after an accidental shoulder-bump. Despite Kohli's patient innings, he fell for 36 runs,

Fans expected a big knock from Virat Kohli, but he was dismissed for just 36 runs, continuing his lean patch in IND vs AUS Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Australia continued their solid batting on Day 2 of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground AS They ended their innings posting a huge total of 474 runs. Meanwhle, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul early as they were back in the hut with India reeling at 51/2.

Australia's Steve Smith credited a last-session breakthrough, including the dramatic run-out of Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal at the end of the second day's play as the turning point in the Boxing Day Test.

For some reason, with 20 minutes still left after Jaiswal’s exit, India had sent Akash Deep, who surprisingly didn’t last long after Boland’s well-directed short one at the body was stabbed to leg gully to cap a below-par day for him.