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Australia the happier team coming off the ground after that hour of madness from India.

Jaiswal and Kohli looked so good together in that partnership until the youngster was sold down the river by his elder statesman.

That wicket, which came as Jaiswal looked poised to notch another Test century, sparked a collapse of 3-6 which has Australia well on top.

After burning Jaiswal, Virat simply had to go on, and then got out himself an over later to make matters worse.

India has Rishabh Pant, who is woefully short of runs this series, and Jadeja, who batted well for 77 in Brisbane, at the crease to start day three.

They’ve also got Nitish Kumar Reddy, who has weirdly been maybe India’s third best bat, and Washington Sundar to come.

That quartet will have to do the bulk of the work to ensure India can pass the follow-on mark of 275 tomorrow.

Australia heads into stumps with a 310-run lead then, and realistically they’re the only team who can probably win this Test.

Join us tomorrow for live coverage of day three.

A thought that crossed my head with Starc at the top of his mark to start the over:

You know who’d be really great to have out there right now if you’re India? Shubman God Damn Gill.

That move to drop him for Washington Sundar made no sense at the toss, and still doesn’t.

Anyway, let’s see if Rishabh and Jadeja can steady things here.

It’s hilarious and also typically Rishabh that in all this chaos, he’s calmly six off seven deliveries.

A single brings Jadeja into the firing line.

Starc goes full and Jadeja’s able to dig it out into the on side in the nick of time.

Starc follows up with a short one and Jaddu drops his hands and sways away from the ball as it flies through to Carey.

FOUR! Oh that’s a great shot. Starc fires one in at Jadeja’s pads and Jaddu gets absolutely all of it with a lovely flick. And that’s stumps!

There are some running repairs for Akash in between overs, which of course gives Sam Konstas a chance to take selfies with fans.

He is truly a man of the people, you’ve gotta love it.

Boland steams in to Pant, who knocks one into the leg side for a quick single.

“Good luck with all of that,” Rishabh to Akash Deep (I’m guessing).

And that’s what happens when you don’t protect him, because Akash perished literally the next ball.

Jadeja’s first ball is almost another run out too. India has lost their heads here.

Boland goes around the wicket to Jadeja to finish the over and induces an edge but it goes one bounce to Marnus in the slips.

Great over!

Another wicket for Boland!

India didn’t show any interest in protecting the nightwatchman and he’s now gone for a 13-ball duck.

Boland bowled one at Akash’s pads and he hops and edges it in the air on the leg side and it’s brilliantly taken by Nathan Lyon.

Boland has two wickets in this spell. India in strife now.

Ravindra Jadeja is the next man in.

Starc coming into Pant now. Fireworks incoming.

There are eight overs remaining tonight. We know Pant isn’t about the chill life, but he needs to knuckle down here.

Starc strays onto Pant’s legs and he’s whipped away delightfully for a couple, Boland runs across on the boundary and picks it up to mass cheers.

Starc goes around the wicket to Akash again.

BEATEN! Length delivery that Akash plays all around. If Starc can get it on the stumps, Akash is a goner I reckon.

An LBW appeal to finish the over, but it’s given not out, probably too high. Starc looks around 10km/h too quick for Akash at the moment.

He survives somehow. Maybe not for much longer.

Boland’s first ball to Pant is knocked onto the leg side for a single.

What do we reckon is happening in the Indian dressing room now between Virat and Jaiswal?

A no holds barred cage match perhaps? A TLC match? I’m sorry if you didn’t grow up watching wrestling and these terms mean nothing to you.

Anyway, Boland continues to Akash and he’s probing on that nagging line.

BEATEN! Boland jags one away from Akash ever so slightly and induces a play and miss. It is all happening now.

BEATEN AGAIN! A carbon copy. This is incredible. Literally NOTHING was happening before the Jaiswal wicket. Now every ball looks like a grenade.

BOLAND HAS DONE IT!

That is exactly what Virat couldn’t afford to do after running out Jaiswal.

It’s the same mode of dismissal that’s caused him to come unstuck for the last five years, fishing outside off stump.

He’s left those balls alone all day, but Boland gets him to nibble at one and that’s all she wrote.

Virat goes for 36 and Rishabh Pant replaces him.

This Test has flipped on its head in the space of two overs.

A good move from Pat Cummins, getting Starc into the attack here.

Kohli knocks one into the off side for a single. Looks like he’s not going to protect Akash at all.

Starc starts with a yorker length ball to Akash, who’s able to leave it comfortable as it flies wide of the off stump.

There is no secret where Starc is looking to bowl here. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t come around the wicket to Akash.

Akash tries to drive the next ball and gets an awkward under edge that bounces through to the fielders behind the stumps.

A short one from Starc, well defended that time from Akash. The Aussie crowd is up and about again.

Here we go, Starc around the wicket to Akash to end the over. This is going straight at his toes.

Surprisingly not! What do I know? Akash defends it into the leg side, albeit awkwardly.

Boland continuing to test Kohli on that nagging off-stump line, Kohli defending well so far.

He’s walking down the wicket a little, as Jaiswal has done to negate some seam movement.

Boland comes around the wicket to Jaiswal after Kohli gets off strike courtesy of a leg bye.

FOUR! Boland goes short, and Jaiswal rocks back and cuts it super fine past the sweeper at deep backward point. Lovely touch. He’s into the 80s now.

Kohli barbecues Jaiswal to end the over and now has even more responsibility than he had before. He’s got to go big here.

OH NO NO NO NO NO!

Jaiswal punches one down the ground to mid on and immediately charges down the pitch, Kohli, ball-watching refuses to leave his crease.

The Aussies whip off the bails at the striker’s end and Jaiswal has to go for 82.

Kohli’s absolutely burnt him there, that is 100 per cent Jaiswal’s call and it’s probably a quick single.

Wow, what a turning point in this Test. Something out of literally nothing.

India sends in Akash Deep as the nightwatchman.

SIX! Jaiswal has had enough of poking and prodding. Marsh goes full and is tonked over mid-on into the stands. That’s woken up the crowd!

HUGE APPEAL! Marsh wraps Jaiswal on the pads after he misses a flick. The Aussies plead and then send it upstairs.

DRS shows that the ball has pitched outside leg. The MCG sounds like Wankhede after Dhoni hit the winning runs in the 2011 World Cup final. Jaiswal survives.

Marsh has got a head of steam up now, his pace has picked up into the 130s. He senses a real shot at Jaiswal here, but Jaiswal is a real street fighter.

Great comeback from Marsh after that six to open the over. It’s a fascinating battle between he and Jaiswal. Partnership up to 98 now.

Scott Boland is back into the attack. If anyone can whip this crowd up into a frenzy, it’s him.

He starts at Jaiswal, who walks down the pitch before defending the first ball.

Boland looking to angle it across Jaiswal, hoping to kiss the edge on the way through.

Jaiswal bunts one into the off side for a single to get off strike.

Boland angles one into Kohli’s pads and it’s awkwardly defended with an inside edge. A half-appeal from the Aussies as the Indians run a quick single.

Three singles off the over. It’s a real waiting game for these two. Kohli with another patient leave outside off stump. Virat operating at 89 per cent control today, per ESPNCricinfo stats.

BEATEN! Marsh goes short and Jaiswal goes for a full-blooded cut and misses it.

FOUR! EDGED! Not entirely convincing this, Jaiswal edges one in between first slip and third slip, but gets four. He’s not fully comfortable against Marsh’s slower pace.

Kohli calmly sees out the Marsh over and has a little chat with Jaiswal.

Cummins starts another over to Kohli and has a catcher placed at backward square leg.

He’s tempting Virat to see if he wants to take that man on because there’s a boundary if he gets over the top of him.

Some more mixed signals as Kohli knocks one into the leg side. Jaiswal charges down the pitch and is sent back.

FOUR! Cummins goes for the short ball, but Virat is fully in control of this, rocks back and punches a pull past the square leg umpire for four.

Cummins tries again with the very next ball, but Kohli hits it along the ground straight to a fielder who is at square leg halfway to the boundary.

The Bison arrives at the crease, replacing Nathan Lyon.

India has gotten to Australia’s fifth bowler, can Jaiswal and Kohli make hay now? Jaiswal is 63 and Virat is 28.

Alex Carey keeping up to the stumps, which is a good move because Marsh’s first delivery is a very gentle 121 km/h.

Interestingly, Carey goes back when Kohli is on strike.

UPPISH! Jaiswal goes for a booming off drive and the ball squirts past the vacant backward point region for a single.

Marsh induces another false stroke as Kohli gets a leading edge past a diving Khawaja at gully for another single.

A tidy start from Marsh with four singles and plenty of encouragement.

The partnership between Kohli and Jaiswal is up to 80.

RUN OUT CHANCE! Kohli flicks one off his pads and thinks it’s through, but a diving Lyon stops it and the two batters are in the middle of the pitch. Lyon’s shy at the stumps misses, much to the delight of the Bharat Army.

I reckon Virat was gone there if that hit. That is the last thing India wants.

Cummins testing Jaiswal out with some short stuff here.

He’s got a deep square leg, who is 3/4 of the way to the fence, another fielder at backward square leg who is on the boundary, and another catcher who is halfway to the fence at a super wide mid on. Very interesting field placements.

Kohli defends another one into the off side and feigns a run before wisely deciding against it.

It’s Lyon’s turn to test out Kohli’s defence now.

After defending, Virat punches an on drive down the ground for a single. His first 24 runs have come in 61 deliveries. Patience personified.

Lyon’s decided to continue over the wicket to Jaiswal too.

Lyon goes a little shorter and Jaiswal punches it down the ground for a single.

Another short one, this time to Kohli, and Virat leans back and pounces, cutting it for three. That’ll feel good after all the defence he’s played.

There’s a hush around the ground now. It’s similar to the one that was there right before Cummins took out Rahul.

Cummins is administering a tense examination on Virat Kohli’s defence and patience outside off stump.

Oh boy, what is this! Cummins pulls a Siraj, goes for a bouncer that flies well over Alex Carey’s head and it’s five wides.

You know what? I like that this has happened three times today and all three times it’s been given wides rather than byes, which is often an absolute stitch-up for keepers. #ProtectOurKeepers

This battle between Cummins and Kohli has a real heavyweight bout feel to it.

Cummins tests Kohli with a short one, Kohli awkwardly pulls it and they run one and Jaiswal almost slips as they entertain two. The crowd shrieks like a murderer is sneaking up on an unknowing victim.

Meanwhile, Konstas is now in front of the Bharat Army, hyping them up too. A Greek x Indian union of ethnic excellence, what a time.

The battle between Lyon and Jaiswal continues.

Jaiswal has batted like he wants to send Australia’s off-spinning GOAT into retirement.

But Lyon is a wily old fox, it isn’t by chance that he’s lasted this long in the game.

Usman Khawaja continues to remain at mid-on, inviting a lofted drive if Jaiswal wants it.

Jaiswal defends patiently and then flicks one down to Boland at fine leg for a single.

Lyon comes over the wicket to Jaiswal for the final ball of the over, Jaiswal calmly defends.

Australia the happier team coming off the ground after that hour of madness from India.

Jaiswal and Kohli looked so good together in that partnership until the youngster was sold down the river by his elder statesman.

That wicket, which came as Jaiswal looked poised to notch another Test century, sparked a collapse of 3-6 which has Australia well on top.

After burning Jaiswal, Virat simply had to go on, and then got out himself an over later to make matters worse.

India has Rishabh Pant, who is woefully short of runs this series, and Jadeja, who batted well for 77 in Brisbane, at the crease to start day three.

They’ve also got Nitish Kumar Reddy, who has weirdly been maybe India’s third best bat, and Washington Sundar to come.

That quartet will have to do the bulk of the work to ensure India can pass the follow-on mark of 275 tomorrow.

Australia heads into stumps with a 310-run lead then, and realistically they’re the only team who can probably win this Test.

Join us tomorrow for live coverage of day three.

A thought that crossed my head with Starc at the top of his mark to start the over:

You know who’d be really great to have out there right now if you’re India? Shubman God Damn Gill.

That move to drop him for Washington Sundar made no sense at the toss, and still doesn’t.

Anyway, let’s see if Rishabh and Jadeja can steady things here.

It’s hilarious and also typically Rishabh that in all this chaos, he’s calmly six off seven deliveries.

A single brings Jadeja into the firing line.

Starc goes full and Jadeja’s able to dig it out into the on side in the nick of time.

Starc follows up with a short one and Jaddu drops his hands and sways away from the ball as it flies through to Carey.

FOUR! Oh that’s a great shot. Starc fires one in at Jadeja’s pads and Jaddu gets absolutely all of it with a lovely flick. And that’s stumps!

There are some running repairs for Akash in between overs, which of course gives Sam Konstas a chance to take selfies with fans.

He is truly a man of the people, you’ve gotta love it.

Boland steams in to Pant, who knocks one into the leg side for a quick single.

“Good luck with all of that,” Rishabh to Akash Deep (I’m guessing).

And that’s what happens when you don’t protect him, because Akash perished literally the next ball.

Jadeja’s first ball is almost another run out too. India has lost their heads here.

Boland goes around the wicket to Jadeja to finish the over and induces an edge but it goes one bounce to Marnus in the slips.

Great over!

Another wicket for Boland!

India didn’t show any interest in protecting the nightwatchman and he’s now gone for a 13-ball duck.

Boland bowled one at Akash’s pads and he hops and edges it in the air on the leg side and it’s brilliantly taken by Nathan Lyon.

Boland has two wickets in this spell. India in strife now.

Ravindra Jadeja is the next man in.

Starc coming into Pant now. Fireworks incoming.

There are eight overs remaining tonight. We know Pant isn’t about the chill life, but he needs to knuckle down here.

Starc strays onto Pant’s legs and he’s whipped away delightfully for a couple, Boland runs across on the boundary and picks it up to mass cheers.

Starc goes around the wicket to Akash again.

BEATEN! Length delivery that Akash plays all around. If Starc can get it on the stumps, Akash is a goner I reckon.

An LBW appeal to finish the over, but it’s given not out, probably too high. Starc looks around 10km/h too quick for Akash at the moment.

He survives somehow. Maybe not for much longer.

Boland’s first ball to Pant is knocked onto the leg side for a single.

What do we reckon is happening in the Indian dressing room now between Virat and Jaiswal?

A no holds barred cage match perhaps? A TLC match? I’m sorry if you didn’t grow up watching wrestling and these terms mean nothing to you.

Anyway, Boland continues to Akash and he’s probing on that nagging line.

BEATEN! Boland jags one away from Akash ever so slightly and induces a play and miss. It is all happening now.

BEATEN AGAIN! A carbon copy. This is incredible. Literally NOTHING was happening before the Jaiswal wicket. Now every ball looks like a grenade.

BOLAND HAS DONE IT!

That is exactly what Virat couldn’t afford to do after running out Jaiswal.

It’s the same mode of dismissal that’s caused him to come unstuck for the last five years, fishing outside off stump.

He’s left those balls alone all day, but Boland gets him to nibble at one and that’s all she wrote.

Virat goes for 36 and Rishabh Pant replaces him.

This Test has flipped on its head in the space of two overs.

A good move from Pat Cummins, getting Starc into the attack here.

Kohli knocks one into the off side for a single. Looks like he’s not going to protect Akash at all.

Starc starts with a yorker length ball to Akash, who’s able to leave it comfortable as it flies wide of the off stump.

There is no secret where Starc is looking to bowl here. I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t come around the wicket to Akash.

Akash tries to drive the next ball and gets an awkward under edge that bounces through to the fielders behind the stumps.

A short one from Starc, well defended that time from Akash. The Aussie crowd is up and about again.

Here we go, Starc around the wicket to Akash to end the over. This is going straight at his toes.

Surprisingly not! What do I know? Akash defends it into the leg side, albeit awkwardly.

Boland continuing to test Kohli on that nagging off-stump line, Kohli defending well so far.

He’s walking down the wicket a little, as Jaiswal has done to negate some seam movement.

Boland comes around the wicket to Jaiswal after Kohli gets off strike courtesy of a leg bye.

FOUR! Boland goes short, and Jaiswal rocks back and cuts it super fine past the sweeper at deep backward point. Lovely touch. He’s into the 80s now.

Kohli barbecues Jaiswal to end the over and now has even more responsibility than he had before. He’s got to go big here.

OH NO NO NO NO NO!

Jaiswal punches one down the ground to mid on and immediately charges down the pitch, Kohli, ball-watching refuses to leave his crease.

The Aussies whip off the bails at the striker’s end and Jaiswal has to go for 82.

Kohli’s absolutely burnt him there, that is 100 per cent Jaiswal’s call and it’s probably a quick single.

Wow, what a turning point in this Test. Something out of literally nothing.

India sends in Akash Deep as the nightwatchman.

SIX! Jaiswal has had enough of poking and prodding. Marsh goes full and is tonked over mid-on into the stands. That’s woken up the crowd!

HUGE APPEAL! Marsh wraps Jaiswal on the pads after he misses a flick. The Aussies plead and then send it upstairs.

DRS shows that the ball has pitched outside leg. The MCG sounds like Wankhede after Dhoni hit the winning runs in the 2011 World Cup final. Jaiswal survives.

Marsh has got a head of steam up now, his pace has picked up into the 130s. He senses a real shot at Jaiswal here, but Jaiswal is a real street fighter.

Great comeback from Marsh after that six to open the over. It’s a fascinating battle between he and Jaiswal. Partnership up to 98 now.

Scott Boland is back into the attack. If anyone can whip this crowd up into a frenzy, it’s him.

He starts at Jaiswal, who walks down the pitch before defending the first ball.

Boland looking to angle it across Jaiswal, hoping to kiss the edge on the way through.

Jaiswal bunts one into the off side for a single to get off strike.

Boland angles one into Kohli’s pads and it’s awkwardly defended with an inside edge. A half-appeal from the Aussies as the Indians run a quick single.

Three singles off the over. It’s a real waiting game for these two. Kohli with another patient leave outside off stump. Virat operating at 89 per cent control today, per ESPNCricinfo stats.

BEATEN! Marsh goes short and Jaiswal goes for a full-blooded cut and misses it.

FOUR! EDGED! Not entirely convincing this, Jaiswal edges one in between first slip and third slip, but gets four. He’s not fully comfortable against Marsh’s slower pace.

Kohli calmly sees out the Marsh over and has a little chat with Jaiswal.

Cummins starts another over to Kohli and has a catcher placed at backward square leg.

He’s tempting Virat to see if he wants to take that man on because there’s a boundary if he gets over the top of him.

Some more mixed signals as Kohli knocks one into the leg side. Jaiswal charges down the pitch and is sent back.

FOUR! Cummins goes for the short ball, but Virat is fully in control of this, rocks back and punches a pull past the square leg umpire for four.

Cummins tries again with the very next ball, but Kohli hits it along the ground straight to a fielder who is at square leg halfway to the boundary.

The Bison arrives at the crease, replacing Nathan Lyon.

India has gotten to Australia’s fifth bowler, can Jaiswal and Kohli make hay now? Jaiswal is 63 and Virat is 28.

Alex Carey keeping up to the stumps, which is a good move because Marsh’s first delivery is a very gentle 121 km/h.

Interestingly, Carey goes back when Kohli is on strike.

UPPISH! Jaiswal goes for a booming off drive and the ball squirts past the vacant backward point region for a single.

Marsh induces another false stroke as Kohli gets a leading edge past a diving Khawaja at gully for another single.

A tidy start from Marsh with four singles and plenty of encouragement.

The partnership between Kohli and Jaiswal is up to 80.

RUN OUT CHANCE! Kohli flicks one off his pads and thinks it’s through, but a diving Lyon stops it and the two batters are in the middle of the pitch. Lyon’s shy at the stumps misses, much to the delight of the Bharat Army.

I reckon Virat was gone there if that hit. That is the last thing India wants.

Cummins testing Jaiswal out with some short stuff here.

He’s got a deep square leg, who is 3/4 of the way to the fence, another fielder at backward square leg who is on the boundary, and another catcher who is halfway to the fence at a super wide mid on. Very interesting field placements.

Kohli defends another one into the off side and feigns a run before wisely deciding against it.

It’s Lyon’s turn to test out Kohli’s defence now.

After defending, Virat punches an on drive down the ground for a single. His first 24 runs have come in 61 deliveries. Patience personified.

Lyon’s decided to continue over the wicket to Jaiswal too.

Lyon goes a little shorter and Jaiswal punches it down the ground for a single.

Another short one, this time to Kohli, and Virat leans back and pounces, cutting it for three. That’ll feel good after all the defence he’s played.

There’s a hush around the ground now. It’s similar to the one that was there right before Cummins took out Rahul.

Cummins is administering a tense examination on Virat Kohli’s defence and patience outside off stump.

Oh boy, what is this! Cummins pulls a Siraj, goes for a bouncer that flies well over Alex Carey’s head and it’s five wides.

You know what? I like that this has happened three times today and all three times it’s been given wides rather than byes, which is often an absolute stitch-up for keepers. #ProtectOurKeepers

This battle between Cummins and Kohli has a real heavyweight bout feel to it.

Cummins tests Kohli with a short one, Kohli awkwardly pulls it and they run one and Jaiswal almost slips as they entertain two. The crowd shrieks like a murderer is sneaking up on an unknowing victim.

Meanwhile, Konstas is now in front of the Bharat Army, hyping them up too. A Greek x Indian union of ethnic excellence, what a time.

The battle between Lyon and Jaiswal continues.

Jaiswal has batted like he wants to send Australia’s off-spinning GOAT into retirement.

But Lyon is a wily old fox, it isn’t by chance that he’s lasted this long in the game.

Usman Khawaja continues to remain at mid-on, inviting a lofted drive if Jaiswal wants it.

Jaiswal defends patiently and then flicks one down to Boland at fine leg for a single.

Lyon comes over the wicket to Jaiswal for the final ball of the over, Jaiswal calmly defends.