Recent match report: Australia vs India Test 2nd 2020

Join us for updates, analysis and color during the opening day of the second trial

Welcome to our live report of the third day of the Australia verses India test series from Adelaide. Join us for updates, analysis and color. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here

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9.30 am: Boxing Day at the G

Welcome everyone to one of the iconic days of the cricket calendar: Boxing Day at MCG. For a long time it seemed that this was not going to happen, so it’s great that the series has arrived and that we have 30,000 viewers. Just to recap where we are in this contest: India has to find a way to bounce back from being included in its lowest test score (36) in Adelaide a week ago. We already know that they have made four changes in an attempt to do that, two of them applied with the absence of Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami, but it will be a difficult task. Australia is still without David Warner and has named a team without changes. It is not often that both XIs are confirmed 24 hours after the game. Launch is half an hour away.

India will have two newcomers: Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj. If you want to know a little more about Gill, a highly talented hitter, check out this piece below.