After completing the first three games of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, both teams are still neck to neck in the series. India won the first match, Australia won the 2nd match, and the Third game was drawn as it was affected by the rain.

Australia 445 & 89/7

India 260 & 8/0

Test 3 of 5 (Tied 1-1)

Match Drawn

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AUS 1st InnIND 1st InnAUS 2nd InnIND 2nd Inn

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja c Bharat (wk) b Jasprit Bumrah	21	54	3	0	38.89
Nathan McSweeney c Virat Kohli b Jasprit Bumrah	9	49	1	0	18.37
Marnus Labuschagne c Virat Kohli b Nitish Kumar Reddy	12	55	0	0	21.82
Steve Smith c Rohit Sharma b Jasprit Bumrah	101	190	12	0	53.16
Travis Head c Rohit Sharma b Jasprit Bumrah	152	160	18	0	95.0
Mitchell Marsh c Virat Kohli b Jasprit Bumrah	5	16	0	0	31.25
Alex Carey (wk) c Shubman Gill b Akash Deep	70	88	7	2	79.55
Pat Cummins (c) c Rohit Sharma b Mohammed Siraj	20	33	1	0	60.61
Mitchell Starc c Mohammed Siraj b Jasprit Bumrah	18	30	1	1	60.0
Nathan Lyon not out	2	30	0	0	6.67
Josh Hazlewood b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras: 35 (NB 5, W 13, LB 17)

Total: 445 (10 wkts, 117.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 31/1 (U. Khawaja, 16.1 ov), 38/2 (N. McSweeney, 18.3 ov), 75/3 (M. Labuschagne, 33.2 ov), 318/4 (S. Smith, 82.0 ov), 324/5 (M. Marsh, 86.2 ov), 327/6 (T. Head, 86.5 ov), 387/7 (P. Cummins, 97.3 ov), 423/8 (M. Starc, 105.5 ov), 445/9 (A. Carey, 117.1 ov), 445/10 (J. Hazlewood, 116.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jasprit Bumrah	28.0	9	76	6	2.71
Mohammed Siraj	23.2	5	97	2	4.16
Akash Deep	29.5	5	95	1	3.18
Nitish Kumar Reddy	13.0	1	65	1	5.0
Ravindra Jadeja	23.0	2	95	0	4.13

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Mitchell Marsh b Mitchell Starc	4	2	1	0	200.0
KL Rahul c Steve Smith b Nathan Lyon	84	139	8	0	60.43
Shubman Gill c Mitchell Marsh b Mitchell Starc	1	3	0	0	33.33
Virat Kohli c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	3	16	0	0	18.75
Srikar Bharat (wk) c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	9	12	0	0	75.0
Rohit Sharma (c) c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	10	27	2	0	37.04
Ravindra Jadeja c Pat Cummins b Nathan Lyon	77	123	7	1	62.6
Nitish Kumar Reddy b Pat Cummins	16	61	1	0	26.23
Mohammed Siraj c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	1	11	0	0	9.09
Jasprit Bumrah not out	10	38	0	1	26.32
Akash Deep st Alex Carey b Travis Head	31	44	2	1	70.45

Extras: 14 (NB 3, W 1, B 8, LB 2)

Total: 260 (10 wkts, 78.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 4/1 (Y. Jaiswal, 0.2 ov), 9/2 (S. Gill, 2.1 ov), 22/3 (V. Kohli, 7.2 ov), 44/4 (S. Bharat, 13.5 ov), 74/5 (R. Sharma, 23.3 ov), 131/6 (KL Rahul, 42.3 ov), 194/7 (N. K. Reddy, 59.5 ov), 201/8 (M. Siraj, 62.6 ov), 213/9 (R. Jadeja, 65.6 ov),260/10(A. Deep,78.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	24.0	3	83	3	3.46
Josh Hazlewood	6.0	2	22	1	3.67
Pat Cummins (c)	22.0	2	81	4	3.84
Nathan Lyon	23.0	0	55	1	2.37
Travis Head	1.5	0	1	3	1.64
Mitchell Marsh	2.0	0	6	0	3.0

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja c Jasprit Bumrah b Mohammed Siraj	0	3	0	0	0.00
Steve Smith c Rohit Sharma b Ravindra Jadeja	27	88	2	0	30.68
Marnus Labuschagne c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj	4	15	1	0	26.67
Travis Head c Dhruv Jurel b Ravindra Jadeja	18	17	3	1	105.88
Mitchell Marsh c Dhruv Jurel b Mohammed Siraj	88	113	7	3	77.88
Alex Carey (wk) c Dhruv Jurel b Ravindra Jadeja	16	31	2	0	51.61
Pat Cummins (c) c Dhruv Jurel b Ravindra Jadeja	29	62	2	1	46.77
Mitchell Starc not out	23	27	2	1	85.19
Nathan Lyon c Dhruv Jurel b Mohammed Siraj	36	57	2	2	63.16
Josh Hazlewood not out	2	7	0	0	28.57

Extras: 9 (B 4, LB 3, W 2)

Total: 252/9 dec (75 ov)

Fall of wickets: 0/1 (U. Khawaja, 0.3 ov), 10/2 (M. Labuschagne, 4.1 ov), 28/3 (T. Head, 7.4 ov), 75/4 (S. Smith, 27.2 ov), 129/5 (A. Carey, 37.4 ov), 186/6 (M. Marsh, 51.6 ov), 191/7 (P. Cummins, 55.2 ov), 243/8 (N. Lyon, 71.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammed Siraj	17.0	2	62	4	3.65
Jasprit Bumrah	13.0	1	41	0	3.15
Ravindra Jadeja	25.0	3	88	4	3.52
Kuldeep Yadav	20.0	2	54	1	2.70

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal not out	4	6	0	0	66.67
KL Rahul not out	4	6	0	0	66.67

Extras: 0

Total: 8/0 (2 ov)

Yet to bat: Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
Josh Hazlewood	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Brisbane Test

The 3rd test match couldn't give any result as it was mainly affected by rain; during the five days, only 217 overs were bowled. The first day was the most rain-affected game day, with only 13 overs bowled. The match showcased special performances like Travis Head’s 152, who continued his ruthless batting form against India, whereas Steve Smith also scored a century in the first inning. Australia scored 445 in the first innings.

India’s Struggle in its First Innings

In Australia's first inning massive score, India struggled during its batting and could score only 260 runs in the first innings, giving 185 run leads to Australia. KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja were top scorers from the Indian side. Rahul scored 84 runs in 139 balls with eight boundaries, while Jadeja scored 171 in 123 balls, hitting seven boundaries and a six.

The Survival to Save Follow-On

A few interesting overs happened during the last half an hour of day 4. India was required to reach 245 to save the following word; it has already lost 9 of its wickets at a score of 213. The fight that Jaspreet Bumrah and Akashdeep showed to save the following was commendable, and the celebration after saving the follow-on showed how important that partnership was for India. 

Akash Deep makes sure India avoid the follow-on and then smashes Pat Cummins into the second level!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/HIu86M7BNW

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 17, 2024

On the 5th day, what happened wasn't expected. In the match, which seemed to be a draw, Australia decided to bat fast, score some quick runs and set a target for India. While trying to do that, Australia lost wickets quickly and was 89/7 when they declared. 

Australia set India a target of 275 with about 40 to 50 overs remaining in the match. This could have been achieved if they had batted for 30 to 40 overs, as India had chased a similar target in the last Border Gavaskar trophy at the same ground. However, due to the rain, the match was called off around Tea. 

With this match drawn and both teams winning one match each, the race Test Championship Final has become more complicated. Both teams must win the last two matches to get into the finals. For India, it's a must, but for Australia, they still have too much left against Sri Lanka after this series.