India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 3: Nitish Reddy's century keeps tourists in hunt at MCG

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And that's stumps on day three!!! India still trail Australia by 116 runs. Nitish Reddy (105*) will have to aggregate as many runs as possible tomorrow before India's final wicket falls.

Nitish Kumar Reddy becomes the third youngest Indian to score maiden Test hundred in Australia.

1. 18y 256d Sachin Tendulkar Sydney 1992
2. 21y 92d Rishabh Pant Sydney 2019
3. 21y 216d Nitish Reddy Melbourne 2024

Emotions galore as Nitish Reddy celebrates after getting to his Test century.

Bad light has stopped play, folks. India are 358/9.

Nitish Kumar Reddy registers his maiden Test hundred.

Pt Cummins gets Jasprit Bumrah for a duck. India are 350/9.

Washington Sundar falls to Nathan Lyon for 50. India are eight down for 348. 

Washington Sundar registers his fourth Test fifty. India are 341/7 and trail by 133 runs.

India have started cautiously after the rain break. India are 331/7 and trail by 143 runs.

The players are warming up and play will resume within five minutes.

The rain has stopped at the MCG but the covers are still on the square.

An early tea has been taken on day three amid the steady downpour.

Rain has stopped play and the players trudge off the field. India are 326/7 and trail by 148 runs. Sundar is batting on 40 and Reddy is on 85.

Sundar and Reddy have added 100 runs for the eighth wicket. India are 325/7.

Nitish and Washington have added 94 runs for the eighth wicket. It is the highest stand for India at the MCG for the eighth wicket in Tests.

India have recovered from an early bump on day three to reach the 300-run mark. India trail by 174 more runs.

India have successfully avoided the follow-on. India are 275/7.

Sundar and Reddy have added 50 runs for the eighth wicket. India are one run away from avoiding the follow-on.

Nitish Kumar Reddy gets to his maiden Test fifty and does a Pushpa celebration with his bat. 

India need to score 19 more runs to avoid the follow-on and make Australia bat again.

Washington Sundar and Nitish Reddy take India past the 250-run mark. India are 253/7 after 75 overs.

The play resumes after the lunch break. Washington Sundar to face the Aussie skipper Pat Cummins.

It's time for lunch on day 3 of the boxing day Test. India are 244/7 with Washington Sundar (5) and Nitish Reddy (40) at the crease.

Nathan Lyon strikes and Ravindra Jadeja falls for 17. India are 221/7.

Ravindra Jadeja is looking very promising in the middle at the moment. He is batting on 17 off 46 balls. India are 220/6.

India need to score 67 more runs to avoid the follow-on. India are 208/6.

India have scaled the 200-run mark. India are 203/6.

Nitish Kumar Reddy is into the middle.

Rishabh Pant tries to flick Scott Boland over fine leg but ends up top-edging it to third. He goes after scoring 28 off 37 balls. India are 191/6.

Nathan Lyon has been brought into the attack by Pat Cummins. India are 189/5 after 54 overs.

India have played 50 overs in their first innings. India are 175/5 with Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant batting in the middle.

Pant edges one between the second slip and the gully for the first boundary of the day.

Pat Cummins delivers a length ball outside off and Pant shoulders arms at it.

Pat Cummins is set to bowl the first over of day 3 to Rishabh Pant.

Virat Kohli got out to Scott Boland while fishing outside the off-stump. He made 36 off 86 deliveries.

Yashasvi Jaiswal was batting on 82 when he ran for a dangerous single and got run out. He couldn't coordinate the run properly with Virat Kohli and fell short of his crease.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of day three of the ongoing boxing day Test between India and Australia. Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates from the game.