🏏Australia vs India, 3rd Test: Brisbane, 14 - 18 Dec 2024, Day 5 🏏 - Page 5

Matthew Hayden and Zaheer Khan carry the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to the middle. The two teams walk out for the anthems.

AB: "Recent choice at the toss much different from early 2000's - "England have won the toss" "... and elected to field" . Nasser probably regrets that one." The Gabba pitch has changed a bit in recent years. A lot greener on day one than it used to be.

Ash: "It was a batting failure at Adelaide, and again bowlers are being axed. Perplexing "

Vaibhav: "Looks a much better side this for India with Jaddu adding flair to batting and fielding. Akash Deep should also be able to exploit these conditions. "

Sanjay : "At least people in India will not wake up to a painful 5/42 or 6/76 or something similar.."

Over 2

Runs Scored: 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

Score after 2 overs

AUS 4-0

Nathan McSweeney0(6)Usman Khawaja0(6)

Mohammed Siraj

1-1-0-0

Stat: The last five red-ball Tests in Brisbane were all won by the side bowling first.

Over 3

Runs Scored: 2

0 0 0 0 2 0

Score after 3 overs

AUS 6-0

Usman Khawaja2(12)Nathan McSweeney0(6)

Jasprit Bumrah

2-1-2-0

Rohan Kuduchkar: Early wickets is the key! India need to make the best use of conditions. With the batting line-up Australia have, they might make it look like a good toss to lose.

Over 4

Runs Scored: 8

1 0 2 4 1 0

Score after 4 overs

AUS 14-0

Nathan McSweeney1(8)Usman Khawaja9(16)

Mohammed Siraj

2-1-8-0

Over 5

Runs Scored: 4

0 0 0 0 0 4

Score after 5 overs

AUS 18-0

Usman Khawaja13(22)Nathan McSweeney1(8)

Jasprit Bumrah

3-1-6-0

Anvesh: I know its too early but India should have batted first considering they are playing with 8 batters. Except for Bumrah, none of the other bowlers are consistent for longer periods. Going to be hard toil for India today.

A drizzle has picked up quite suddenly and it's strong enough to force them off. "Scattered showers" is what the weather report says and it shouldn't be any sort of sustained rain. For now, the players are off as the ground staff quickly rush in the covers.