Australia v India, Melbourne

Australia 474/10 & 234/10

India 369/10 & 155/10

Australia won by 184 runs

Australia v India 2024 · 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–30 Dec 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — India had it tougher than Australia.

Australia

0.93× -7%

India

0.83× -17%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Nithish Kumar Reddy India

115 +293

Steve Smith Australia

153 +250

YBK Jaiswal India

166 +223

M Labuschagne Australia

142 +180

PJ Cummins Australia

90 +115

Best bowling

Top match figures

JJ Bumrah5/57

JJ Bumrah4/99

PJ Cummins3/28

SM Boland3/39

Top score

140

Steve Smith · Australia

Biggest stand

127

8th wkt · India

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 184 runs

Length5 days

Australia

474 /10 (122.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
S Konstas	lbw b RA Jadeja	60	65	6	2	92.31
UT Khawaja	c KL Rahul b JJ Bumrah	57	121	6	0	47.11
M Labuschagne	c Virat Kohli b Washington Sundar	72	145	7	0	49.66
Steve Smith	b Akash Deep	140	197	13	3	71.07
TM Head	b JJ Bumrah	0	7	0	0	0.00
MR Marsh	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	4	13	1	0	30.77
AT Carey	c RR Pant b Akash Deep	31	41	0	1	75.61
PJ Cummins	c Nithish Kumar Reddy b RA Jadeja	49	63	7	0	77.78
MA Starc	b RA Jadeja	15	36	0	1	41.67
NM Lyon	lbw b JJ Bumrah	13	18	1	0	72.22
SM Boland*	not out	6	36	0	0	16.67

Extras 27 (lb 11, w 10, nb 6)

Total 474/10 (122.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	28.4	9	99	4	3.45
Mohammed Siraj	23.0	3	122	0	5.30
Akash Deep	26.0	8	94	2	3.62
RA Jadeja	23.0	4	78	3	3.39
Nithish Kumar Reddy	7.0	0	21	0	3.00
Washington Sundar	15.0	2	49	1	3.27

Fall of wickets

1-89 (S Konstas, 19.2)·2-154 (UT Khawaja, 44.1)·3-237 (M Labuschagne, 65.1)·4-240 (TM Head, 66.3)·5-246 (MR Marsh, 68.6)·6-299 (AT Carey, 82.1)·7-411 (PJ Cummins, 104.1)·8-455 (MA Starc, 113.3)·9-455 (Steve Smith, 114.1)·10-474 (NM Lyon, 122.4)

India

369 /10 (119.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	run out (AT Carey)	82	118	11	1	69.49
Rohit Sharma	c SM Boland b PJ Cummins	3	5	0	0	60.00
KL Rahul	b PJ Cummins	24	42	3	0	57.14
Virat Kohli	c AT Carey b SM Boland	36	86	4	0	41.86
Akash Deep	c NM Lyon b SM Boland	0	13	0	0	0.00
RR Pant	c NM Lyon b SM Boland	28	37	3	0	75.68
RA Jadeja	lbw b NM Lyon	17	51	3	0	33.33
Nithish Kumar Reddy	c MA Starc b NM Lyon	114	189	11	1	60.32
Washington Sundar	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	50	162	2	0	30.86
JJ Bumrah	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj*	not out	4	15	0	0	26.67

Extras 11 (lb 2, w 5, nb 4)

Total 369/10 (119.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	25.0	2	86	0	3.44
PJ Cummins	29.0	6	89	3	3.07
SM Boland	27.0	7	57	3	2.11
NM Lyon	28.3	5	96	3	3.37
MR Marsh	7.0	1	28	0	4.00
TM Head	3.0	0	11	0	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-8 (Rohit Sharma, 1.6)·2-51 (KL Rahul, 14.6)·3-153 (YBK Jaiswal, 40.6)·4-154 (Virat Kohli, 42.1)·5-159 (Akash Deep, 44.3)·6-191 (RR Pant, 55.4)·7-221 (RA Jadeja, 64.5)·8-348 (Washington Sundar, 111.6)·9-350 (JJ Bumrah, 113.3)·10-369 (Nithish Kumar Reddy, 119.3)

Australia

234 /10 (83.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
S Konstas	b JJ Bumrah	8	18	1	44.44
UT Khawaja	b Mohammed Siraj	21	65	2	32.31
M Labuschagne	lbw b Mohammed Siraj	70	139	3	50.36
Steve Smith	c RR Pant b Mohammed Siraj	13	41	1	31.71
TM Head	c Nithish Kumar Reddy b JJ Bumrah	1	2	0	50.00
MR Marsh	c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah	0	4	0	0.00
AT Carey	b JJ Bumrah	2	7	0	28.57
PJ Cummins	c Rohit Sharma b RA Jadeja	41	90	5	45.56
MA Starc	run out (RR Pant)	5	13	0	38.46
NM Lyon	b JJ Bumrah	41	55	5	74.55
SM Boland*	not out	15	74	2	20.27

Extras 17 (lb 10, w 1, nb 6)

Total 234/10 (83.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JJ Bumrah	24.4	7	57	5	2.31
Akash Deep	17.0	4	53	0	3.12
Mohammed Siraj	23.0	4	70	3	3.04
RA Jadeja	14.0	2	33	1	2.36
Nithish Kumar Reddy	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
Washington Sundar	4.0	0	7	0	1.75

Fall of wickets

1-20 (S Konstas, 6.3)·2-43 (UT Khawaja, 18.5)·3-80 (Steve Smith, 32.3)·4-85 (TM Head, 33.2)·5-85 (MR Marsh, 33.6)·6-91 (AT Carey, 35.6)·7-148 (M Labuschagne, 55.1)·8-156 (MA Starc, 58.1)·9-173 (PJ Cummins, 64.1)·10-234 (NM Lyon, 83.4)

India

155 /10 (79.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
YBK Jaiswal	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	84	208	8	40.38
Rohit Sharma	c MR Marsh b PJ Cummins	9	40	0	22.50
KL Rahul	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	0	5	0	0.00
Virat Kohli	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	5	29	0	17.24
RR Pant	c MR Marsh b TM Head	30	104	2	28.85
RA Jadeja	c AT Carey b SM Boland	2	14	0	14.29
Nithish Kumar Reddy	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	1	5	0	20.00
Washington Sundar*	not out	5	45	0	11.11
Akash Deep	c TM Head b SM Boland	7	17	1	41.18
JJ Bumrah	c Steve Smith b SM Boland	0	8	0	0.00
Mohammed Siraj	lbw b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 5, lb 5, nb 2)

Total 155/10 (79.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	8	25	1	1.56
PJ Cummins	18.0	5	28	3	1.56
SM Boland	16.0	7	39	3	2.44
MR Marsh	3.0	2	2	0	0.67
NM Lyon	20.1	7	37	2	1.83
TM Head	5.0	0	14	1	2.80
M Labuschagne	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-25 (Rohit Sharma, 16.1)·2-25 (KL Rahul, 16.6)·3-33 (Virat Kohli, 26.1)·4-121 (RR Pant, 58.4)·5-127 (RA Jadeja, 62.2)·6-130 (Nithish Kumar Reddy, 63.2)·7-140 (YBK Jaiswal, 70.5)·8-150 (Akash Deep, 76.1)·9-154 (JJ Bumrah, 78.3)·10-155 (Mohammed Siraj, 79.1)