With two full days play left in the game and Australia still 386 runs adrift of India's score, the visitors will fancy their chances of winning the four-match rubber 3-1.

The former Kings XI Punjab coach was full of praise for the Indian pace-attack, in particular Jasprit Bumrah.

As we say, 'Records are meant to be broken', here are some astonishing records that were broken in 2018.

Kohli overtook Steven Smith in August and has now held the top position for 135 days.

Border heaped praise on India's pace unit, saying: "It's as a good an Indian bowling attack as I've ever seen."

Ganguly said that the successive batting failures must be a worry for Tim Paine and Australia.

The Indian team management, as well as national selectors, are on the same page with regards to the workload management of the pacers.

With the year coming to an illustrious end, here are the top sportspersons of 2018.

Courtesy Bumrah's match haul of 9 for 86, India beat Australia by 137 runs in the third Test to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. 

India beat Australia by 137 runs at the iconic MCG to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series.

With the 137-run victory in the third Test, the Indian players set a lot of records. Take a look here.  

Bumrah surpassed South Africa's Kagiso Rabada's tally of 77 wickets to reach the milestone. While on the third position is Bumrah's countryman Kuldeep Yadav who took 76 scalps.

World No. 1-ranked India have taken a 2-1 lead in the four-match series against Australia and retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy. 

It took only 27 balls on the fifth day afternoon as Jasprit Bumrah (3/53) and Ishant Sharma (2/40) completed the formalities in what turned out to be India's 150th Test victory.

Chasing a stiff target of 399, Australia were all out for 261 in the post-lunch session after the first session was washed out due to intermittent showers.

The game on day 5 started late due to rain but when it stopped, Indian bowlers didn't waste much time to thrash the Kangaroos at their soil as won the match by 137 runs.

Bumrah's 47 wickets in 2018 are the most by an Indian bowler in away Tests in a year.

India came within sniffing distance of a defining victory before a stoic resistance by Australia's tail delayed the inevitable on Saturday.

Pat Cummins struck a valiant unbeaten half-century to keep India two wickets away from victory in Melbourne.

Bumrah also paid credit to his coaches through the career and especially talked about Bharat Arun.