Test rookies Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar combined for a rearguard century stand that frustrated Australia’s vaunted bowling attack.
Sundar smashed seven boundaries and a six on his debut to score 144-ball 62 while forging a 123-run seventh wicket stand with fellow debutant Shardul Thakur.
With Oz feeling comfortable with their impresssive bowling show, which reduced India to 186/6 on Day 3, the debutant duo put on a 123-run stand for the seventh wicket to take the visitors just 33 runs short of Australia's 369.
The right-handed batsman, who came out to bat at no.5, fell to Josh Hazlewood right after tea as India's fifth wicket with 38 runs to his name.
Australia skipper Tim Paine has said he is not worried about the lack of wicket-taking form of Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc as he took the blame on himself for squandering opportunities to deny them wicket.
Australia are not going to have an advantage, believes Nathan Lyon, despite playing the series-deciding fourth Test against an injury-ravaged Indian team at a venue where the home team's record is second to none.
Brad Hogg felt that Sourav Ganguly knew how to give it back to the Australians when they tried to put him under pressure.
Justin Langer questioned the timing of the last year's IPL, which he believes could have been a contributing factor in the injury setbacks that both his and the Indian team have endured in the ongoing series.
India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Tuesday informed that he has undergone surgery after suffering a blow on his thumb during the third Test against Australia played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Jadeja has already been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against Australia which begins Friday at The Gabba in Brisbane.
Pucovski suffered a shoulder subluxation injury, which is a partial dislocation of the shoulder joint.
Jadeja has already been ruled out of the fourth and final Test against Australia which begins Friday at The Gabba in Brisbane.
Australian batting star David Warner on Tuesday condemned the racist slurs hurled at Indian players, particularly pacer Mohammed Siraj, during the third Test here and said such behaviour by the spectators was not acceptable.
Mayank Agarwal -- tipped to be Hanuma Vihari's replacement in the playing XI in Brisbane -- has sustained a knock on the hands and it could be a hairline fracture.
Marnus Labuschagne asserted that the hosts are determined to win the series by taking the visitors down in the Brisbane match.
The Oz skipper says he had a really poor game as a leader and wanted to say sorry for the way he behaved on the field during the final day of the third Test, which ended in a morale-boosting draw for the Indians.
India are separated from New Zealand for the second spot with a difference of 0.2 per cent, tweets ICC.
Aussies were left frustrated as Vihari (15* off 160) bats out the day with hamstring as he forged an unbeaten partnership with Ashwin to earn Team India a morale-boosting draw at the SCG.
While Ashiwn and Vihari handled the Aussie pace attack and spin wizardry of Nathan Lyon pretty well, Ashwin admitted that the pitch was of no help in the partnership especially with Pat Cummins coming at them with all his mights.
Vihari (23* off 161) bats out the day with hamstring as he forged an unbeaten 250-ball 62 partnership with Ashwin (39 off 128) to earn Team India a morale-boosting draw at the SCG.
Vihari (23* off 161) bats out the day with hamstring as he forged an unbeaten 250-ball 62 partnership with Ashwin (39 off 128) to earn Team India a morale-boosting draw at the SCG.
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