Hosts Australia failed to slam the door shut on India while Jasprit Bumrah’s late spell kept the the door slightly ajar for the visitors at the MCG

With Australia at 311 for six at Stumps on Day 1, are India still in with a good enough chance to come up trumps at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)?

Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India saw a record-breaking 87,242 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This number sets a new record for the highest turnout in a Test between the two teams on a single day. Notably, the tickets for this much-anticipated event were sold out two weeks prior to the match.

Both India and Australia are entering the Boxing Day Test with high stakes at the MCG. Victory for India would mean retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and keeping their World Test Championship hopes alive.

Australia heaved a major sigh of relief on Wednesday after skipper Pat Cummins declared run-machine Travis Head fit for the Boxing Day test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. India nemesis Head,

Most 19 year olds would be overawed by making their Australian Test debut in front of 90,000-plus fans on Boxing Day at the MCG. Not Sam Konstas. The NSW prodigy was parachuted into the Australian XI as an opener after the nation's top order struggles through the first three Tests against India.