Melbourne, 30 December (HS): The Indian team is now in a lot of trouble in the ongoing Test match against Australia. The Indian team, chasing the target of 340 runs, has lost three wickets for only 33 runs till lunch on the fifth day. Yashasvi Jaiswal is unbeaten on 14 runs. The Indian team is 307 runs away from the target.

Yashasvi and Rohit Sharma gave a steady start to the Indian team chasing the target of 340 runs and added 25 runs for the first wicket. However, on this score, Pat Cummins increased India's troubles by dismissing Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul in the same over. Virat Kohli once again failed and became the victim of Mitchell Starc on a total score of 33 after scoring 5 runs. Lunch was announced as soon as Kohli was out.

Australia scored 234 runs in the second innings, set a target of 340 runs

Earlier today, Australia's second innings ended at 234 runs. The Australian team had scored 105 runs in the first innings, which increased its total lead to 339 runs and India got a target of 340.

In the second innings, Marnus Labuschagne scored 70 runs for Australia, playing a brilliant half-century innings. Apart from Labuschagne, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon scored 41-41 runs.

The highlight of the Australian innings was the partnership of 61 runs for the last wicket between Lyon and Boland, which included Boland's unbeaten 15 runs.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 5, Mohammed Siraj took 3 and Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket.

India scored 369 runs in the first innings, Nitish Reddy's century, Yashasvi and Washington Sundar hit half-centuries

Earlier, India scored 369 runs in their first innings thanks to Nitish Reddy's century, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar's half-centuries. Nitish scored 114 runs, while Yashasvi scored 82 and Sundar scored important innings of 50 runs. Apart from these two, Virat Kohli scored 36 and KL Rahul scored 24 runs.

For Australia, captain Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon took 3-3 wickets.

Australia scored 474 runs in the first innings, Smith scored a century

Earlier, Australia scored 474 runs in their first innings. Steve Smith played a brilliant century of 140 runs. Apart from Smith, Usman Khawaja scored 57, Marnus Labuschagne scored 72 and Sam Constas scored 60 runs. Apart from these four, Pat Cummins (49) and Alex Carey (31) also played important innings.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets, Ravindra Jadeja took 3, Akashdeep took 2 and Washington Sundar took 1 wicket.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar