Australia and India set for an SCG grand finale, but not before Rishabh Pant, Scott Boland and Jasprit Bumrah make their mark
ABCIf you took everything we have seen at the SCG since the toss on Friday morning and extended it over five days, granting it the usual cadence of a Test match, it would be among the most thrilling we've seen. Australia or India is about to win this Test match and secure the Border-Gavaskar trophy, probably as soon as day three. A game already being played at 1.5x speed was pushed into overdrive after the tea break by India, and especially by Rishabh Pant, who played one of the most extraordinary innings the SCG has ever seen. After Scott Boland had produced yet another special spell to remove both India's openers, and after Virat Kohli's last ever Australian innings came to a close. India was going to throw everything at building a match-winning lead in the here and now, and there was every chance Australia was going to either run through them or be blown away completely.