Australia vs India, 4th Test Day 3: Talking Points

#5. Rain will have no effect on the impending result

Rain spoiled today's play but is not expected to spoil the remaining days.

Winning the first game at Adelaide and the third one at Melbourne in the ongoing series, have brought the visitors so close to a series win. In fact, this was the first time that they have ever entered the final match with a lead in the series so far. Batting first, India scored 622 runs thanks to Pujara's 193, Pant's 159*, Jadeja's 81 and Mayank's 77 among others.

Australia is still 386 runs short of a first innings lead - even after three days have been played out. They still require 187 runs to avoid a follow-on, and even if they succeeded, there is very little chance that they will live to tell the story of a possible glory at the SCG right now.

Rain did prevent 16.3 overs from happening today, but those can be covered by starting the game a half-hour earlier in both of the upcoming days and the lost overs will have no impact on the ultimate outcome of the match and on that of the series.

It is often said, cricket is a game of miracles and anything can happen till the match is actually over, but, sometimes the result is evident before the match is over and this game seems one such instance.