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Where to watch Australia vs. India 4th Test: Free live stream, free-to-air channel, start time for cricket match | Sporting News Australia

Where to watch Australia vs. India 4th Test: Free live stream, free-to-air channel, start time for cricket match | Sporting News Australia

Australia and India will clash in the exciting Boxing Day Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which will be played in Melbourne.

The five-match series is currently level at 1-1.

Australia missed an opportunity to take the series lead as the third Test at the Gabba resulted in a draw. The hosts posted a formidable score of 445 runs in the first innings and bowled out the Indian team for just 260 runs.

With the threat of rain looming on the final day, Australia tried to hurry things up and declared their second innings for 89 for seven. But play was cut short after only 2.1 overs in India’s second innings due to weather conditions.

The Sporting News looks at the key details ahead of this game, including how to watch the match, kickoff times and the latest lineup news.

Australia vs. India 4th Test live stream, TV channel

Here’s how to watch this Test match in Australia:

  • TV Channel: Foxtel, Channel 7
  • Live stream: Kayo, 7Plus

This game is available for the live TV broadcast on Foxtel’s dedicated cricket channel – Fox Cricket –and Channel 7 in Australia. You can also live stream this game on Kayo. 

New users to Kayo can currently sign up to a FREE trial.

What time does Australia vs. India 4th Test kick off?

This Test match takes place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia and kicks off on Thursday, December 26 at 10:30 a.m. local time.

Here’s how that time translates across Australia:

  Date Kickoff time
Australian Eastern Daylight Time Thu, Dec. 26 10:30 a.m.
Australian Central Daylight Time Thu, Dec. 26 10:00 a.m.
Australian Western Standard Time Thu, Dec. 26 7:30 a.m.

Australia vs. India 4th Test team news

Australia are without their star bowler Josh Hazlewood, who has been ruled out of the remaining series with a calf injury. Scott Boland will return for this match.

Nathan McSweeney, who failed to perform in the first three Test matches, has now been replaced by New South Wales’ opener Sam Konstas. The Australian management has shown faith in the young batter after his commendable performance in the recent domestic season. 

Australia has added two backup seamers, Sean Abbott and Jhye Richardson, to their squads for the remaining two Tests.

Australia predicted XI: Usman Khwaja, Sam Konstas, Travis Head, Steve Smith, Labuschagne, Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Lyon, Pat Cummins (c), Starc, Boland.

For India, the star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was introduced in the third Test match in place of the spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

Ashwin announced his retirement from international cricket after the conclusion of the third Test match.

Akash Deep, who stepped in for Harshit Rana in the third Test, played his part really well. He is likely to retain his spot in the starting XI of the Boxing Day Test match.

India predicted XI:  Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Reddy, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.