Steve Smith and Virat Kohli have been carrying the hopes of their nations for more than a decade now, and so it proved again on day two of the Boxing Day Test — but by stumps, one had risen to the occasion and the other had imploded.

Read Dean Bilton’s analysis of day two at the Melbourne Cricket Ground below.

Day two, and potentially this match, was turned on its head as the sun started to set at the MCG yesterday.

Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal were looking ominous with their partnership reaching 100.

But Jaiswal, on 82, went for a quick single and his superstar, veteran teammate turned his back and didn’t run.

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon talked about the run-out with ABC Sport at the close of play.

“It was probably one of the best barbecues I’ve seen, to be honest with you,” Lyon said.

“It came out of the blue. They were doing it pretty easy out there … pressure does funny things. Silly run-outs are coach killers, aren’t they? It was pretty special.”

A crowd of more than 80,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were treated to a terrific day of Test cricket.

Steve Smith scored his 34th century, India looked in control of their innings, then the tourists lost 3-6 in 22 balls.

Catch up on yesterday’s action below.

Good morning and welcome to the third day of this Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

After two action-packed days this Test match, and the Border-Gavaskar Series — is delicately poised.

I’m Michael Doyle and I’ll be bringing you all the action along with Chris De Silva and the rest of the ABC Sport team.