That is the end of the innings.

Nitish Kumar Reddy tried to smash Lyon for six, but he hit the ball down the throat of Mitchell Starc at long-off.

India is all out.

Pat Cummins believed he had dismissed Siraj, caught at slip by Steve Smith.

The ball, bat and ground meet almost simultaneously.

It looks like a catch, but the third umpire says it is a bump ball.

Geez. I reckon that ‘s wrong.

Cummins bowls to Siraj who defends the first ball.

The second ball is straight at the pads and Siraj is able to defend.

The number 11 is surviving well.

Cummins bowls short but it is down the leg side and is collected by Carey.

Cummins attempts the yorker and Siraj fends through backward point for a single.

Cummins bowls to Nitish and the Indian steps across his stumps. Nitish gets bat on it and whips it to fine leg for a single.

Siraj needs to survive the final ball of the over.

Nathan Lyon is bowling to Nitish.

Nitish skips down the wicket and hits a lofted drive to mid-on.

India takes the run. That was a surprising decision.

Siraj is going to face. Siraj blocks and it gets past the backward point for a run.

Australia push the field back and Nitish sweeps into the deep and India runs two.

Nitish charges and blocks. Two balls left in the over.

FOUR. Nitish backs away and SMASHES the ball past Lyon, past mid-on, and to the boundary.

Nitish charges and hits it straight to mid-wicket for NO RUN.

Siraj is on strike for the next Cummins over.

We are underway.

Pat Cummins bowls to Nitish and the first ball is defended.

Cummins again outside off stump and Nitish defends again.

Cummins bowls straight and Nitish defends on the front foot.

Nitish drives to mid-off and takes a single.

Mohammed Siraj must see off two balls.

Cummins bowls at the stumps and Siraj plays a forward defence. Well done Siraj.

One ball left to survive.

BEATEN! Great ball from Cummins. That was good enough to beat a top-order batter. Siraj played a forward defence and had the edge beaten.

Here we go.

Day four of this thrilling, captivating and thus far brilliant Test match is about to begin.

Nitish Reddy Kumar is 105 off 176 balls.

Mohammed Siraj is 2 off 7.

Australia needs one more wicket to bat again.

Nitish Kumar Reddy’s father provided an unforgettable moment in the MCG stands as India’s young guns allowed the tourists to claw their way back into the match.

Here are the quick hits from day three of the fourth Test.

Worse than backward.

I was just flat-out wrong.

Play begins at:

• AEDT: 10am
• AEST: 9am
• ACDT: 9:30am
• ACST: 8:30am
• AWST: 7am

Day three was supposed to be a batting day for Australia, and one where the hosts set themselves up for a crucial MCG victory. But in its way was Nitish Kumar Reddy, and the dogged determination of India’s generation next.

Read Dean Bilton’s analysis of day three below.

Nitish Kumar Reddy came of age at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on day three, scoring a maiden Test century to drag India back into the Boxing Day Test.

Catch up on the action from yesterday with our blog and wrap-up.

Because of the time lost yesterday, play on day four will begin an hour early.

Starting time for day four:

• AEDT: 10am
• AEST: 9am
• ACDT: 9:30am
• ACST: 8:30am
• AWST: 7am

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

The brilliance of Nitish Kumar Reddy yesterday gave India the spark they needed to still believe that can get something out of this game.

Australia is still ahead by 116 runs and only needs one more wicket to start their second innings.

But India’s terrific batting yesterday has them believing that anything is possible.

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.