The weather forecast for Day 3 in Melbourne presents mixed conditions that could impact the day's play. The clouds would increase over some time and it might be breezy in the afternoon with a couple of showers.

The Melbourne pitch is expected to be pace-friendly for the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India. The five-match Test series is evenly poised at 1-1 after three matches.

India and Australia are currently facing each other in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. At the end of Day 2, the hosts are on top having reduced India to 164/5 after posting 474 runs on the board.

Day 3 of the 4th Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground may face rain disruptions, affecting play. India trail by 310 runs with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja attempting to reduce the deficit.

All the action from the second day of the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Cricket’s governing body fined Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli 20% of his match fee for d eliberately bumping shoulders with young Australian batsman Sam Konstas in the fourth Test on Thursday.

Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) plays host in the customary 'Boxing Day' Test as Australia play India in the penultimate Test of the five-match series.

According to the weather monitoring website AccuWeather, there is a 79 per cent chance of rain on 28 December in Melbourne.

The Indian squad slipped to 51 for 2 on the second day of the fourth Test against Australia, on December 27 in Melbourne. The downfall of Rohit Sharma’s team came after Australia rode on Steve Smith’s 34th hundred to post a challenging first innings score of 474.