India 296 and 164 for 3 (Kohli 44*, Rohit 43) want one other 280 runs to beat Australia 469 and 270 for 8 dec (Carey 66, Labuschagne 41, Starc 41, Jadeja 3-58, Shami 2-39, Umesh 2-54)

India might have nonetheless felt slightly cross with themselves at stumps, although, dropping maybe a wicket greater than they might have preferred by then, two of them to aggressive photographs. Rohit Sharma was lbw to Nathan Lyon, lacking a sweep from a stump-to-stump line, and Cheteshwar Pujara toe-ended an tried ramp over the slips off a Pat Cummins bouncer.

Both batters will argue, although, that these are photographs they normally play nicely. They can even argue that the identical positivity had helped them sew a second-wicket stand of 51 in 77 balls. The two wickets, nonetheless, fell within the area of 5 balls, turning 92 for 1 to 93 for 3.

As they safely negotiated the final over of the day, a largely India-supporting crowd was in effective voice, a piece of them belting out this quantity from the 1975 blockbuster Sholay: "yeh dosti, hum nahin todenge [we'll never break this friendship]." Australia will wish to break it as quickly as potential when day 5 dawns.

Chants of "Cheat! Cheat! Cheat!" continued to comply with Green via the remainder of the night, significantly when he bowled. A World Test Championship that had been stuffed with high quality cricket now had the one ingredient it had been lacking: controversy and needle.

During the primary session of the day, Green had had a far completely different impact on the gang, maintaining them quiet as he added 18 runs in 87 balls to his in a single day rating of seven. His dismissal was in step with the tone of his innings: he tried to pad away a Ravindra Jadeja supply from over the wicket just for the ball to hit his pad and roll onto the wicket.

By then, Australia had added 44 to their in a single day 123 for 4 whereas dropping two wickets in 19 overs - Marnus Labuschagne the opposite batter dismissed, nicking Umesh Yadav to first slip. India had bowled with self-discipline whereas extracting simply sufficient from the floor to maintain the batters vigilant; with Australia's lead simply 340, they might have hoped to wrap their innings up earlier than it acquired to 400.

Mohammed Shami, who had bowled frugally and overwhelmed the bat a number of occasions with none reward in his earlier spells, got here again when India took the second new ball and dismissed Starc and Pat Cummins after they have been trying to slog for fast runs. Australia declared on the stroke of Cummins' dismissal, setting India a never-before-achieved 444 to win.

Karthik Krishnaswamy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo