India suffered a crushing 184-run loss to Australia in the fourth Test in Melbourne on Monday (December 30, 2024). Chasing a difficult target of 340, India lost seven wickets for 34 runs in just 20.4 overs in the final session to be all out for 155 in 79.1 overs. Australian captain Pat Cummins (3/28 in 18 overs) was superb as usual and Scott Boland was also magnificent (3/39 in 16 overs) in his every spell. Nathan Lyon (2/37 in 20.1 overs) took advantage of variable bounce while Mitchell Starc (1/25 in 16 overs) got the prized scalp of Virat Kohli. Yashasvi Jaiswal (84) was the only batter from India to score more than 30 runs in the fourth innings.