🏏Australia vs India, 3rd Test: Brisbane, 14 - 18 Dec 2024, Day 5 🏏 - Page 10

Gnasher: "Outfield less of a lake now. Still raining steadily and plenty more on the radar."

We should have the second session starting now, but this spell of rain hasn't relented and the wait continues. Plenty of water has fallen onto the ground and it'll take a while to get it ready. Fair today, the post-lunch session has been delayed. Live visuals don't paint a rosy picture. 'It's completely drenched with water' and Sunil Gavaskar reckons we'll be lucky to get an hour's play if rain does stop now. Not good reading if you're a keen fan and awaiting some action soon

Mark Nicholas says on air that the rain has lessened in intensity, but it is still pouring.

The puddles that were formed on the outfield is holding up pretty well, but it's still raining and the forecast is for a few more showers coming over. Even in the best case scenario, the entire second session could be washed out

Deepak: "So i guess this is one way of taking the test to day 5"

Micko: "Lucky we have those two reserve days Tuesday and Wednesday "

Why so much talk around india choosing to bowl after winning the toss? Conventional wisdom says to bowl first. Did rohit again make a mistake at the toss?" Lots of comments on this. Six of the last seven Gabba Tests have been won by the side bowling first. The only one that wasn't was in January when Australia fell eight runs short chasing 216 in the fourth innings against the West Indies. Depending on how you viewed that game, you could argue seven out of seven should have been won by the side bowling first. Pat Cummins would have bowled first today even though he went out of his way to avoid admitting it. Pretty tough to assess Rohit's decision based off 13.2 overs when history and the weather suggested it was the sensible choice to bowl first.

Zohaib : "From what I see on live coverage the outfield has dried up magically." Gnasher reports, "Not a single puddle left on the outfield." But it's still raining and won't stop for awhile according to the radar.

H. Prasanna : "Based on the current trend, we probably need less than 200 overs for a result. Maybe this can be a full match." We only needed 171.5 overs in Adelaide but there were 294.1 overs bowled in Perth.

The puddles that were formed on the outfield is holding up pretty well, but it's still raining and the forecast is for a few more showers coming over. Even in the best case scenario, the entire second session could be washed out