India vs Australia Highlights, WTC Final: AUS beat IND by 209 runs, become 1st team to win all major ICC tournaments

Mohammed Siraj attempts a reverse sweep against Nathan Lyon but his shot finds Pat Cummins at backward point, who makes no mistake. Siraj falls for 1 and with that Australia conquer the World Test Championship title. 

The Indian second innings is folded for 234 and they lose the match by 209 runs.

Mohammed Shami hits Mitchell Starc for consecutive fours and is then caught brilliantly by Alex Carey, following which the Australia fielders go for a caught-behind appeal. Shami immediately takes the review and ultraedge confirms the ball had brushed his trousers, not bat before settling in the wicketkeeper's gloves. IND: 234/9

It's almost game over for India and every run India score is mere formality. 

Mohammed Shami opens his account with a four against Mitchell Starc, but KS Bharat depart in the very next over. Tries to play an attacking shot against Lyon but mistimes it. The ball flies in the air and is caught by Lyon off his own bowling. IND: 224/9

Starc continues to fire thunderbolts and he gets rid of Umesh Yadav with a 137kph bouncer, which is brilliantly caught by Alex Carey. IND: 220/8

Starc continues to fire thunderbolts from one end, while Lyon tests both Umesh Yadav and KS Bharat's patience from the other. IND: 220/7

Nathan Lyon too gets his name registered in the wickets column as Shardul Thakur is trapped LBW for 0. The batter had opted for a review but ball tracker and ultraedge confirms it was clear out. IND: 213/7

Mitchell Starc gets rid of Ajinkya Rahane, who is caught-behind for 46.

A length ball with some width and Rahane tries to cut it square of the wicket, however, he gets an outside edge, which settles in Alex Carey's gloves.

Shardul Thakur is the new batter in. IND: 212/6

Nathan Lyon is introduced in the attack and Rahane cuts a delivery pitched slightly short for a boundary square of the wicket. IND 212-5

Cameron Green continues from his end as one run come from the over.

Starc once again pitches it full, which is nicely driven in the same direction by Ajinkya Rahane and it races for a four. IND: 206/5 

Starc pitches it full and Rahane drives it straight past the bowler towards long-off for a boundary.

Six runs come from the over as India breach the 200-run mark. IND: 201/5

Beautifully played by KS Bharat against Cameron Green. Hits it square of the wicket for a boundary, and the ball races away to the ropes. IND: 195/5 | need 249 runs to win

Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc are introduced in the attack. Green starts with a one run over, while Bharat runs a double and a single in Starc's over. IND: 190/5

KS Bharat takes a knock on the helmet against Cummins and there is a mandatory concussion check. 

Boland continues from the other end and there is a huge LBW appeal against Rahane. Cummins opts for a review at the last moment but ball tracker shows it was missing the leg stumps. Australia lose a review but they won't mind it, given the position they are in at the moment. IND: 186/5

Cummins too keeps it tight from the other end and three runs come from his end. 

There is a caught-behind appeal against Kohli in the next over by Boland and the umpire is not convinced. Cummins opts for a review and UltraEdge confirms there was no edge, the fans rejoice.

However, the celebrated is cut short as Boland gets rid of Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja in the same over. Kohli is brilliant caught by Steve Smith at slips as he tries to nudge a ball pitched wide of the off-stump. Kohli falls for 49. 

Jadeja is then caught-behind for 0. 

KS Bharat the new batter in opens his account with a four, after an outside edge flies over the slip fielder and races towards the fence. IND: 183/5

A tight over by Boland as a single come from his over. IND: 176/3

A bouncer by Pat Cummins, which took Ajinkya Rahane by surprise. He was in no control and was trying to duck. The ball hits his bat and flies towards the fine-leg region for a boundary. Lucky the ball didn't find a fielder. 

Six runs come from the over. IND: 175/3

Slightly full by Boland and it hits Kohli on his pads, which is followed by a LBW appeal but the umpire isn't interested. 

Cummins has a chat with the bowler and the wicketkeeper but doesn't opt for a review, possibly the ball was going down the leg stump.

One run come from the over. IND 169-3

Boland starts with a maiden over and Pat Cummins leads the attack from the other end. Kohli is off the mark straightaway and Rahane then completes a double later in the over. He then finishes the over with a single. IND: 168/3

The players are out and the action on Day 5 gets underway. Ajinkya Rahane is on strike, Scott Boland leads the attack for Australia.

India need 280 more runs to win, Australia need seven wickets.

“The temperature is around 30 degrees and there is a 40% chance of rain, so there could be a thunderstorm, but we do have a reserve day in hand. The pitch though has changed, from green grass to dry grass, the bounce has become lower. There are some footholes to the left-handers, but there's not a lot against the right-handers. There could be some reverse with the old ball, but the bowlers will have to work hard on the ball. An unusual Oval pitch, it deteriorates usually, but this one has actually become better.”

The pitch was more helpful to the batters on Day 4 and it may raise India's hope of doing the unthinkable at The Oval on Sunday. However, Australia all-rounder Cameron Green feels there is still enough life in the pitch and bowlers can surely do the task in their hands. 

Green in the press conference following the close of play on Saturday said: “The wicket, we still feel like there's a lot in there off the wicket. So, yeah, any time we can kind of maybe try and hit the seam and let the ball do itself.

“Let the ball go each way. We don't know which way it's going, neither does the batter, so that's a few things we talk about,” said Green.

While Kohli and Rahane has surely given India some hope, the big problem is who is next after them. Ravindra Jadeja did manage to score a healthy 48 in the first innings but KS Bharat needs to rise to the occasion. The wicketkeeper was picked ahead of Ishan Kishan, but was cleaned up for 5 in the first innings. 

If we take a look at India's tail only Shardul Thakur appears to be the candidate, who can resist the Aussie attack. Thakur had scored a half-century in the first innings.

Only four teams have scored over 400 runs in the fourth innings to secure a Test for their side in 146 years of Test cricket. 

West Indies' 418/7 against Australia at St John's in 2003 remains the highest among the four.

Day 4 of the WTC final also saw a major controversy involving Shubman Gill.

The incident took place when Gill poked a ball outside off by Scott Boland and got an edge in the process, which was then brilliantly caught by Cameron Green at gully. Green was confident that he had collected the ball but the umpires were not very convinced, and it was referred to the third umpire.

After lengthy examination Richard Kettleborough adjudged Gill out, who was not very happy with the decision. 

Soon after the screenshot and the video of the moment went viral on the internet with many claiming the ball was grounded before being collected by Green.

Several ex-cricketers and Gill and Mohammed Shami took a dig at the umpire for the controversial call.

Virat Kohli returned unbeaten on 44 at the close of play on Day 4. He played some breathtaking shots on both sides of the park and also completed a personal milestone while doing so. 

He is now the only fifth Indian batter to score over 2000 Test runs against Australia. The only names above him are:

Sachin Tendulkar: 3630

VVS Laxman: 2434

Rahul Dravid: 2143

Cheteshwar Pujara: 2074

Kohli has 2037 runs under his belt and would like to add more to his tally to help India's case at the WTC finals.