India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Highlights: Rain wins at the Gabba, match ends in draw

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Well one would've never expected that the curtains would come down on one of the greatest careers in the history of Test cricket at the end of Day 5 of this match. Let's recount Ashwin' utterly incredible stats shall we, 537 wickets in 106 Tests, 37 five-wicket hauls which is level with Shane Warne for the second most in the history of the game, only after Muttiah Muralitharan's 67. He also has 3503 Test runs with six centuries and 14 half-centuries. He played 116 ODIs and took 156 wickets and 65 T20Is with 72 wickets. It's an emotional day in Indian cricket. All we can say is thank you, legend. That's it from the Gabba, see you next in Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test. Ciao!

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Ashwin has walked out with Rohit Sharma for the post-match press conference. The great man makes the announcement himself. He walks off to the applause from the journalists in the room, Rohit gives him a short hug as well. An era has come to an end in international cricket, not just Indian cricket.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Importantly, he says that he is just a little bit sore and should be fine for the Boxing Day Test. Head had not taken the field for the Indian second innings.

“Challenging wicket. I had to work through the gears. I had different plans, pleased I could get through those. Good partnership with Smit. I just try to sum up the conditions well. What I've done well this series is assess the conditions. Pleased with the tempo I've batted with. Pretty relaxed communication. Felt like he was back in his rhythm, and he gives me full freedom and confidence knowing he's going to be there for a long while. I feel like I am playing the situation in front of me. Very pleased with the way I am batting at the moment,” he said.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: That's it! Both sides tried, Australia certainly, but there won't be a big dramatic finish. It is a draw and surely, India are going to be the happier lot here. It remains 1-1 going into the fourth Test despite India being miles behind at one point in this Test.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Well, Star Sports is showing those pictures again and anchor Mark Nicholas is properly speaking about it. Sunil Gavaskar alludes that this could be it for Ravichandran Ashwin. He does urge the viewers to not take the little round of speculation they were indulging in seriously, thoughThe spin great plays primarily Test cricket, and moreover mostly in the subcontinent. He probably knows that India don't have too many home Tests for a long, long time now. Moreover, Washington Sundar has properly made a place for himself in the team. Kohli had hugged Ashwin and then the two long time teammates sat quietly with rather wistful expressions staring at the rain. Kohli had his arm around Ashwin during that period. The pair continued talking after that. It really does look like Ashwin might call time on his career. Well, Star Sports definitely has all but made it official. Virat Kohli is arguably among he greatest Test captains India ever had and Ashwin's truckloads of wickets and useful runs were central to it. If Ashwin is hanging up his boots, it really is the end of an era in Test cricket.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Now what is brewing here? There have been a few tweets from journos of a big name Indianplayer announcing his retirement after this match. Now we see visuals of Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin sharing a rather emotional hug in the dressing room. It is raining heavily, meanwhile, and it looks like this match is fading into the background already.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: As you may have noticed, the third session didn't get underway at 10.30am IST. In fact we might not see any play happening at all for the rest of this cursed match. A very long, very heavy spell of rain is making its way towards the Gabba and I just can't see how there will be time any meaningful cricket at the end of it all.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: If, as we have mentioned throughout the day, rain permits.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: There you go. Those clouds are hanging dark and heavy above the Gabba, ready to break open at any time now. The umpires deem that the light is not good enough and the players go off. Play stopped for the millionth time during a Mitchell Starc over right after Rahul faced a delivery. Tea has been taken as well. Let's hope we get to see some meaningful cricket, although that might be wishful thinking.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Well if there are any supernatural ways of blowing rain clouds away, now might be a good time to try them because the clouds are hanging thick and heavy and black. The match, meanwhile, is simmering very close to boiling point. Jaiswal with a much more measured start to this innings. He runs three off the fourth ball and then Rahul fends off the last two.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: All right 54 overs left in the day, rain permitting. India need to chase down 275, Australia need to take 10 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal walks out with KL Rahul. Jaiswal surely must be feeling he has a point to prove once again, three innings have gone since his big century in Perth. Mitchell Starc bowling to him. Here we go!

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: The Australian bowlers have made their way out already. Mitch Marsh is also warming up and so it seems he will have more to do in this innings. The aforementioned storm, meanwhile, is steadily making its way to the Gabba. Let's hope it doesn't eat up too much time because we are in for a grand stand finish here.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: The Australians run off the field after that over from Bumrah with Cummins making the motion from the dressing room. Nathan Lyon was all kitted up but that was a farce it seems. Australia have given India a chaseable target and given themselves three hours to get all 10 wickets. If rain stays away, this match is headed to an utterly incredible finish.

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Bumrah returns and strikes with his first ball. Slow delivery to Cummins who goes for it anyhow, KL Rahul takes the catch at mid-off. For a second it looked like Australia have declared with Carey walking with him but he then turns back after having a word with Cummins.

Cummins c Rahul b Bumrah 22 (10)

Australia 85/7

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Pat Cummins has rocketed to 22 off nine balls here. Siraj goes short outside off the third ball of the 17th, and Cummins absolutely blasts that back down the ground for a four. Then he toe-ends the big shot off the next ball and it still just about beats the fielder at long on for a six.

Australia 85/6, lead by 270

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Pat Cummins gets some revenge in this little battle. Akash Deep hit a four off Cummins yesterday to get India past the follow-on mark and then boshed a huge six off the next ball. Now Cummins sends Deep's second ball of the 16th over mid-off for a four. The next ball is smashed over cow corner for a six. Carey on 16 off 15 at the end of that over, Cummins has raced to 11 in five. Australia have gone Bazball.

Australia 73/6 in 16 overs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Well Mohammed Siraj has got the wickets of both the first innings centurions here but it is quite clear what Australia are doing. Head with a big ugly swipe off the fourth ball of the 15th over, it goes straight up in the air and Pant makes no mistake with the catch. Australia want to score as many as they can and tempt India into going for the target. High risk, high reward

Head c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 17 (19)

Australia 60/6 in 14.4 overs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Well Australia don't really mind the falling wickets, they want to score as many as possible. Meanwhile bad news on the radar with a huge storm making its way to the Gabba. This match was shaping up to be an interesting contest but there is every chance of more of it being rained off soon.

Carey has blasted 13 in 11 balls, Head is on 14 off 16.

Australia 56/5, lead by 24

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Mohammed Siraj gets the big fish. Smith was looking quite dangerous, he charged down the track to hit Siraj down the ground for a four just the previous ball. This time Siraj angles the last ball of the over down the leg side, Smith gets a tickle on it and Pant flies to his left to take a brilliant catch.

Smith c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 4 (5)

Australia 33/5

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Another one gone wafting at something outside off. This is quite incredible, Australia have lost four wickets inside the first 10 overs. This was a good length delivery just outside off, Marsh just puts some bat on it tentatively, he had no idea what to do with that. Edge and gone.

Marsh c Pant b Akash Deep 2 (13)

Australia 28/4 in 9.5 overs

Head absolutely nails the flick through midwicket for four off the fifth ball of the ninth over, he is off the mark with that. Then he cuts it behind point for another four last ball. Head is on eight off six, Mitch Marsh promoted up the order at the other end but he has looked quite jumpy, he has scored one off nine.

Australia 26/3 in 9 overs, lead by 211 runs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: This has been a stunning first over from Akash Deep. He angles in the fourth ball to the new batter Travis Head, the first innings centurion nearly chops on, getting an inside edge on to his pads. Then the fifth ball jumps up off a length, Head can't keep down his attempted on-drive and it lands just short of Gill at mid-off. Head then defends the last ball off the backfoot.

Australia 16/3 in 8 overs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Like Labuschagne, McSweeney also falls taking a waft outside off stump. Australia are three down, this is getting a little interesting. This one takes McSweeney's bottom edge before flying to the wicketkeeper. It was short and wide from Deep, McSweeney tries to cut but he was probably done by the ball not bouncing as much as he expected.

McSweeney c Pant b Akash Deep 4 (25)

Australia 16/3 in 7.3 overs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Labuschagne goes fishing outside off and Bumrah strikes again! His 52nd Test wicket in Australia which takes him past Kapil Dev as the most succesfull Indian bowler in Tests played in the country. This, though, is a bonus wicket and Bumrah would know it. A nothing ball, short and well outside off, Labuschagne takes a waft at it and edges it to the wicketkeeper. The batter walks off shaking his head, he is livid with himself.

Labuschagne c Pant b Bumrah 1 (9)

Australia 16/2 in 6.1 overs

India vs Australia 3rd Test Day 5 Live Score: Bumrah bowls his third and then Siraj now coming from the other end for his third as well. McSweeney shoulders arms last two balls, both of which are in the outside off stump channel. Two runs in that over and the a run off the next from Siraj.

Australia 15/1 in 6 overs, lead by 200 runs