95th over: Australia 266-4 (Khawaja 110, Green 54) Like a suited gent on his way to the office pausing to flick a bug off the footpath with his umbrella, Khawaja strolls down to pick Shami’s full pitched delivery off his toes. The bowler has found his line though and there’s only a quick single to be found. Cam Green gets that elbow up nice and high to drive down the ground but after the carnage he wrought with that shot yesterday, India captain Rohit Sharma has cannily placed a man at mid-off today to stop the stroke.

94th over: Australia 265-4 (Khawaja 109, Green 54) Axar returns. Although he’s still averaging over 90 with the bat, he’s had a dry run with the ball in this series and has none-for from his 14 overs so far albeit with only 18 runs taken from them. Australia keep things ticking over with a couple more singles.

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