MELBOURNE: In keeping with the Yuletide spirit, both India and Australia go into the Boxing Day Test with renewed hope after a period of quiet reflection.
For both, this game will mark a line in the sand, either for good or bad. The MCG will yield its gifts to only one, with the other left standing on the precipice of change. It seldom happens that two opponents share identical narratives over a long Test series, but as circumstances stand, this fourth Test is now the most important game of the year for both.
