Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground provided a heated contest between India and Australia during the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, headlined by a confrontation between Virat Kohli and teenaged debutant Sam Konstas as the pair clashed in the middle of the pitch early in the morning.

Marnus Labuschagne was constantly running on the pitch throughout his innings on Day 1 of the fourth Test. After he did this repeatedly, Rohit Sharma got annoyed and went on to confront the batter and exchange a few words with him regarding this.

On the first day of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Indian captain Rohit Sharma confronted Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne over running on the pitch. The incident led to a long exchange,

In the press conference after Stumps on Day 1 of the 4th Test, Abhishek Nayar said that Rohit Sharma will come up the order and will most likely open the innings. This statement of Nayar falls in line with the reports prior to the start of the 4th Test,

After missing the first Test at Perth, Rohit returned to the Adelaide pink-ball Test but chose to bat down the order following the immense success of the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul during the Perth Test win.

India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar on Thursday defended axing Shubman Gill from the Boxing Day Test, saying it was in team's best interest to not only have Rohit Sharma back to his usual opening slot but also add some sting to the attack by drafting in spin all-rounder Washington Sundar.