The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia saw record attendance with 87,242 fans, hitting new highs. Australia, batting first, scored 311/6 with contributions from Sam Konstas,

Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and India saw a record-breaking 87,242 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). This number sets a new record for the highest turnout in a Test between the two teams on a single day. Notably, the tickets for this much-anticipated event were sold out two weeks prior to the match.

A sellout crowd of 90,000 for the first day of the Boxing Day Test match. The fourth of a full five-Test series after a while being poised on knives’ edge at 1-1. It doesn’t get bigger than this as all the talk of the longer format of the game being on a terminal decline can stay on the backburner for now.

Boxing Day, celebrated the day after Christmas, historically involved giving gifts to workers and the less fortunate in England. The tradition of a Boxing Day Test at the MCG began in 1950, becoming an integral part of Australia’s cricketing calendar.

With Australia at 311 for six at Stumps on Day 1, are India still in with a good enough chance to come up trumps at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)?

The tickets for the opening day of the fourth Test between India and Pakistan had been sold out over two weeks ahead of the clash.

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Former coach Ravi Shastri has backed India to win the Boxing Day Test, saying the visitors have exploited Australia's "brittle" top order to have their "nose ahead" in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.