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Australia draw third Test in Melbourne with India on Tuesday, sealing the four-match series 2-0
Australia declared on 318 for nine to bring lunch early on the final day at MCG setting India 384 to win in 70 overs in the final two sessions
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Australia drew the third Test in Melbourne with India on Tuesday, sealing the four-match series 2-0. India were 174-6 after being set 384 to win.
Australia declared on 318-9 at lunch, setting India 384 to win in 70 overs in the final two sessions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which had been extended due to rain.
The tourists lost six wickets along the way, at times giving Australia a sniff of victory.
Finally, India held on at 6 for 174, 210 runs short of victory with Mahendra Singh Dhoni (24 not out) and Ravichandran ashwin (5 not out) unbeaten at the crease.
Virat Kohli top scored for India with 54, while Ajinkya Rahane made 48.
Earlier, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane steadied India after a top order batting collapse to take the tourists to 104-3 at tea on day five of the third Test against Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday, 280 runs short of their victory target.
Kohli and Rahane frustrated the Australian bowlers for a second time in this match, after the pair compiled a record fourth-wicket partnership of 262 at the MCG on day three to set up India's 465 in reply to the hosts' first innings 530.
India's chase began disastrously, with Australia's pacemen striking three times to leave the tourists reeling at 19-3 by the ninth over.
The quick wickets snuffed out any thoughts of a swashbuckling victory charge for India as Kohli and Rahane dug in grimly to see out the session.
The largest successful fourth innings run chase at the MCG was by England in 1928-29 when they mowed down 332 to win.
Earlier, Shaun Marsh was run out for 99 attempting a desperate single before Australia declared on 318 for nine to bring lunch early and set India 384 to win the third Test.
Marsh had patiently grafted for more than four and a half hours through the new ball on day four and then rain delays in the final morning, and had been given every chance to post his third test century and first on home soil.
But pinned down on the brink of a century for five balls by paceman Umesh Yadav, he had a moment of madness, rushing through for a single after poking a shot in close, which Virat Kohli swooped on and flung down the stumps from a few metres away.
That ended a 215-ball knock which had guided Australia to safety late on day four, and Marsh trudged off with head bowed.
Josh Hazlewood joined Nathan Lyon out in the middle for a few balls but coach Darren Lehmann finally ran out of patience and waved his team in to bring an early lunch.
The highest successful run-chase at the MCG was in 1928-29 when England made 332 for victory but with Australia 2-0 up in the series and needing only draw to seal it, the tourists were in no hurry to declare.
Rain delays added another variable, with the session suspended for nearly an hour due to two separate showers, the first after just three balls and the second a little over an hour before lunch.
Marsh and number nine Ryan Harris resumed on 261-7, and appeared more keen to bat for time than keep the scoreboard ticking over.
Harris was eventually out for 21 off 68 balls, caught behind by India captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni off the bowling of Mohammed Shami.
