When Sunny Gavsakar made the pitch inspection on first day morning at SCG, he predicted that the wicket was full of runs. The legendary cricketer has been vindicated as over 900 runs have come in three days and only 12 wickets have fallen. On third day, India lost Rohit Sharma early and even as Kohli joined Rahul, India were still too far behind Australia. However, India ended the day with some credit in scoring 342/5. They are still 230 runs in arrears and the danger is not over. For India, it is not merely a question of avoiding another defeat but show that the middle order can function. Wriddhiman Saha is no mean batsman and he must demonstrate his true batting capability now that he is more or less a permanent member of Indian team. Ashwin, Bhuvi Kumar and Mohammad Shami have scored in the past and there is no reason why they cannot come good at crunch time. In one respect, third day’s play was nearly similar to the first two.