With the arrival of Santa and a holiday season being just around the corner in Australia, the sweet Christmas air is also set to bring in a huge crowd on the Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After an exciting final day of the 3rd test match at the Gabba resulted in a draw, India and Australia will be locking horns once again in the 4th test of the Border- Gavaskar Trophy. R Ashwin's sudden retirement and then multiple incidents of the Indian team with the Aussie media in the past week have somewehere over-shadowed the fact that how competitive and exciting this series has been so far. Both the sides dominating one match each, Travis Head's brutal batting in all the 3 matches, Jasprit Bumrah's astonishing spells, KL Rahul's sheer brilliance, we have witnessed them all. India's record in recent Boxing Day tests In the last decade or so, India has had a great record in the test matches starting on 26th December, that is, Boxing Day. Having won 3 of their last 5 Boxing Day tests in Australia and South Africa while losing just 1, India would definitely be confident going in to the fourth test of the series. What makes India's case even stronger is that it hasn't lost any of its last 3 tests at the MCG, while winning the latest 2 of them. Even after the horror show of Adelaide in 2020, India managed to get a comfortable and commanding win in Melbourne under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane. With Cricket Austrlia claiming the first day to be a soldout, no doubt we are in for a blockbuster of test cricket. With the weather expected to be clear and hot on all the five days, conditions will also be in India's favour. Also read | What Is Boxing Day Test? A Look at Team India’s Record in the Boxing Day Test So... who's at the top? Perth, pink- ball test in Adelaide and then Brisbane- Cricket Australia was quite clever while preparing the schedule of this BGT, keeping the toughest venues for the visitors all together and at the very beginning of the summer. Looking at India's situation in the test series against New Zealand, it won't be wrong to say that at some point of time Australia would have definitely thought and dreamt about going 3-0 up before the commencement of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. But here we stand, the scoreline reads 1-1 and the series is alive and kicking. Melbourne and Sydney Cricket Ground, both of the iconic grounds have been known to favour the Indian side a tad more. After a huge defeat in Adelaide, the Indian camp seemed to gain some momentum and positives out of the Gabba such as KL Rahul continuing his brilliant form, Jadeja contributing massively with the bat and Akashdeep bowling some dangerous spells in both the innings, which took some pressure off Bumrah's shoulders. We shouldn't forget that India was coming in to this series after a shameful defeat at home and its most senior batters having a poor phase with the bat. To be standing at the same level with the home side, after the three toughest venues is a massive psychological win in itself for India. Australia would definitely be the more under-confident team heading to the 4th test and if India start to look a little controlling in the game, we might see the Aussies getting desperate and thus pressing the panic button. Not to forget, Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out from the remainder of the series and even Travis Head wasn't completely fit at the end of the 3rd test. On the other hand, India has once again gained some of its momentum and would love to bounce back and take the lead in this epic series.