AUS vs IND: Rain Ends Second Day's Play With Final Australia-India Test In The Balance

The deciding fourth Test between Australia and India in Brisbane hung in the balance Saturday after a massive thunderstorm caused play to be abandoned following the tea break on the second day. The Ga

The Australian off-spinner is playing his 100th Test match and is closing in on 400 wickets - Sharma was his 397th.

"I had a couple of plans for Rohit," Lyon said.

"Obviously he's a world-class player, so I just wanted to make sure I was bowling my best ball, and not try to worry too much about what the batters are doing."

He said the wicket was different from a normal Gabba strip.

"It is a lot drier than it usually is," Lyon said.

"It was probably more like a day three wicket (on day one) and there's a nice crack outside the off-stump.

"I'm trying to aim at that and hopefully bring in both edges and see how we go."

Pat Cummins had made the early breakthrough for the hosts when Shubman Gill got a thick edge and Steve Smith took a sharp catch at second slip.

'A lot of character' 

After resuming at 274 for five on Saturday morning, Australia lost five wickets in the first session including the overnight batsmen Tim Paine and Cameron Green.