A battered and bruised India lineup survived the full fifth day to force a draw in the third cricket Test against Australia and leave the series hinging on the final Test in Brisbane.

Steve Smith scored his first century since the 2019 Ashes series and helped cushion Australia from another batting collapse as it was all out for 338 before India reached 26 without loss at tea on the second day of the third cricket test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Will Pucovski set the tone with a flourishing 62 on debut and Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith took over as Australia’s batting lineup finally clicked against India, reaching 166-2 on a rain-interrupted opening day of the third Test.

The series is tied at the halfway point. Australia and India have been surpassed by New Zealand atop the Test Cricket rankings.

India has advanced to the Women's Twenty20 Cricket World Cup final after the semifinal against England was washed out without a ball being bowled.