India went into the last day's play at 589/4, a lead of 315 runs. Rahul Dravid (180) was run out, VVS Laxman was caught by Ponting off McGrath after making 281 as India wen t for quick runs to enable an early declaration. India closed their innings declared at 657/7, setting the Aussies a task of scoring 384 to win. The Aussies got off to a flying start, adding 74 runs for the first wicket. Michael Slater (43) and Justin Langer (28) fell to Harbhajan Singh. Mark Waugh was trapped in front of the stumps by Venkatapathy Raju for a duck to reduce the Aussies to 116/3.