Michael Clarke has never missed a Test match due to his ongoing back injury but faces an enormous challenge to prove his fitness over the next three days after struggling through the Mohali Test

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the final day in Mohali

Shane Watson has committed himself to Australia's Test team for the long term and will rejoin the squad in India ahead of the fourth Test in Delhi

Nobody expected Australia's spinners to dominate this series, but their lack of wickets has been an inescapable problem

Peter Siddle has said Australia have not given up on the prospect of winning the Mohali Test, although they know something remarkable would have to happen with one day to play.

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day in Mohali

Australia's miserable tour of India could become even worse with the captain Michael Clarke battling a back injury that may affect his ability to bat on the final day in Mohali

Not for the first time in recent Tests, Australia received a hammering from a ruthless, risk-free innings

Mitchell Starc has described his innings of 99 as "lots of fun", despite the agony of falling one run short of a Test century

Plays of the Day from the third day of the third Test between Australia and India

While Ed Cowan has found the answer to what works for him in spinning Indian conditions in this Test series, Phillip Hughes seems to have less and less of an idea of the same with every passing innings

Plays of the Day from the first day of the third Test between India and Australia in Mohali

When Steven Smith was named in Australia's 17-man squad for this Indian tour, he appeared to be the 17th most likely to play a Test

Glenn Maxwell had to sit out of the Mohali Test because Australia needed all of their available specialist bowlers in order to have any chance of staying alive in the series, according to coach Mickey Arthur

Australia will have to put behind the less-than-ideal lead-up to the Mohali Test to bounce back from their Hyderabad defeat

Matthew Wade's chances of playing in the third Test in Mohali appear slim after he struggled through wicketkeeping, fielding and running drills on the eve of the match

Mickey Arthur, the coach of Australia, has outlined some of the discipline issues that had built up over the course of the tour of India

Michael Clarke has not given up hope of Shane Watson returning to India for the fourth Test in Delhi, despite the vice-captain's indications that he is considering his cricket future

Shane Watson is Australia's vice-captain but he needs to lift his game off the field and on it