India have reversed an earlier decision about the availability of Ravichandran Ashwin for the fourth and final test against Australia and named the off-spinner in a 13-man match squad on Wednesday.

India have reversed an earlier decision about the availability of Ravichandran Ashwin for the fourth and final test against Australia and said the off-spinner would be in the 13-man match squad named later on Wednesday.

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has come up short in his race to be fit for the fourth and final test against Australia, a team spokesman said on the eve of the match on Wednesday.

Jan 1 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of match 16 between Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades on Tuesday at Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Stars win by 7 wickets Melbourne Renegades 1st innings Sam Harper b Adam Zampa 30 Mackenzie Harvey c Glenn Maxwell b Marcus Stoinis 21 Cameron White c Marcus Stoinis b Dwayne Bravo 8 Mohammad Nabi c Glenn Maxwell b Marcus Stoinis 6 Tom Cooper b Sandeep Lamichhane

Jan 1 (OPTA) - Scoreboard at close of play of match 15 between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers on Tuesday at Carrara, Australia Sydney Sixers win by 5 wickets Brisbane Heat 1st innings Max Bryant c Sean Abbott b Tom Curran 34 Sam Heazlett b Ben Dwarshuis 2 Chris Lynn lbw Tom Curran 84 Brendon McCullum c Steve O'Keefe b Sean Abbott 8 Joe Burns c&b Steve O'Keefe 4 Ben Cutting b Joe Denly

Factbox on the second test of the three-match series between South Africa and Pakistan, which starts on Thursday:

Pakistan's struggling batsmen must find a way to handle South Africa's potent pace attack if they are to claw their way back into the three-match series in the second test that starts on what is likely to be a lively Newlands wicket on Thursday.