By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A Marnus Labuschagne half-century and stubborn tail-end batting drove Australia to a 333-run lead at the end of day four in the fourth test in Melbourne on Sunday, leaving India facing a record chase to steal victory.

Team India will miss out on a place in the World Test Championship final for the first time since the tournament's inception, as the side faced a 6-wicket defeat to Australia in the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Sunday.

India's wish of keeping the Border-Gavaskar Trophy broke down as Australia won the highly-anticipated series. A series of events with defeats in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney caused India to fail a series triumph.