Australia vs India 1st Test Match Day 3: The first match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia is going on in Perth. This series is important for both the teams and it will be clear which team will reach the final of the World Test Championship. India needs to win at least four Tests. Also, it has to be ensured that they do not lose a single match. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first.

AUS VS IND 1st Test Playing-11s

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Mohammed Siraj.

The third day of the Perth Test is over. Australia has scored 12 runs after losing three wickets in their second innings. Nathan McSweeney could not open the account, while Pat Cummins was out after scoring two runs and Marnus Labuschagne was out after scoring three runs. Usman Khawaja remained unbeaten after scoring three runs. Australia still has to score 522 runs. Team India has given a target of 534 runs. Bumrah has taken two wickets so far, while Siraj has got one wicket.

India declared the innings after scoring 487 runs for the loss of six wickets in their second innings. Before the 487 runs of the second innings, Team India won the toss and batted first and scored 150 runs. In reply, Australia's first innings was reduced to 104 runs. India had a lead of 46 runs in the second innings. In this sense, India's total lead was 533 runs and a target of 534 runs was given.

Everyone was waiting for Virat Kohli's century. As soon as he scored a century, the Indian dressing room decided to declare the innings. Virat played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs in 143 balls. He hit eight fours and two sixes in his innings. Virat completed his century with a four off Lyon's ball. This was his 30th century in his Test career and his 81st century overall in all three formats. This was his seventh century in Australia. He became the Indian batsman to score the most Test centuries on Australian soil, leaving behind Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin had scored six centuries. Apart from Virat, Nitish Reddy remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs in 27 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes. Nitish and Virat shared an unbeaten partnership of 77 runs in 54 balls for the seventh wicket.

Before Virat, Yashasvi Jaiswal had scored a century and played an innings of 161 runs. He hit 15 fours and three sixes in his innings. This was the fourth century of his Test career. At the same time, KL Rahul scored 77 runs with the help of five fours. Devdutt Padikkal scored 25 runs and Washington Sundar scored 29 runs. Rishabh Pant and Dhruv Jurel could not do anything special and scored 1-1 runs. For Australia, Nathan Lyon took two wickets, while Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh got one wicket each.