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Border-Gavaskar Trophy, archetypal Test, time three, Perth
India: 150 (Hazlewood 4-29) & 487-6 dec (Jaiswal 161, Kohli 100*)
Australia: 104 (Bumrah 5-30) & 12-3 (Bumrah 2-1)
Australia way by 522 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli deed imperious centuries earlier Jasprit Bumrah took 2 precocious wickets arsenic India enactment themselves successful a ascendant presumption against Australia astatine stumps connected time 3 of the archetypal Test.
Opener Jaiswal's sublime 161 acceptable the code for India arsenic helium and KL Rahul compiled a grounds first-wicket basal of 201 for India successful Australia.
That was followed by Kohli's zen-like unbeaten sound of precisely 100 astatine Perth's Optus Stadium arsenic India declared their 2nd innings connected 487-6.
Set 534 for victory, a weary Australia were near with an awkward 24 minutes to negociate earlier the close.
Rested and refreshed India stand-skipper Bumrah ran successful with menace and trapped Nathan McSweeney lbw with the 4th shot of Australia's response.
Australia skipper Pat Cummins past came retired arsenic nightwatchman and edged Mohammed Siraj to Kohli astatine 2nd slip.
A fired-up Bumrah struck again successful his 3rd implicit arsenic helium had Marnus Labuschagne retired lbw, with referal backing up the on-field decision.
With 2 days near to play determination is inactive clip for Australia to either bat retired for a gully oregon pursuit down a grounds full to triumph the match.
The existent highest palmy fourth-innings full to triumph a lucifer is the 418-7 made by West Indies against Australia astatine St John's successful May 2003.
Australia's highest fourth-innings pursuit to triumph a Test was the 404-3 they made astatine Headingley against England successful July 1948.
However, with question and uneven bounce connected the transportation India look good positioned to triumph the opening lucifer of the five-Test series.
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