STUMPS - DAY 1

India 0-0 (1 ov) vs Aus 300 | Scorecard

India will have to face just one over before stumps are taken on Day 1. Josh Hazlewood to bowl the opening over for Australia and facing him is the in-form KL Rahul, who has hit four fifties in this series already.

The first ball is full and on the channel just outside the off-stump as KL Rahul leaves it alone before he defends the next to point.

He defends the next ball too confidently before Hazlewood sends down a beauty, bounce and swing which the right-hander does well to avoid.

The fifth ball is wide as Rahul is happy to see it go through to the wicketkeeper and leaves the last ball too.

So Rahul successfully negotiates the first over from Hazlewood as India end a good first day to take the upperhand at stumps.

Australia were cruising on 144 for one at one stage before Kuldeep Yadav broke through the middle order, claiming four for 68, to restrict Australia to 300 in their first innings.

For the visitors, Smith shone again with a cracking innings of 111, while David Warner and Matthew Wade hit half-centuries.