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2nd Test updates: Australia 132 for 4 at stumps on Day 3
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15:29 Take 175-run lead
Stumps called on Day 3 of the 2nd Test as Australia have a 175-run lead.
Australia end the day at 132 for 4 as Khawaja (41) and captain Paine (8) at the crease.
India's pacemem bowled a fiery spell with each of them apart from Umesh getting wickets. The pitch has being doing a lot and batsmen have been hit all over.
Finch had to retire hurt just after getting hit on his finger just before lunch. It will be interesting to see how things pan out on Day 4 with a result very much on the horizon.
Ishant comes back into the attack and Paine just one in the over.
Umesh comes back into the attack and Paine leaves the first one.
After two dots, Paine just plays it to the off side for a single.
Khawaja then plays a loose shot, lucky it falls short of slips.
Khawaja then lets the last ball go as just one comes off it.
Vihari continues from around the wicket to Khawaja.
He keeps bowling outside the off-stump. This time he induces the edge from Khawaja. Rahane is not up to the task at slip and the ball races to the boundary for four. Fortunate for Khawaja.
Shami continues after a dot, he bowls short and Paine cuts it sweetly for a four through backward point.
Shami bowls another beautiful over as Paine successfully sees off the challenge.
Vihari continues and he maintains the pressure as just one comes in the over.
Shami continues and Khawaja gets hit on his hand.
Khawaja then sways away the next ball.
He finally sees off the ball without trouble.
Vihari continues and Paine sees him off, only just.
14:56 Head gone for 19
Australia 121-4 (41 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
Paine is the new man in and he gets off the mark with a single to third man.
Good over that by Shami who has picked his 2nd wicket in the innings.
Just when it looked like Head and Khawaja were on their way to making a good partnership, Shami comes back into the attack and strikes.
Head chases the ball and is caught at deep third man by Ishant for 19.
The batsmen now at ease against Vihari and Bumrah and 7 runs come of two overs.
14:49 Bumrah, Vihari keep the pressure
Australia 113-3 (38 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
While Vihari keeps the pressure at one end, Bumrah is not allowing the Aussies to score freely.
Yet the Head and Khawaja have managed to rally.
Vihari then bowls a maiden.
Bumrah continues and Head takes a single as Khawaja sees him off.
Vihari continues and he gives 2 in the over.
Bumrah comes back into the attack and news coming in from the Aus dressing room is that Finch is gone to the hospital for a suspect fractured finger.
Bumrah making the ball talk here while Head tries to stay up to the challenge.
A dot to end the over but the ball hit the crack in the crease making Head smell leather.
Vihari continues and he persists with that line, bowling outside the off-stump.
Khawaja lets them go and that is another maiden.
Umesh comes from around the wicket and Khawaja defends.
Umesh then makes him play. Khawaja plays and misses.
Khawaja then gets a four down to third man.
Khawaja then gets a life, he tries to pull, miscues and the ball falls in no man's land.
Head then plays out the next two balls safely.
Spin introduced as Vihari comes into the attack.
And chirpy Pant is back as Head sees off the over without trouble.
Umesh continues and the batsmen are doing well.
He bowls short of length and wide, Head flashes at it and the ball flies to the third man boundary.
He then takes a single to square leg. Dot to end the over as 5 come off it.
After the drinks break, Ishant continues and Khawaja gets a couple bringing up the 100 for Australia.
Umesh continues and 4 runs come off the over.
14:10 Ishant has Handscomb leg before.
Australia 94-3 (28 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
Ishant continues and Head looks compact. He plays him well and 2 runs come in the over.
Umesh continues and Khawaja takes 2 off him.
Head is the new man in.
Head gets a gift ball and he plays a nice short through covers for a four as Bumrah's foot touches the advertising board.
Ishant comes back well and that's 4 runs and a wicket in the over.
Ishant comes into the attack and strikes!
He bowls full and the ball hits flush on Handscomb's back leg right in front of stumps. Ishant appeals, umpire raises his finger and Handscomb is out for 13 as Australia lose their 3rd wicket.
Umesh comes into the attack now.
After a dot, Handscomb pulls the ball over deep square leg for a fortunate boundary.
Handscomb does well as he takes a single off the last ball of the over.
Bumrah continues and Khawaja gets 6 runs but survives a superb over.
13:41 Shami claims Marsh's wicket
Shami continues around the wicket to Khawaja.
After playing four dots, Khawaja plays the ball off his hips to backward square leg for a single.
Handscomb then flashes at the ball as it flies over slips for a boundary to third man.
Bumrah continues, comes around the wicket to Khawaja. Khawaja plays it down to the on side and scampers for a single.
Handscomb does well to see off Bumrah here coming over the wicket.
Bumrah bowls a rare delivery down the leg side and Handscomb helps the ball on it's way to the fine leg boundary.
Peter Handscomb is the new man in he does well to block.
Shami continues and Marsh gets a fortunate four down gully.
Shami strikes now!
He persisted with the quick, short balls and Marsh has a go at it. He tries to pull but gives a catch to Pant behind the stumps.
Australia lose their 2nd wicket and India are pumped here!
13:25 Finch retired hurt
Bumrah continues and comes over the wicket.
Marsh leaves the first ball and then he plays the ball around the leg side to get off the mark.
Bumrah now coming around the wicket to Khawaja and the ball nearly has him in the misters. Khawaja takes him time before taking strike again.
Bumrah bowling at a deathly pace here to trouble Khawaja.
Khawaja then blocks the next one.
He leaves the last one as just one comes off the over.
Shami continues and he is hitting the right areas, Khawaja is equal to the task and is happy to leave anything in that corridor.
And he blocks the ones as plays out a maiden.
Marsh is the new man in and starts with a dot.
He then plays a tentative shot that nearly has him in trouble.
He then leaves the next ball.
Marsh then gets hit high on the pads, no appeal from India.
Beautiful order from Bumrah.
Bumrah brought back into the attack and strikes!
After getting a couple to square leg, Harris is dismissed off the next ball.
Bumrah comes around the wicket, brings the ball in and Harris misjudges the line, leaves it and the ball crashes into the stumps.
Harris gone for 20.
Shami continues and Harris takes a single off the first ball.
Khawaja is on song here. He plays it off his pads again and gets a couple as Australia's lead goes up to 100.
Shami comes back with a beauty!
Khawaja then lets the next one go.
He sees off the next two balls well.
Umesh continues and Khwaja just plays it down the third man for a four.
He then plays the ball off his pads for another four through square leg.
Khawaja running well here, he again plays it down to third man as Ishant clears the ball at the boundary.
He then leaves the last ball of the over.
Shami continues and after a couple of dots, Harris gets a four down the ground.
He sees off the over nicely.
Yadav comes back into the attack and Khawaja gets off the mark with a single.
Harris then cuts the ball through point for a four.
He then ends the over with a single.
Shami continues after the break as Finch is retired hurt. Khawaja faces Shami and survives a fiery over.
12:40 Stretch lead to 76 before Finch gets injured
Australia 33-0 (12.1 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
Early tea called by umpires after Finch injures his index finger.
Australia openers have done well to see off a fiery spell by the Ishant and Bumrah. Australia stretch their lead to 76.
Shami continues, it's a quickish delivery, he gets some extra bounce and Finch is hit thud on the index finger. The batsman's in some pain here, he calls for the physio.
As he walks into the dressing to inspect his injury further, umpires have called early tea.
Bumrah continues and bowls another testing over as Harris sees him off safely.
Shami comes into the attack now and 3 runs come in the over.
12:19 Ishant, Bumrah keeping the pressure
Australia 30-0 (10 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
Bumrah continues and he gets the ball to move across Harris as the batsman fishes.
Next one's a full ball.
Harris then plays the next ball to short cover.
He then plays the next one back to the bowler.
Squeezes out the yorker does Harris as he scampers for a single.
Nice shot! Finch gets to the pitch of the ball and plays a superbly-timed cover drive for another boundary.
Ishant continues and Finch starts with a good block.
Quick ball and Finch lets it go.
Short and wide and Finch cuts it through cover-point for a boundary.
Back-to-back fours, Ishant goes short and Finch pulls it to square leg for a boundary.
Ishant comes back well as the ball seams away from Finch.
Finch blocks the last ball of the over.
Bumrah continues around the wicket to Harris.
Harris does well to blocks the balls and tap it around.
Bouncer and Harris is hit flush on the helmet.
The Aussie physio is out checking on Harris's well-being.
Harris is ready to take strike as Bumrah goes full. Harris lets it go and a dot to end the over.
Ishant continues. and he is making Finch look like a rookie! He is hitting the right lengths to make life tough for Finch.
Bouncer next, Finch pulls it behind and the ball flies past an out-stretched Pant as the ball races to the boundary.
Finch does well to defend the last ball of the over. Phew! What an over!
Bumrah continues and gives two in the over.
11:53 Harris gets early reprieve
Australia 11-0 (5 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) vs Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) | Scorecard
India bowlers have started out fantastically, bowling in the channel and giving nothing away.
Ishant continues and Finch gets an inside edge as the ball rolls down to fine leg for a single.
Harris gets squared up. Wow!
Harris is dropped! Ishant makes Harris play, Pant is flat-footed as Pujara goes for the catch, he dives low to his right as the ball pops in and pops out.
Finch then takes a couple before getting the ball hit into his abdomen.
Again Finch gets an inside edge.
Bumrah continues from around the wicket to Harris, the ball angles in, it goes away and then takes off as Pant jumps high to take a clean take.
Wow! Bumrah makes Harris play at another one.
Harris survives the over.
Ishant opens the bowling as Finch and Harris open the batting for Australia in the 2nd innings.
Both batsmen have been tested by the Ishant and Bumrah as they have been kept quiet. Just 7 runs have come in the first three overs.
11:23 Lyon cleans up India's tail
Ind 283 (105.5 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
India are all out for 283 in 105.5 overs as Lyon picks five wickets.
Kohli top-scored for India with 123 but the visitors trail by 43.
Pant tried to score some runs at No 7 and stuck around with Umesh for a bit but India's tail could not wag long enough.
Bumrah is the new man and after hammering a shot over the bowler for four, he gets an outside and Khawaja completes a good catch at slip to end India's innings.
Lyon ends with figures of 5 for 57.
Lyon continues and he gets the breakthrough.
Just when it looked like Pant would turn the screws on Australia he is gone.
He tries to go after the bowler only to be holed out by Starc at long on.
Starc continues and gives 3 runs in the over.
11:12 India's tail wags
Ind 276-8 (104 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
Pant shifting gears now as he bats with tailender Umesh at the other end.
Pant gets a single to long on as Lyon continues.
Umesh is being tested here. He manages to see off the over with a defensive shot.
Starc continues and Umesh gets a single.
Pant then gets a couple to point.
He then plays a golf-like shot for a single to mid-on.
Umesh then digs out the yorker as 4 come off the over.
Lyon continues and now Pant goes after him, plays with the spin and over mid-wicket for a four.
After a dot, Pant then goes down the wicket and down the ground for a maximum!
Pant getting into the groove now.
He then sees off Lyon's over safely.
Starc brought back into the attack and starts with a widish ball, Pant smacks it and only gets a single to the off side.
Starc then comes around the wicket and nearly makes Umesh play at it.
Umesh gets some real quick ones at him.
Umesh survives a good over from Starc.
Lyon continues.
Umesh does well to survive.
Cummins continues and some sloppy fielding allows India 2 runs.
10:47 India trail by 68 runs
Ind 258-8 (98 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
Lyon continues and that has taken off! Whoa!
Umesh then squats the ball down to the leg side for a single.
Pant then plays the ball around to mid-wicket for a single.
Umesh does well to play the ball down and end with a dot.
Cummins continues, Pant whacks it back but Cummins fails to grab the ball on his follow through. Pant gets a life.
Cummins then bowls a wide ball.
Pant then taps the ball down to the off side and sets off for a run, he contemplates a second but decides against it.
Umesh then plays it down to the leg side for a single.
Short and wide and Pant flirts at the delivery.
Two dots to end the over.
Umesh is the new man in.
He does well to defend and survives the over.
Lyon continues and after seeing off the first ball, Ishant hands the bowler a return catch. He goes for 1.
Cummins continues and Pant takes a single off the first ball.
Ishant survives the over before getting hit in the bottoms.
He takes a single off the last ball of the over.
Lyon continues to complete his over after the lunch and has new man Ishant living dangerously.
Just one run and a wicket come in the over.
09:55 Lose Kohli just before the break
Lunch is taken as India lose two quick wickets.
Soon after Kohli, Shami follows him back to the pavillion as India lose their 7th wicket and the umpires call lunch.
India trail by 74 runs as they dominated most of that first session of play.
Australia snap Kohli just before lunch and now India's tail is exposed.
Can the Aussies wipe out the tail or will it wag?
Lyon continues and Pant gets a single to point as Shami comes in to bat.
Wow! What a ball! Shami gets a faint outside edge and Paine takes a good catch on the bounce.
Shami gone for golden duck.
Cummins continues and Pant gets a single to third man.
Kohli plays out three dots before finding the edge. Was that safely pouched by Handscomb at slips?
The replays show Handscomb had a finger under it. Kohli takes the long walk after making a brilliant 123.
Lyon comes into the attack now.
Overpitched, wide and Kohli just smashes it through covers for a boundary.
Kohli then plays out four dots.
Cummins comes into the attack and the batsmen take a couple of singles off the first two balls.
Kohli then sees off three balls before ending the over with a single.
Hazlewood continues and Pant gets a single to off side.
After a couple of dots, Kohli then gets a single.
Hazlewood then takes Pant's outside edge as he comes around the wicket and Pant gets the edge and the ball flies down to third man for a boundary.
A dot to end the over.
Starc continues. Pant plays the first ball watchfully.
He then plays the ball to fine leg for a single.
Oh! Starc misses Kohli's inside edge.
Kohli then taps the ball down to the off side for a single.
Pant then plays a superb drive through mid-wicket for 3.
Kohli then miscues as the ball takes off, falls short of the man at point.
Hazlewood continues. Kohli takes a single off the first ball.
Pant doing well to play the defensive shots.
He then plays the ball down to square leg for a single. The batsmen think of a couple then decide against it.
Kohli on now, Hazlewood bangs it in short, Kohli takes a swipe at it. Paine makes a muted appeal. Dot to end the over.
Starc continues and 7 runs come off the over -- one fortunate four for India.
09:14 Kohli-Vihari's 50-run partnership broken
Ind 223-5 (86 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
Hazlewood strikes just after Kohli and Vihari complete a 50-run partnership.
Will Australia wipe off India lower order now?
Pant is the new man in and starts with a dot. He then plays a good back foot defence.
He sees off the over with a dot.
Hazlewood continues and Vihar doing well to play out the good ones.
Hazlewood then bowls a peach. Forces the batsman to play at it, gets some late movement, Vihari gets the edge and Paine completes a good catch.
Vihari out for a well-made 20.
Starc continues and Vihari gets a single.
Kohli then cuts the ball to third man for a single.
After a dot, Vihari brings up the 50-partnership with Kohli with a single square on the on side.
Hazlewood continues and Kohli plays out two dots.
Kohli then slashes at the ball and it goes the third man boundary for a six.
Hazlewood then comes back with a peach, making Kohli play and miss!
A dot to end the over.
08:54 Vihari plays perfect ally
It's drinks and it's definitely India who have dominated the first hour of the morning.
Starc continues and after two dots a class shot by Kohli. A half-volley is nicely timed through covers by Kohli for a boundary.
Starc replies with a bouncer.
Kohli then gets a single through mid-wicket.
A dot to end the over as 5 come off it.
India captain Virat Kohli has reached his 25th Test century as he rallies along with Vihari on Day 3.
Vihari is the perfect partner as he compiles a good innings himself.
Hazlewood comes back into the attack and dot the first ball.
Vihari then plays the ball down to square leg for a couple.
Vihari then lets two balls go.
He then defends the next.
Vihari then leaves the last as 2 come off the over.
Australia have taken the new ball and Starc comes back into the attack.
Starc bowls it too straight and Kohli plays it off his pads for a couple to mid-wicket.
Kohli then brings up his 25th Test ton with a superb shot down the ground for a boundary.
Kohli then chases the wide one. Play and a miss.
Kohli then leaves the next one.
Ohh! Kohli then gets the leading edge and it falls short off the fielder at slip.
Lyon continues and India have a close shave as Vihari survives a run-out chance.
Cummins continues and after a dot, Kohli then just taps the ball down and scampers for a single.
Cummins then bangs in a bouncer as Vihari ducks.
Vihari then just crunches the overpitched delivery down the ground for a four.
Cummins then replies with a bouncer.
Vihari then ends the over with a dot.
Lyon continues and gives two runs in the over.
08:27 Aus bowlers search for another breakthrough
Ind 189-4 (77 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
Cummins continues and bangs it in short, Kohli plays it out nicely.
Next ball around the off stump and Kohli is happy to leave.
Full and straight next and Kohli gets a single to mid-wicket.
After a dot Vihari gets a single to third man.
Kohli then ducks under the bouncer as 2 come off the over.
Lyon continues and he is accurate. Great delivery as Vihari gets a glove but the ball falls wide off the player at bat-pad.
Cummins now replaces Starc at the other end.
He peppers Vihari with a bouncer. Vihari does well with his defensive play.
On the up, pitched outside off and Vihari plays it through covers for 3.
A dot to end the over.
Lyon comes back into the attack and Vihari doing well to defend.
Vihari then clips the ball off his pads for a single to mid-wicket.
Kohli then plays out two dots.
Starc continues, Vihari slashes at it, luckily it falls short of Lyon at third man.
Kohli then plays out three dots before playing a lovely backfoot punch through the covers gives him 2 runs.
Short ball banged in next and that is a dot to end the over.
Cummins replaces Lyon at the other end.
Kohli sees off the over nicely as it's a maiden.
Starc comes in to bowl at the other end and Kohli gets hit in the elbow, but the batsmen take a single.
A ball later, Starc bowls wide and Vihari cuts it past point for a boundary.
2 dots to end the over as 5 runs come off the over.
07:57 Aus will hope to restrict India
Ind 175-4 (70 ovs) vs Australia 326 (108.3 ovs) | Scorecard
Vihari is the new man and gets off the mark with a single to mid-wicket.
Kohli then scampers for a single as 3 runs and a wicket come in that over.
Welcome to the updates from Day 3 of the Perth Test.
India trail by 154 runs and will look to build on the partnership.
Overnight batsmen Kohli and Rahane take the crease as Nathan Lyon starts proceedings on the day.
Lyon starts nicely as Kohli defends.
Kohli then whips the ball off his pads for a single to mid-wicket.
Rahane then defends.
Lyon strikes!
What a ball. The ball goes through straight on, Rahane gets a big edge, Paine holds on to a good catch and India lose their 3rd wicket.
Rahane goes for 51.
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