IND vs AUS / Third day's play ends- Australia 12/3 in second innings, Kohli and Jaiswal score centuries

IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli has scored the 30th century of his Test career. Virat played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs in the second innings of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. He has overtaken Australia's great batsman Don Brandman (29 centuries) in terms of most Test centuries. On the strength of centuries by Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal (161 runs), India declared their innings at 487/6. This gave Australia a target of 534 runs.

In the run chase, Australia has lost 3 wickets for 12 runs till stumps. Usman Khawaja is unbeaten on 3 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne 3, captain Pat Cummins 2 and Nathan McSweeney have returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Jasprit Bumrah took 2 and Mohammad Siraj took one wicket.

Apart from Jaiswal-Kohli in the Indian innings, Nitish Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 38 runs. Washington Sundar scored 29 runs, Devdutt Padikkal scored 25 runs and KL Rahul scored 77 runs. Nathan Lyon got 2 wickets.

Team India started playing with a score of 172 runs in the morning. Jaiswal continued his innings with 90 and KL Rahul with 62 runs. Australia was all out for 104 runs in the first innings. In this way, India got a lead of 46 runs after the first innings. The Indian team scored 150 runs in the first innings.

India declared the innings with Virat's century

India declared the innings after scoring 487 runs for six wickets in their second innings. Everyone was waiting for Virat Kohli's century. As soon as he scored a century, the decision to declare the innings was taken by the Indian dressing room. 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. This was his 30th century in his Test career and 81st century 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.

India has set a target of 534 runs in front of Australia. Before the 487 runs of the second innings, Team India won the toss and batted first and scored 150 runs. In response, 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. 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 made an unbeaten partnership of 77 runs in 54 balls for the seventh wicket.

Before Virat, Yashasvi Jaiswal had scored a century and he 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. Nathan Lyon took two wickets for Australia, while Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh got one wicket each.

Yashasvi missed out on a double century

Yashasvi Jaiswal missed out on a double century. He was dismissed after scoring 161 runs in 297 balls with the help of 15 fours and three sixes. He was caught by Mitchell Marsh at the hands of Steve Smith. There was a partnership of 38 runs between him and Virat.