In the first Cricket Test at Perth, India picked up three wickets in the brief spell to reduce Australia to 12/3 at stumps on Day-3. The hosts need 534 runs to win the first of a five-match Test series.
Jasprit Bumrah picked up two wickets and Mohammed Siraj took one.
Earlier, Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s tons took India to 487/6 giving Australia a target of 534 runs after building on a 46-run first-innings lead on Day 2. Virat Kohli smashed his 30th Test hundred as India set Australia a target of 534 runs to chase after declaring their second innings at 487/6 in 134.3 overs.
Kohli hit an unbeaten 100 runs after opener Yashasvi Jaiswal put the visitors in the driver’s seat with a brilliant 161.