India vs Australia Highlights, Border Gavaskar Trophy: Jasprit Bumrah breathes fire after Virat Kohli ton; Australia 12/3 at stumps on Day 3

Hewe we go again. Yashasvi Jaiswal (141*) and Devdutt Padikkal (25*) out in the middle to start the proceedings.

India 275/1, lead Australia by 321 runs

India's opening stand lasted 63 overs in this innings. The only other instance of an Indian opening pair surviving more than 50 overs in a SENA country in the 21st century featured Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik at Newlands, Cape Town in 2007 (153 in 56.1 overs).

India tightened their grip on the first Test in Perth as Yashasvi Jaiswal’s unbeaten 141 guided them to 275/1 at lunch on day three, building a commanding 321-run lead. Resuming on 90 overnight, Jaiswal brought up his fourth Test century in style, upper-cutting Josh Hazlewood to the boundary. Supported by KL Rahul’s 77, the duo shared a record 201-run opening stand, India’s highest in Australia.

Jaiswal, who started cautiously, became increasingly aggressive as Australia’s bowlers tired, forcing unorthodox field placements. He survived a missed run-out on 101 but played with growing fluency, frustrating the Australian attack. Rahul eventually edged Mitchell Starc to Alex Carey, breaking the partnership.

Devdutt Padikkal (25 not out) joined Jaiswal, further adding to Australia’s woes. Even with the second new ball, Australia’s seamers struggled, conceding 20 runs in four overs. With a massive lead on a deteriorating pitch, Team India remains firmly in control.

103 runs for the loss of one wicket in 27 overs - that's the stats of the first session of the third day in Perth. Another session dominated by India. Australia got a big breakthrough in it with the wicket of KL Rahul (77), but Yashasvi Jaiswal (141 not out) and Devdutt Padikkal (25 not out) took India's lead past 300-run mark quite comfortably.

Australia used their part-timers to rest their pacers before taking the new ball. But all the ploys failed to work in favour of the hosts.

Jaiswal and Padikkal have already added an unbeaten 74 for the second wicket as the visitors look to push the lead farther and farther away from the hosts.

BANG! Devdutt Padikkal (22 not out) cuts it away for a four through the point off Mitchell Starc. 100 runs completed for India in the morning session of the third day.

A little wayward from Josh Hazlewood with the new ball. The pacer bowled two byes for four each. India get 8 extras from the over.

Mitchell Starc comes back into the attack at the other end.

India 263/1, lead by 309 runs

With a single off Travis Head, Yashasvi Jaiswal (137*) takes India's lead to 300. Quite a few milestones in the over. 250 up for India and the second wicket stand between Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal (17*) is now over 50 too.

Australia have taken the new ball and Josh Hazlewood will have a first go with it.

India 255/1, lead by 301 runs

Australia are bowling with part-time bowlers in the middle - Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head. Two more overs to 80 overs mark now. Australia are giving a brief rest to their fast bowlers in anticipation of the new ball at the moment.

India 247/1 after 78 overs, lead by 293 runs

Devdutt Padikkal (12*) opens his boundary count with a four off a full toss from Marnus Labuschagne. Padikkal played a one-handed off-drive for his first boundary of the match. India's lead is almost 300 now.

Devdutt Padikkal is taking his time to get going, scoring 8 off 35 balls, in the middle for the time being. But his stand with centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal (130*) is building on the lead slowly against Australia. The lead is closing on to the 300-run mark.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is playing the cut shot quite regularly against the short deliveries dished out by the Aussie attack. Again, Pat Cummins' short delivery was guided over the slip cordon by Jaiswal, but this time the ball climbed a bit more and the ball went just over Steve Smith at second slip. Jaiswal ran a single off it. Dangerous shot for sure, but so far luck is with the Indian opener.

48 runs and 1 wicket in the first hour of play on Day 3. Mitchell Starc provided the hosts a big breakthrough in the form of KL Rahul (77), but only after young Yashasvi Jaiswal (115 not out) completed his fourth Test century, his first in Australia. Soon, India's lead went past the 250-run mark. Jaiswal continued to play aggressively despite the wicket and India are looking in total control, thanks mainly to the young opener. Devdutt Padikkal (5 not out) is at the other end for India.

Yashasvi Jaiswal (114*) is not curbing his aggressive instinct anytime soon. Pat Cumming keeps a fielder at third man, but it doesn't stop Jaiswal from cutting it hard for a four towards third man. The fielder there was a bit inside and the ball went just over him before bouncing once and going over the rope.

Visiting opening pairs with 200-plus stands in Australia
323 - Jack Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes (ENG), Melbourne, 1912
283 - Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG), Melbourne, 1925
234 - Bob Barber, Geoffrey Boycott (ENG), Sydney, 1966
223 - Bill Athey, Chris Broad (ENG), Perth (WACA), 1986
203 - Michael Atherton, Graham Gooch (ENG), Adelaide, 1991
201 - Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul (IND), Perth (Optus), 2024

Highest opening stands for India in SENA countries
213 - Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan vs ENG, The Oval, 1979
203 - Vijay Merchant, Mushtaq Ali vs ENG, Manchester, 1936
201 - Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul vs AUS, Perth (Optus), 2024
191 - Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth vs AUS, Sydney, 1986
165 - Sunil Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan vs AUS, Melbourne, 1981

4 0 2 1 0 3 - Despite losing the wicket of KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal (110*) continued to hit boundaries. India batters scored 10 runs off Mitchell Starc in it. It took India's lead past 250-run mark against Australia.

Devdutt Padikkal opened his account with a three off Starc's last delivery of the over.

India 212/1, lead by 258 runs

101 - ML Jaisimha, Brisbane, 1967-68
113 - Sunil Gavaskar, Brisbane, 1977-78
101* - Yashasvi Jaiswal, Perth, 2024

Note: All three came in India’s second innings

Finally a wicket for Australia. Mitchell Starc provides the hosts a big breakthrough. KL Rahul (77) misses out on a well-deserved century in Perth.

It was a peach of a delivery to get rid of Rahul. Angled in around off, good length delivery from Starc, Rahul looked to defend but the ball straightened a good amount. It took the outside edge and carried through to Alex Carey for a regulation catch.

The 201-run partnership between Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal is now the highest opening stand for India against Australia in Australia. The previous best was 191 between Gavaskar and Srikanth in 1986 at SCG.

4 - Sunil Gavaskar in 1971
4 - Vinod Kambli in 1993
3 - Ravi Shastri in 1984
3 - Sachin Tendulkar in 1992
3 - Yashasvi Jaiswal in 2024

8 - Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Ravi Shastri
4 - Sunil Gavaskar
4 - Vinod Kambli
4 - Yashasvi Jaiswal

* The last Indian opener to score a Test hundred in Australia was KL Rahul (110) at SCG in 2014-15.

WOW! Yashasvi Jaiswal (101*) brings up his maiden Test hundred in Australia in style, hitting a six over third man off Josh Hazlewood. Overall, his fourth century in Tests. What a comeback in the match after a duck in the first innings.

The opening stand is now the best for India Down Under too.

4,0,3,4 - KL Rahul races to 70 not out after hitting a four and running three off Mitchell Starc early in the day. Yashasvi Jaiswal (95*) then hits his first four of the day, a cut over the gully fielder - a deliberate shot from the left-hander. Runs are coming fast for India today. The lead is now 231.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul start the day with a single each in the first over of the day. Josh Hazlewood beats Rahul once in it, but not much trouble for the Indian openers.

Yashasvi Jaiswal (90*) and KL Rahul (62*) are ready to start the proceedings for India in the middle.

Josh Hazlewood with the ball for Australia.

INDIA 150 & 172/0 | AUSTRALIA 104

"It's supposed to be hotter today which will help bake this pitch down further. A lot of grass visible yet. It looks clumsy but also a lot of rough is appearing. What's really concerning though are the cracks. With the heat, they will widen and become tougher to bat on. As a bowler when I look at the pitch, there's still a lot of grass, although it's browner. I doubt the cracks will open up today, because of the grass. Maybe tomorrow, Overall, it was impressive batting. It's not an easy wicket to bat on. They made it look easy." - Russell Arnold and Wasim Akram

When the opening day of the first Test in Perth saw the fall of a record 17 wickets, it looked no brainer that the Border-Gavaskar series opener might not last even three days.

The grassy and bouncy track at the Optus Stadium had the batters floored and the quicks from both the sides made exceptional use of the conditions, wreaking havoc with the new Kookaburra ball.

The continued assistance from the surface was expected for pacers on the second day as well, but in a sharp contrast on Saturday, the track demons that had haunted the batters, completely disappeared on the second day as India made the most of it, tightening their grip in the first Test.

The bite was just not there for the quicks as India openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul pulled off a record stand, giving the visitors a 218-run lead at the close of play.

After a chaotic first day that saw 17 wickets tumbled, only three wickets fall on the second day of the first Test between India and Australia, as the pitch has changed drastically at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

What initially seemed like a match destined to finish within three days now appears likely to extend further, given the current situation.

Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul batted resolutely through two sessions, frustrating Australia with their unbeaten 172-run partnership. Their effort has put the visitors firmly in control, extending India's lead to 218 runs.

The formidable Australian pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood struggled to make an impact, despite their dominance in the first innings.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul. Type these two names while searching for IPL records and you'll find them first and second on the list of fastest 50s scored. They are both modern batters blessed with an array of strokes.

However, on Saturday, Day Two of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Perth's Optus Stadium, Jaiswal 90* (193 balls, 7x4, 2x6) and Rahul 62* (153balls, 4x4) showed off their defensive skills. India's opening duo ground down a flagging Australian attack, forced to be on the field on back-to-back days, to take them to 172 for no loss in their second innings as the tourists reached a position of dominance to lead by 218 runs.

It was Test cricket in retro mode as terms like intent and strike-rate were forgotten. Instead, what connoisseurs of the long format witnessed was batters willing to let go of deliveries outside off-stump and relying on defence.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul's record-defining partnership on Day 2 of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Perth saw them join an exclusive club on Saturday.

After the pitch started to change its nature and turn in favour of the batters, Jaiswal and Rahul made the most of what was on offer.

They shifted through gears, picked their moments and constantly rotated the strike to put pressure off their shoulders. Australia's bowlers soon ran out of depth as they fell to Jaiswal and Rahul's mercy.

The relentless approach from the Indian openers became a sight to behold. They upped the ante to post an unbeaten 172-run opening partnership, propelling India's score to 172/0 at the stumps.

It was the first 150-plus opening stand by a visiting team in Australia since 159 posted by English duo Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook at the MCG back in 2010.

Notably, this was the first 150-plus opening partnership outside Ashes Tests since 191 stitched up by Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth at the SCG back in 1986.

India's young southpaw Yashasvi Jaiswal etched his name in the history book by slamming the most sixes in Test cricket in a calendar year by eclipsing former New Zealand power-hitter Brendon McCullum's 10-year-old record.

On Day 2 of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series opener against Australia, Jaiswal smoked the ball into the stands towards the end of the day's play.

He danced around the crease and found the ideal connection to launch the ball over the boundary rope off Nathan Lyon. This was Jaiswal's 34th Test maximum in 2024, surpassing McCullum's tally of 33, which he amassed in 2014.

England Test captain Ben Stokes slipped to the third spot with 26 sixes that he tonked in 2022. Australia's destructive Adam Gilchrist and India's legendary opener Virender Sehwag struck 22 sixes each in 2005 and 2008, respectively.

In the morning, India captain Bumrah deservedly got his 11th five-wicket haul while debutant Harshit Rana bowled a fiery opening spell to dismiss the hosts for 104 at the stroke of lunch despite a stiff last-wicket resistance from Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.

Starc (26 off 113 balls) shielded Hazlewood (7 not out off 31 balls) admirably during their 25-run last-wicket stand that lasted 18 overs.

The day began with Bumrah (5/30 in 18 overs) getting one to rear up from back of the length and Carey's edge carried at a good height to Rishabh Pant behind stumps.

The skipper's celebration was understated as he purposefully strode back to his bowling mark even before Nathan Lyon had arrived. At the other end, the burly Harshit Rana (3/48 in 15.2 overs) carried on from where he had left off on the opening day.

The rookie speedster used more short balls, and one such well-directed delivery accounted for Lyon, who was pouched at gully by KL Rahul.

Rahul's back-drive off Pat Cummins can easily be called the shot of the match but it was heartening to see Jaiswal put in a big stride forward while driving Mitchell Starc through covers apart from getting under the bounce and playing the ramp shot.

In case of Rahul, he kept a very loose bottom-hand and that helped with the deliveries, even the ones that took the thickish edge only to fall way in front of the slip cordon.

There was a spell of play in the post-tea session when Indians were kept quiet by Nathan Lyon but neither Jaiswal nor Rahul ran out of patience. Jaiswal's half-century came off 123 balls, his slowest in 15 Tests and spoke volumes about his adaptability.

For Rahul, it was about forgetting the unfortunate dismissal on Friday and concentrate, which he did splendidly.

Any target above 300 would be very difficult to chase on this track and Washington Sundar can come into play if those cracks open up, not to forget the three quicks who can use the variable bounce to good effect.

The way Rahul wore down the Australian attack was a sight to behold. There was no chatter from the slip cordon and at one point, the stitches of the Kookaburra came out.

The live grass died by the second afternoon and the seam movement also went out of equation making batting easier.

But no one can take away any credit from the two who were hardly troubled except for a mix-up that could have led to Rahul's run-out.

Jaiswal also showed that he had learnt his lessons from the first innings and curbed his urge to drive on the up initially, which was the best part about his batting. Each of his seven fours and two sixes were well-executed shots.

Once he had defended enough deliveries, the Australian pacers didn't have any option but to try either short or full length which he utilised well.

The whip over mid-wicket to hit Starc for one-bounce four and then induce a grin from the pacer by telling him "you are slow", spoke volumes about how fearless the current generation of Indian cricketers is.

In the final session, he flicked him for good measure for a maximum.

Yashasvi Jaiswal combined game awareness with perfect shot selection while KL Rahul remained technically unflappable in an unbroken opening stand of 172 as India looked set to bat Australia out of the match with an overall lead of 218 runs on the second day of the opening Test in Perth.

After skipper Jasprit Bumrah's game-changing 11th five-wicket haul decimated Australia for 104, young Jaiswal (90 batting, 193 balls) and seasoned Rahul (62 batting, 154 balls) decided to grind it out with some old fashioned Test match batting by waiting for the loose deliveries and respecting good fast bowling.

The Indians showed their compact defense by scoring 88 runs in 31 overs during the post-tea session as Jaiswal inched towards a coveted ton on his maiden outing on Australian soil.

With enough time at their disposal and signs of cracks appearing on the surface, this is going to be India's Test match to lose.