IND vs AUS 1st Test Live Score: India lead by 321 runs at lunch; Jaiswal nears 150, Padikkal solid

It's time for lunch on day three. India are 275/1 and are 321 ahead. Yashasvi Jaiswal is still batting on 141.

Devdutt Padikkal after being dismissed for a duck in the first innings, has slowly grown into his hit the second time around in Perth. Jaiswal is still doing the heavy lifting but India are slowly chipping away and the two left-handers have brought up a 50-run stand and Australia have taken the new ball.

Trent Copeland for Channel 7 suggested that there are a couple of cracks widening but the sun has baked the pitch a lot and hence the change in the colour of the grass. The pitch has settled in and might be another good day for the batters but the longer India keep Australia in the field, the bodies will tire out and the cracks will keep getting wider, making the fourth innings target look more than it actually will be.

Devdutt Padikkal has walked in at No 3 and has gotten off a pair and India's lead is up to 250 now. This has been a marvellous batting performance for India in the ongoing Test and would want to stretch the target to at least 400.

Mitchell Starc has induced an edge finally for Australia as KL Rahul gets caught behind by Alex Carey and India have lost their opener. The 201-run partnership has finally come to an end and Australia would love a couple more in the opening session. 

India - 201/1 (63 overs)

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have broken a 38-year-old of the highest opening partnership for India in Tests in Australia. Jaiswal and Rahul completed a 200-run opening partnership, and became the first pair to do so breaking Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth's record of 191-run stand, which was the previous best for India.

It couldn't have been a more bizarre shot to complete your maiden Test hundred in Australia and Yashasvi Jaiswal got there with an upper-cut towards fine leg that landed straight on the boundary cushions and it was a six for a century. Jaiswal is elated and is soaking in what has been a golden moment in his career. His third century this year and fourth in the ongoing WTC cycle and has ensured that India can't lose this.

Being out of the team, KL Rahul got an opportunity at the top of the order in Rohit Sharma's absence. Rahul looked the most solid Indian batter in the first innings and just continued in the second innings from where he left off in the first. Rahul too completed a gritty half-century and with both Indian openers set, these are ominous signs for Australia.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is nearing his third Test century this year and fourth in the current World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. After being dismissed for a duck in the first innings, Jaiswal made the Australian bowlers work hard by playing late, closer to his body and with softer hands to make sure that he wasn't playing into their hands at any point of the game on the second day.

17 wickets fell on the opening day while just three batters got out on the second, all from Australia, as the pitch changed its colours literally and almost felt like it flattened out. The sun was beating down and practically nothing was happening off the surface for the bowlers and KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal both utilised the conditions and made sure India had the upper hand by the end of the second day's play while going wicketless into the third day.

Yashasvi Jaiswal continued his good form after getting dismissed cheaply in the first innings and KL Rahul reiterated that he is made for batting in the top order in SENA countries as India took firm control of the opening Test match in Perth. Welcome to our live coverage of the third day's play from Perth as India look to bat Australia out while the hosts aim for multiple wickets in the morning session.