Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli cracked centuries before another stunning burst from India captain Jasprit Bumrah put Australia on the cusp of a heavy defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener.

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Chasing an improbable target of 534 points for victory, the humiliated Australians are teetering on stumps at 3-12 on day three as cracks begin to appear on Perth Stadium’s unpredictable pitch.

Earlier on Sunday, Jaiswal (161 off 297 balls) and Kohli (100 not out off 143 balls) tormented Australia’s tired bowlers in a batting masterclass, sending India towards 6-487.

Kohli’s unbeaten century comes after a lean 18 months with the bat, with the superstar rekindling his love affair with Australian decks. He becomes the first Indian cricketer to score seven Test hundreds in Australia, while only England great Jack Hobbs can boast the most centuries among touring players.

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The Australian openers had to survive an awkward 24-minute passage of play before stumps emerged, but debutant Nathan McSweeney could not hold on in the first over as he was trapped on the pads by Bumrah for a fourth-ball duck.

Captain Pat Cummins waltzed out as a night watchman but could not reach the stumps, sending sailor Mohammed Siraj to the slip cordon for 2 hours.

With two minutes left in the day, Marnus Labuschagne left a Bumrah in-ducker that stayed low and crashed into the knee roll, wasting a review before sheepishly trudging off for the third.

Having also taken five wickets in the first innings, Bumrah has seemingly magnetized the Kookaburra with Australia’s top-order forward pad, who are clueless at the other end.

Barring a miraculous batting effort – or some sort of weather phenomenon to hit the Western Australian capital – India will take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series ahead of the day-night Test in Adelaide.

Resuming day three at 0-172, Jaiswal and partner KL Rahul picked up where they left off the night before and combined for India’s highest opening partnership in Tests in Australia.

Unbeaten on 90 overnight, Jaiswal brought up his fourth Test hundred with a ramp shot against Josh Hazlewood, the Kookaburra landing on the Toblerone fill for his third six of the innings. To celebrate the milestone, he raised his arms and looked skyward before throwing a fist bump at his teammates in the dugout.

Next time, Cummins missed a run-out chance at the non-striker’s end to give Jaiswal a life on 101. However, the hosts eventually discovered their first breakthrough later in the same over, with Mitchell Starc taking a long delivery away from Rahul. and take the outside edge, away for 77.

Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal continued to grind Australia’s tired bowlers into the sand as the lunch break approached, with Cummins turning to Labuschagne’s bouncers and Travis Head’s part-time spin to no avail.

Australia took the new ball with less than 15 minutes to go in the morning session but Hazlewood struggled to tame the fresh Kookaburra and twice sprayed it down the leg side for four byes.

However, the Bendemeer Bullet bounced back after the lunch break, finding Padikkal’s outside edge on the first delivery of the afternoon session as Steve Smith held on for a low catch at second slip.

Jaiswal continued on his merry way, racing towards 150 as Australia’s frustrations mounted in the field; Head missed another run-out chance, while wicketkeeper Alex Carey could only save a fingertip after Jaiswal gloved a delivery down the leg side.

The marathon beat ended with Jaiswal hitting a Marsh half-tracker straight to point, with the 22-year-old receiving a standing ovation from the Perth crowd as he marched away.

Jaiswal’s departure led to a brief collapse of 3-8 off 17 balls. Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant recklessly charged off the deck at spinner Nathan Lyon and comically stumped for 1, before Cummins knee-rolled Dhruv Jurel with a delivery that stayed low. .

Meanwhile, Kohli looked in vintage touch with the willow and hit a backwards six as an unsuspecting guard took a blow on the head.

The Indian superstar combined with all-rounder Washington Sundar for an 89-run partnership for the sixth wicket before Lyon broke the tie, with Sundar bowling for 29 after missing a lazy slog.

However, Indian debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy and Kohli launched an epic counter-blast, crossing a slew of reckless boundaries. Australia resorted to the part-timers bowling well off leg stump to stem the flow of runs, but the Indian duo were more than equal to the task and put together a quick partnership of 77 runs.

Kohli brought up triple figures with a sweep through fine leg but delayed his celebration due to confusion over whether the ball had reached the boundary. When confirmed, he smiled with relief and removed his helmet, acknowledging his wife in the stands as Bumrah signaled for the statement.

India, fresh from a historic series against New Zealand on home soil, look a revived unit after three dominant days in Perth. Meanwhile, Australia have been completely outplayed in their own backyard, with question marks hovering over almost every batsman in the starting eleven.

The first Test between Australia and India resumes at 1.20pm AEDT on Monday.

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