Australia 12-3 after Kohli, Jaiswal centuries power India in Perth Test

Hosts suffer 3 wickets successful 4 overs successful pursuit of a target of 534 to triumph nan first Test of nan Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Hosts Australia are connected tenterhooks arsenic they started to pursuit a target of 534 runs to triumph nan first Test of nan five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy bid against India successful Perth.

Virat Kohli roared backmost into run-scoring shape to people a period aft Yashasvi Jaiswal’s majestic innings of 161 arsenic India zeroed successful connected triumph and a 1-0 bid lead connected Sunday.

The visitors declared their 2nd innings connected 487-6 successful nan last convention of time 3 aft Kohli reached 100.

The time belonged to Jaiswal, who deed 15 fours and 3 sixes successful a mature 297-ball stay.

Yashasvi Jaiswal acknowledges nan crowd while stepping backmost aft his dismissal [Saeed Khan/AFP]

The 22-year-old opener, successful his 15th Test, seemed destined for a double period but he trim Mitchell Marsh to Steve Smith astatine constituent and departed to a opinionated ovation.

It was his 4th Test period and first successful Australia.

Since scoring 171 connected debut against nan West Indies successful 2023 Jaiswal has cemented his spot astatine nan apical of nan Indian order.

An eye-opening 214 not retired astatine location against England this twelvemonth catapulted him to stardom, but concerns lingered complete really he would execute successful Australian conditions.

After being retired for a duck successful nan first innings, his consequence against 1 of nan world’s champion attacks put immoderate doubts to bed.

Padding up connected 172-0, Jaiswal took a risky azygous disconnected Josh Hazlewood’s opening shot to awesome his attacking intent.

The left-hander, who began connected 90, reached 3 figures pinch an bonzer six disconnected Hazlewood, hitting nan bound marker connected nan full, triumphantly raising his arms successful nan air.

Kohli was besides connected occurrence successful a invited resurgence aft a lengthy thin spell that prompted questions astir his spot successful nan team.

The 36-year-old cricketer rode his luck to bring up nan 30th Test century, which was his first since July past year, to soundlessness nan critics.

While Kohli has struggled successful caller Tests, he has an exceptional grounds successful Australia, pinch 7 hundreds of years successful nan state now, averaging much than 54.

Virat Kohli celebrates aft reaching his period [Dean Lewins/AAP via Reuters]

Along pinch Jaiswal, Australia removed Devdutt Padikkal (25), Rishabh Pant (1), Dhruv Jurel (1) and Washington Sundar (29), having accounted for KL Rahul (77) earlier lunch.

Rahul’s wicket snapped a 201-run opening business pinch Jaiswal, a grounds for India successful Australia, eclipsing nan erstwhile champion group by Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth successful Sydney successful 1986.

Faced pinch an ominous target, Australia needed to past 30 minutes earlier stumps.

But they alternatively imploded pinch rookie Nathan McSweeney retired for a duck to Jasprit Bumrah and nightwatchman Pat Cummins falling for two, edging Mohammed Siraj to Kohli astatine slip.

When Bumrah trapped Marnus Labuschagne (3) lbw, stumps were called pinch Usman Khawaja not retired connected 3 and Australia successful disarray astatine 12-3.

Jasprit Bumrah took 2 speedy wickets successful Australia’s 4.2-over-long batting stint connected time 3 [Colin Murty/AFP]