India vs Australia, 1st Test: Rain delays start of play on Day 3 at Adelaide Oval

Rain has delayed the start of the third day's play in the opening Test between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

The covers have been removed and the first session is expected to commence at 11:15 am local time with the lunch being delayed by nearly 45 minutes. So far, the Day three of the ongoing first Test has not lost any overs.

Australia were 191 for seven at stumps on the second day, replying to India's first-innings total of 250 all out at the Adelaide Oval.

The hosts were trailing by 59 runs with three wickets remaining.

Travis Head was batting on 61 and Mitchell Starc was giving him company on 8.

Meanwhile, spinner Ravi Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers for India on Day 2 with three wickets to his name. 

Far from getting excited after having Australia in a spot of bother, Ashwin said the first Test is "extremely well poised" and every run in the remaining days will be worth its weight in gold.

"I thought we really bottled them up, soaked them up and put on pressure from both ends," said Ashiwn, the most successful visiting bowler with figures of 3/50.

"We don't isolate it as a fast bowling or spin bowling pack. We identify it as a bowling unit together because one cannot exist without the other. Today was another perfect attrition day for us," he said at the post-match press conference.