Virat Kohli, standing in for injured regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, became the first Indian after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score a hundred on captaincy debut.
Virat Kohli became only the third Indian to score a hundred on captaincy debut, as the visitors responded resolutely to Australia's mammoth first innings total, by reaching 369 for five on the third day of the first test match at Adelaide on Thursday.
Kohli, standing in for injured regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, became the first Indian after Vijay Hazare and Sunil Gavaskar to score a hundred on captaincy debut.
The 26-year-old's seventh ton in test cricket, ended at 115 after he was dismissed by Mitchell Johnson off a short-pitched delivery just before stumps. The Indian's attempted pull landed in the hands of Ryan Harris at deep fine leg in the 95th over of the day. At draw of stumps, Wriddhimaan Saha (1) was holding fort in company of Rohit Sharma, who batted fluently to score 33 in 66 balls.
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The resolute effort by the Indians, undone to an extent by Kohli's late dismissal, came after the Australians declared their first innings at an overnight score of 517/7.
On a bright and sunny day, which started early to make up for four hours of play lost on day 2 due to rain, the Indians dominated proceedings before Kohli's wicket swung the equation slightly in Australia's favour. Earlier in the morning, opener Shikhar Dhawan (25) departed in the eighth over but the rest of the top-order fired in unison to put India in a comfortable position on a placid track.
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Murali Vijay (53) notched up his seventh Test half century in the pre-lunch session, followed by Cheteshwar Pujara (73) sailing to his sixth in the pre-tea session, which ended with Kohli's inspiring knock. Ajinkya Rahane (62) managed to clinch his fifth Test fifty as the Australian bowlers toiled just the way their Indian counterparts had to on the first two days of the match.
Pacer Mitchell Johnson bent his back to send down a couple of probing spells but wickets were hard to come by. Johnson ended the day with figures of 2/90 in 18 overs, Kohli's wicket being his most crucial strike. Spinner Nathan Lyon managed to pick up two wickets in 30 overs for 103 runs.
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