Earlier in the morning session, Cheteshwar Pujara scored his 17th hundred as India reached 277 for 2 at lunch on day two of the third Test against Australia here on Thursday. At the break, Pujara was batting on 103 runs while skipper Virat Kohli was giving him company on 69, as the duo put on 154 runs for the unbeaten third wicket.

Starting from overnight 215/2, India looked ready for another hard day's grind, with Kohli reaching his half-century, off 110 balls, in the very first over of the day. The two batsmen scored quickly in the first hour and kept the scorecard ticking over, before Australia went back to their tactic of cutting runs. Pat Cummins (2/46) bowled another wonderful spell, extracting most out of the pitch than any other Australian bowler, and he beat the edges of both batsmen on a couple occasions but without any luck.