Virat Kohli
The third day of the first Test that was played in Perth was on behalf of India. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal achieved many important records by playing an innings of 161 runs and then Virat Kohli also ended the century drought of one and a half years. Kohli scored the 30th century of his Test career and thus left behind Don Bradman in terms of scoring the most centuries in Tests.
At tea time on the third day, Team India increased their total lead to 405 runs by scoring 359 runs for five wickets in the second innings. Jaiswal scored a century playing for the first time on Australian soil and during his innings, facing 297 balls, he scored 161 runs with the help of 15 fours and three sixes. Jaiswal made a record 201-run partnership with Lokesh Rahul (77) for the first wicket. At tea time, Virat Kohli was playing for 40 runs, while Washington Sundar was playing for 14 runs.
Security guard injured by Kohli’s shot
In the second session of the day, Kohli played many beautiful shots as soon as he arrived. In the 101st over, he played a brilliant top cut on Mitchell Starc’s short ball outside off stump, which fell on the boundary cushion towards third man. After hitting the cushion, the ball bounced and hit the head of the security guard sitting outside the boundary. As soon as he hit the ball, Gordon held his head.
After this accident on the boundary, Kohli seemed worried about the security guard, so some Australian players, who were playing on the boundary at that time, came to inspect the guard’s injury. A doctor also immediately arrived there and made sure whether the guard was fine or not.
This was the third day in Perth
Talking about the third day of the Perth Test match, Team India set a record target of 534 runs in Australia. In response, India maintained their lead in the match by making the host team score 12 runs for three wickets. Jasprit Bumrah (2 wickets for 1 run) and Mohammed Siraj (1 wicket for 7 runs) gave India a flying start by giving Australia three wickets in 4.2 overs.
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