#Melbourne: Australia won the toss and opted to bat against India in the third Test match of the series of four Test matches. Australia had already taken lead in two Test matches.
Joe Burns makes debut and Ryan Harris replacing Mitchell Starc, while KL Rahul gets to play his first Test replacing Varun Aaron and Mohammad Shami coming in place of Rohit Sharma.
Opening batsman Chris Rogers and Shane Watson raised their half-centuries soon after lunch but were both out within minutes of each other early in the middle session at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Captain Steven Smith, on 23, and Shaun Marsh (32 not out) combined to steady the innings with a partnership of 59 runs to the break on first day of third Test.
Umesh Yadav strikes for India early in the second over by getting the big wicket of David Warner for 0 caught in the slips by Shikhar Dhawan.
India had an early success by getting the wicket of in-form David Warner for 0, but after that Chris Rogers (46*) Shane Watson (41*) kept the bowlers at bay. Australia was 92 for 1 at lunch on day one.
Bureau Report
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