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Third day of Sydney test match has witnessed the perfection from our batting department. Virat Kohli's unbeaten 140 certifies his excellence in the game and maiden century from Lokesh Rahul, really impressive. Rohit Sharma also settled in the crease and knocked 2 sixes and five fours for his half century, but Lyon sent him to the pavilion. Ajinkya Rahane (13) and Suresh Raina (0) has not played well today Watson pushed them out of the field. Till stumps India scored 342 for the loss of 5 wickets. And India is trail by the host 230 runs and skipper Virat Kohli is trying clinch the match.

Kohli became the first batsman to score three hundreds in consecutive innings as captain -- 115 & 141 at Adelaide and 140* in first innings at Sydney. He became the third skipper to made 3 tons in a Test series vs Australia -- the first two captains were David Gower and Brian Lara. He also became the first batsman coming at number four to post four hundreds in a Test series vs Australia in Australia.

Australia declared its first innings at 572-7 just after tea on Wednesday, with its top six batsmen all scoring above 50 for the first time, including centuries for Smith (117) and David Warner (101).

Virat Kohli (140) and Wriddhiman Saha (14) should begin the game to score better and to win at least this match of the series.

AW: Kannamsai