Australia will begin the final day 16 runs behind with seven wickets remaining in the third Test against India.

Huge centuries by openers Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan put the hosts on top in Mohali and, despite Peter Siddle taking five for 71, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten half-century saw them to 499, a first-innings lead of 91.
At 2-0 down, Australia must find a way to win the match to keep the four-match series alive and Phillip Hughes’ aggressive half-century, coupled with three wickets for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, raised hope of a result one way or the other as they finished the day 75 for three.
After the pyrotechnics of the previous day, when he scored the quickest century ever by a Test debutant, Dhawan’s departure was surprisingly low-key as, having added only one to his overnight 186, he pushed forward in defence to Nathan Lyon and succeeded only in prodding the ball straight into the hands of Ed Cowan at silly point.
Cheteshwar Pujara followed for one when he was adjudged lbw to Siddle by umpire Aleem Dar, although replays showed an inside edge. Vijay, though, was unruffled and fours in successive overs from Siddle and Lyon took him to three figures.
Sachin Tendulkar settled in at the other end so it was something of a surprise when he edged Steve Smith’s first ball of the day to short leg, but India remained in control. Vijay was on 142 at the interval and boundaries off Xavier Doherty and Smith took him past 150 for the second successive innings, following his 167 in the second Test.
But both he and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were trapped lbw by Starc inswingers and Ravindra Jadeja endured an edgy start against the left-armer before falling to Siddle for eight, caught by keeper Brad Haddin. Ravichandran Ashwin made just four before being dismissed in similar fashion.
Kohli hit three boundaries in the final nine balls before tea to reach a 108-ball half-century and put on 61 with Kumar, who made 18 before gloving Siddle through to Haddin. Ishant Sharma edged a fourth catch to Haddin before Siddle beat Pragyan Ojha for pace to take his fifth wicket, with Kohli stranded on 67.
In reply, David Warner’s only runs came when an edge squirted low through Ashwin at slip for two off the second ball of the innings from Kumar, before he nicked the third to Dhoni.
Hughes grew in confidence with authoritative boundaries off Sharma and Ashwin but Ed Cowan fell for eight, the victim of a marginal lbw call for Kumar’s second wicket.
His third came when he knocked over Smith’s off stump with a fine outswinger and he ended the day with three for 25. Hughes completed a 50-ball half-century, laden with boundaries but not always convincing, when he edged Ashwin for a ninth four to go with a six off Jadeja and he and nightwatchman Lyon remained together at stumps. (PA Sport).

AUSTRALIA 1st innings 408

INDIA 1st innings (O/night 283 without loss)
M Vijay lbw b Starc 153
S Dhawan c Cowan b Lyon 187
C Pujara lbw b Siddle 01
S Tendulkar c Cowan b Smith 37
V Kohli not out 67
MS Dhoni lbw b Starc 04
R Jadeja c Haddin b Siddle 08
R Ashwin c Haddin b Siddle 04
B Kumar c Haddin b Henriques 18
I Sharma c Haddin b Siddle 00
P Ojha b Siddle 01
Extras: (b-5, lb-13, nb-1) 19
Total (all out off 132.1 overs) 499
Fall of wickets: 1-289, 2-292, 3-384, 4-412, 5-416, 6-427, 7-431, 8-492, 9-493, 10-499.

Bowling: Starc 23-5-74-2, Siddle 29.1-9-71-5 (nb-1), Henriques 15-1-62-1, Lyon 31-4-124-1, Doherty 24-2-87-0, Smith 10-0-63-1

AUSTRALIA 2nd innings
D Warner c Dhoni b Kumar 02
E Cowan lbw b Kumar 08
P Hughes not out 53
S Smith b Kumar 05
N Lyon not out 04
Extras: (lb-2, nb-1) 03
Total (for 3 wickets off 21 overs) 75
To bat: M Clarke, B Haddin, M Henriques, J Doherty, M Starc, P Siddle
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-35, 3-55
Bowling: Kumar 8-1-25-3 (nb-1), Sharma 2-0-11-0, Ashwin 7-2-25-0, Jadeja 2-1-11-0 Ojha 2-1-1-0