Irrepressible Cheteshwar Pujara stroked his third century of the summer Thursday to put India in a commanding position in the decisive fourth and final Test Thursday as they strive for an historic series win in Australia. At stumps on day one, they were 303 for four with the rock-like number three not out 130 and Hanuma Vihari on 39. Mayank Agarwal made 77 with Josh Hazlewood the best of the bowlers with 2-51.
Sydney: Scorecard at stumps on day one of the fourth and final Test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday:
India first innings
M. Agarwal c Starc b Lyon 77
KL. Rahul c S.Marsh b Hazlewood 9
C. Pujara not out 130
V. Kohli c Paine b Hazlewood 23
A. Rahane c Paine b Starc 18
H. Vihari not out 39
Extras (lb2, w5) 7
Total (four wickets, 90 overs) 303
To bat: Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rahul), 2-126 (Agarwal), 3-180 (Kohli), 4-228 (Rahane)
Bowling: Starc 18-0-75-1, Hazlewood 20-7-51-2, Cummins 19-3-62-0, Lyon 29-5-88-1, Labuschagne 4-0-25-0
Australia: Marcus Harris, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Shaun Marsh, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Tim Paine, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc
Toss: India
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG), Ian Gould (ENG)
TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)