2nd Test: Australia 132/4 at stumps, lead by 175 runs vs India

Perth, Dec 16 (CRICKETNMORE): Australia were 132/4 at stumps on the third day of the second cricket Test against India here on Sunday.

Usman Khawaja and skipper Tim Paine were batting on 41 and eight runs respectively when the umpires decided to call it a day. The hosts now have a 175-run lead against India.

Earlier in the day, India resumed from their overnight score of 172/3 and India skipper Virat Kohli's classic centurion knock helped the visitors post a total of 283 runs on the board before being bowled out.

Brief scores:

Australia: 326 and 132/4 (Usman Khawaja 41 batting, Aaron Finch 25; Mohammed Shami 2/23) vs India (First innings): 283 (Virat Kohli 123, Ajinkya Rahane 51; Nathan Lyon 5/67)