Electing to bat, India ended day one of the third Test against Australia at 215 for two at Melbourne, Australia. The visitors lost early wickets with openers Hanuma Vihari at the paultry score of 8 and Debutant Mayank Agarwal on 76.
Skipper Virat Kohli was on the crease scoring 47 and the Adelaide Test hero Cheteshwar Pujara hitting the half century at 68. They stitched an unbeaten 92-run stand for the third wicket.
Paceman Pat Cummins took both the wickets for the hosts.