Shubman Gill‘s glowing century and an unbeaten 59 by Virat Kohli saved India sturdy of their first innings reply in opposition to a persistent Australian spin assault within the fourth Test on Saturday.

India reached 289-3 at stumps, nonetheless trailing Australia’s 480 by 191 runs on day three on the world’s greatest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.

Gill stood out along with his 128 — the opener’s second Test ton — as he constructed key partnerships together with a 113-run stand for the second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara, who made 42.

Spinners saved coming again with wickets as Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy took one every on a pitch favouring the batsmen.

The 23-year-old Gill, who changed a struggling KL Rahul within the third Test, hit 12 fours and one massive six in an excellent present of batting to surpass his earlier Test better of 110.

He lastly fell lbw to Lyon’s off spin within the last session earlier than Kohli took cost together with the left-handed Ravindra Jadeja, on 16, to see off the day’s play.

Kohli reached his first Test half-century since January 2022 after a jittery begin to his innings when he acquired off the mark on the twelfth ball.

Australia delayed taking the second new ball, out there to the fielding aspect after the eightieth over, by 14 overs.

Earlier Gill overcame a tricky spell of run-making within the second session to boost his ton with a high-quality sweep off Murphy, taking a bow because the raucous weekend crowd applauded, however misplaced his associate Pujara 4 balls later.

Murphy trapped Pujara lbw, ending a stand which prospered after skipper Rohit Sharma fell to Kuhnemann’s left-arm spin for 35 within the morning session.

Australia’s stand-in-skipper Steve Smith rotated his bowlers, who remained disciplined of their line and size to check the batsmen’s endurance for a lot of the recent afternoon.

Gill broke the shackles with two successive boundaries off Cameron Green to carry the group alive with pleasant cowl drives.

India began the day on 36-0 and saved attacking.

Mitchell Starc bowled to plan along with his quick balls and a heavy leg-side area, however Rohit took on the problem as he smashed the left-arm fast for a 4 and a six at lengthy leg.

The pitch has been vastly completely different from the viciously spinning tracks within the earlier three Tests and Usman Khawaja made Australia take early benefit along with his 180.

India lead the four-match collection 2-1 after Australia gained the third Test.

The hosts want a win to clinch the collection and safe a berth within the World Test Championship last in June.

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