1st Test: Dhoni hits double ton as India lead Aus by 135 runs

India took a lead of 135 runs as they finished the third day's play at 515/8 in the first innings of the first cricket Test match against Australia here at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained unbeaten on 206 and 16, respectively, at stumps.

MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli (107) also scored a century for India.

Scoreboard: India vs Australia, First Test, Day 3

The scoreboard at stumps on Day Three of the first cricket Test match between India and Australia at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Sunday:

Australia (First innings) 380

India (First innings) (Overnight 182/3)
Murali Vijay b Pattinson 10
Virender Sehwag b Pattinson 2
Cheteshwar Pujara b Pattinson 33
Sachin Tendulkar b Lyon 81
Virat Kohli c Starc b Lyon 107
Mahendra Singh Dhoni batting 206
Ravindra Jadeja b Pattinson 16
Ravichandran Ashwin b Lyon 3
Harbhajan Singh b Henriques 11
Bhuvneshwar Kumar batting 16
Extras: (b 2, lb 14, w 3) 19
Total: (8 wickets in 141 overs) 515

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Vijay, 3.2 overs), 2-12 (Sehwag, 5.2), 3-105 (Pujara, 28.4), 4-196 (Tendulkar, 63.1), 5-324 (Kohli, 89.2), 6-365 (Jadeja, 102.6), 7-372 (Ashwin, 105.4), 8-406 (Harbhajan Singh, 115.2)

Bowling
Mitchell Starc 25-3-75-0
James Pattinson 26-5-89-4
Peter Siddle 22-5-61-0
Nathan Lyon 40-1-182-3
Moises Henriques 17-4-48-1
Michael Clarke 8-2-25-0
David Warner 3-0-19-0

Match details:
Test debuts: Moises Henriques (Australia) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India)
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
TV umpire: Vineet Kulkarni (India)
Match referee: Chris Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: K. Srinath (India)

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