On Day 3 of the third Test of the between Australia and India, the hosts got wrapped up in their first innings on 445 runs. But removing the tailenders was not an easy task for the Australian team as Alex Carey,

India’s pace attack triggered another top order batting collapse but a second successive century for Travis Head and a long overdue hundred for Steven Smith gave Australia the ascendancy after the second day of the third cricket test.

The Indian batters' struggle to counter a relentless Australian pace attack in challenging conditions left them in a precarious position at 51 for 4 by the end of a rain-affected day three of the third Border-Gavaskar series Test on Monday in Brisbane.