Dharamshala: Debutant Kuldeep Yadav's four wicket dented Australian batting line-up, though skipper Steve Smith's century helped the visitors to touch the 300 run mark. After Tea when Aus was reeling at 208/6 Mathew wade with tail support took Austrlia to 300. Indian batsmen were called to play one over and KL Rahul survived the over.
Kuldeep (4/68) decimated the Australian batting line-up taking important wicket of opener David Warner (56) just after the lunch break, to end the 134-run second wicket stand with Smith (111).
Soon after, the chinaman got rid of Peter Handscomb and Glenn Maxwell for identical scores of eight, as Smith stood solidly on the other side before bringing up his third century of the series in 150 balls.
Before the Tea Ravichandran Ashwin claimed the crucial wicket of skipper Smith after being caught off at slips of a low catch by Ajinkya Rahane.Brief Scores: Australia 208/6 (Steve Smith 111, David Warner 56, Kuldeep Yadav 3/41, Umesh Yadav 2/54) vs India.(UNI)