Melbourne, Dec. 28 -- Early wickets from Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon in the first session on Day 03 of the Melbourne Test kept Australia in the driver's seat, India continued to trail by 230 runs on Saturday.

At Lunch on Day 03, India stood at 244/7, with Washington Sundar (5*) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (40*) unbeaten on the crease for the visitors as they trail by 230 runs.

India started the first session at 164/5 with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja on the crease.

The duo of Pant and Jadeja continued to build a partnership on Day 03. However, India struggled infront of the Aussie bowlers.

There were two instances of run-out in the first session when Jadeja and Pant lacked communication. but Australia couldn't benefit from it.

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