Khawaja and Paine have dug in taking Australia to 132/4, with a lead of 175 over India.
Nathan Lyon bagged his 14th five-wicket haul in Tests to hand Australia an extremely handy lead of 43 runs, before Aaron Finch and Marcus Harris played out an hostile session of fast bowling from Jasprit Bumrah and Ishant Sharmato extend that lead to 76/0
Master batsman Virat Kohli smacked his 25th century on Sunday and his sixth in Australia, joining the elite company of boyhood hero Sachin Tendulkar.
Here’s crunching down the numbers on Virat Kohli’s 25th Test ton:
Virat Kohli (36*) and Cheteshwar Pujara (23*) dug in in the second session on day two of the second Test at the Optus Stadium, Perth to take India from precarious 8/2 to a healthy 70/2 at tea, in reply to Australia's first innings total of 326
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Following an opening stand of 112, Australia were pegged back on a very uneven Optus Stadium surface.
Australia's openers made a solid start on the first day of the second Test against India in Perth on Friday, with under-pressure Aaron Finch not out 28 and Marcus Harris on 36.
With the new Optus Stadium track resembling the old WACA track, Deep Dasgupta discuss whether India should go with four pacers and reckons that the green top could backfire for Australia.
Virat Kohli pointed to his own attack of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, saying they were "at the peak of their abilities".