Sydney, January 05: Australia posted 215/6 in their first innings, trailing India by 407 runs, after the tea break on the third day of the fourth cricket Test here on Saturday.
Peter Handscomb was batting on a patient 25 while Pat Cummins was on 13 at the other end.
After a somewhat quiet opening session, the Indians took the upper hand after lunch as the Australians lost wickets at regular intervals. Left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took two and three wickets each for India.
Brief scores:
Australia (first innings): 215/6 (Marcus Harris 79; Kuldeep Yadav 3/60, Ravindra Jadeja 2/51) vs India (first innings): 622/7 declared at tea on Day 3 .