London, Jun 7: Australia reached 327 for 3 at stumps on the opening day of their World Test Championship Final against India here on Wednesday.
Travis Head and Steve Smith were batting on 146 and 95 respectively at close of play on Day 1 as Australia added 157 runs in the final session which had 34 overs without losing any wicket. The duo added 251 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket stand.
Earlier, Australia, who were invited to bat, had added 97 runs in the post-lunch session in 28 overs for the loss of one wicket. They were 73 for 2 at lunch after opener David Warner made 43 off 60 balls.
Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur took a wicket each on the day.
Scoreboard
Australia 1st Innings:
David Warner c Bharat b Thakur 43
Usman Khawaja c Bharat b Mohd Siraj 0
Marnus Labuschagne b Mohd Shami 26
Steven Smith not out 95
Travis Head not out 146
Extras: (B-1 LB-5 NB-5 W-6) 17
Total: (For 3 wickets in 85 overs) 327
Fall of wickets: 1/2 2/71 3/76
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 20-3-77-1, Mohammed Siraj 19-4-67-1, Umesh
Yadav 14-4-54-0, Shardul Thakur 18-2-75-1, Ravindra Jadeja 14-0-48-0. (PTI)
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