India vs Australia - Live updates (Day 1)

Indian captain M.S. Dhoni with his Australian counterpart Michael Clarke.

8.20: Both the bowlers are bowling exceptionally well.

Eventful over it is from Hilfenhaus. Sehwag was out for a duck and Dravid was comprehensively beaten.

8.15: And now it is Rahul Dravid comes out in the middle. First ball Rahul Dravid just leaves the ball to the keeper. Hilfenhaus bowls that beats the defence of Rahul Dravid. Rahul Dravid off the mark with a single of the last ball of the fourth over. It is 6 for one.

8.12: Now Sehwag will face Hilfenhaus. Hilfenhaus strucks with his second ball of his second over. Sehwag edges it and Ponting did no mistake and India loses its first wicket and it is 4 for 1. Once again in this series, Hilfenhaus accounted for Sehwag.

8.10: Ryan Harris starts his next over. In the first ball he appeals confidently for LBW but the umpire is unmoved. The ball was just pitching outside the leg and going down the leg stump. Gambhir scores two runs of the fifth ball and India was 4 for no loss in the third over.

8.05: Hilfenhaus shares the new ball with Ryan Harris. Hilfenhaus is the leading wicket-taker in this series. Gambhir scores a single of the fifth ball of Hilfenhaus over and once against Sehwag was left one ball to face. No damage done of the last ball of the second over.

8.02: Gambhir scores the first run for India in this Test. Sehwag left one ball to face and there it is 1 for no loss in the first over.

8.00 am: Ryan Harris bowls the first over and Gambhir faces it.

And here we go, Virender Sehwag and Gambhir are out in the middle

Millions of Sachin Tendulkar fans are keeping their fingers crossed once again whether he will reach the milestone of 100 international hundreds

The teams are

Australia: DA Warner, EJM Cowan, SE Marsh, RT Ponting, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, BJ Haddin, PM Siddle, RJ Harris, MA Starc, BW Hilfenhaus

India: V Sehwag, G Gambhir, R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, V Kohli, MS Dhoni, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and R. Vinay Kumar

In his expert commentary, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said that the Indian batsmen should bat very very well to stay in contention.

While his Indian counterpart M.S. Dhoni said "We would have liked to bowl as well. The Perth wicket will help the fast bowlers more than spinners. We are a side that has done well in the big venues, we have done well on green tracks."

Australian captain Michael Clarke after winning the toss said that "The pitch has got a fair bit of grass, and we decided to go in with four quicks. India are a strong team, with a lot of knowledge and experience, we need to be strong this morning."

Australia made two changes to its team. Mitchell Starc comes in place of Nathan Lyon and Ryan Harris comes in place of Pattinson. India also made one change with Vinay Kumar replacing Ashwin. Kohli gets another chance.

And here it is Australian captain Michael Clarke won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Will it be a all pace attack by both the Indian and Australian teams, we will wait and see.

And also a startling analysis from a reader. Ravichandran Ashwin was the second highest run-getter for India after Sachin Tendulkar. No other recognised batsmen like Sehwag, Gambhir, Dravid, Laxman, Kohli and Dhoni are there in the list.

With the defeat in the first two Test matches, millions of Indian fans across the word are expecting a turnaround from this team which had held the No.1 spot in Test cricket. As you all know India lost their No.1 status to England during 2011. India lost all the four Test matches to England.

India's record at Perth is 1-2. India won a match at Perth in 2008 by 72 runs. Team India was led by the leg-spinner Anil Kumble.

In the second Test at Sydney, India were routed by the Australian pacemen. India was dismissed for a meagre 191 runs in the first innings. Led by the captain Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey, Australian posted a mammoth total of 659 for four and dismissed India in the second innings for 400 to win the Test by an innings and 68 runs.

In the first Test at Melbourne, Team India had their moments but due to the failure of the middle-order, Australia beat India by 122 runs.

Before going to the live updates, here are the recap of the first two Tests at Melbourne and Sydney in which India were beaten convincingly by Australia.

Hello and welcome to the live updates of the third Test between India and Australia at Perth.