Gill’s second Test century and Kohli’s first fifty in more than a year lead India’s strong reply to Australia’s 480

While the pitch was affording a little more help to the slow bowlers, it was not as up and down as earlier in the series, which meant that it was relatively easy to occupy the crease. That said, when Australia’s bowlers bowled to their fields, restricting the scoring opportunities to one side of the pitch, runs did not come freely.