Yashasvi Jaiswal uppercuts Josh Hazlewood over the keeper and into the rope on the full to move from 95 to 101.

His first century in Australia and he notches it in the most Jaiswal way imaginable.

There was a long wait as the exact landing spot had to be reviewed, but the confirmation came and this audacious 22-year-old saluted the crowd, looking to the skies before blowing a big kiss.

What an amazing dig, especially coming off a duck in the first innings.

He’s bowling over the wicket, across the left-handed Jaiswal.

Another edge falls short. Hazlewood goes short, and Jaiswal rises with it to defend under his eyes, and it goes straight down before bouncing to slip. It’s really persistent bowling from Hazlewood.

Jaiswal defends a full one, and awkwardly gets his body in the way to stop it bouncing into the stumps.

Another drop to the off side from Rahul and this time it’s square enough for him to immediately take off and scurry through for a single.

Jaiswal faces Starc for the first time since trying to cut him like a madman. What’s his plan here?

He tries to whip off his pads, but misses out. Still sneaks a leg bye.

There’s half a shout for LBW, but it was down leg and too high.

Rahul defends with soft hands once again. This pair has been so disciplined in not going too hard at the ball, and it’s saved them on a number of occasions edges didn’t carry.

Rahul guides a ball behind point and this time McSweeney makes an amazing one-handed stop on the dive. But it’s a no ball, so it costs Hazlewood a run anyway.

Driven well through cover by Rahul for three more. He’s playing it right under his eyes. There was almost a mix-up on the third run, but they got there in the end.

FOUR! KL Rahul wastes no time driving perfectly through cover-point for the first boundary of the day from Starc’s first ball of the day.

The left-armer is around the wicket and Rahul isn’t troubled by the angle at all.

Starc looked phenomenal on day one, but hasn’t had the same accuracy or venom since then.

Driven again through cover. Not heaps of width, but too full and Rahul is seeing them well enough to open the face slightly and punch it through. Not quite to the rope through this slow outfield, but three runs to the total. He moves to 70.

Four more! Jaiswal moves to 95 as he rises with a short ball and edges it over the slips. It was a definite thick edge, but the ball went exactly where he wanted it to.

Beaten! A good reply from Starc, getting ball to straighten slightly off the seam and rip past the outside edge.

A massive swing at a cut shot from Jaiswal to end the over. That would have blown a hole in the fence if he’d made contact, but he just misses out.

Glenn McGrath and Darren Lehmann say on ABC Sport commentary that Australia needs to strike early and often to have any chance in this game.

McGrath: “If they go wicketless for the next 23 overs, all of a sudden, that new ball becomes ineffective.”

Lehmann: “Australia needs two or three wickets before the new ball. India, once they get through the new ball, they’ll start to motor and put it beyond doubt.”

And the first ball is calmly fended behind point for an easy single for Jaiswal, who moves to 91. Remarkably, it’s just the 10th run scored off Hazlewood, from his 61st delivery.

Edged?! No. Not according to the Australians. It sounds for all money on the broadcast like KL Rahul got a healthy outside edge as he pushes forward outside off, but it must have just been a ghost in the machine. There’s definite daylight between bat and ball on the replay and nothing on snicko.

Meanwhile, Rahul defends a ball to gully and Nathan McSweeney can’t reel it in on the dive. Another single. Two runs off the over to start for Hazlewood. Comparatively expensive for him in this innings.

As the players prepare to come onto the field, don’t forget about our series-long poll to pick the most memorable moments in the cricket history between Australia and India.

If you don’t have all the time in the world, allow our quick hits to catch you up on yesterday’s play in a hurry, including a Mitchell Starc warning and more Marnus Labuschagne than you might have expected.

Never one to shy away from the spotlight, Virat Kohli spent the last two sessions of day two in the dugout, padded up and ready to bat. But he was kept from the field by Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul’s brilliance.

So, as the players were walking off the field at stumps, Kohli emerged from the dugout to applaud his teammates before getting a few shots in on the field after play.

I’m sure the fans loved it. And he was back out there this morning.

Tendulkar. Kohli. Jaiswal?

It’s a ridiculous comparison as Yashasvi Jaiswal is still only 22 years old and playing just his 15th Test, but he does boast the same stunning start on Aussie shores as those two legends of the game.

Dean Bilton has more…

While the weather in Perth has been brilliant for this Test, the east coast is being battered by rain.

It’s forced the abandonment of the WBBL clash betweenthe Melbourne Stars and Adelaide Strikers, which was meant to kick-off at 9:15am AEDT.

India batted.

And batted.

And batted.

There was a very minor rearguard from Australia’s 10th wicket, but only just enough to tip over 100. And India’s openers took it from there.

After the drama of day one, India settled into a rhythm on day two in Perth. Or rather, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul settled into a rhythm — no other batter was required.

Today, we’ll see if Australia’s vaunted bowling attack can dig deep and find something to bring them unstuck. And they’ll have to do it fast because, trailing 218 with all 10 second-innings wickets still to take, this match is quickly running away from them.

I’m Jon Healy and I’ll bring every moment in this here blog with Simon Smale, while Dean Bilton and Chris De Silva round out our ABC Sport cricket crew.