Todd Murphy scalps Virat Kohli for the third time in the series

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli's struggle against the spinners, especially on turning tracks, continued as the India batter on Wednesday fell to a slow bowler for the fourth time in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series in Indore.

On the opening day of the third Test, the Indian run-machine was out leg before wicket to off-spinner Todd Murphy. It was the third time in three matches that Murphy, who made his Test debut in this series in the first Test in Nagpur, got the better of Kohli.

Kohli, who has batted in four innings so far, was dismissed by left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann, who made his debut in second Test, in Delhi.

1/10:3rd Test: India sink to new low against Australia on Day 1

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2/10:Matthew Kuhnemann

<p>Australia spinner Matthew Kuhnemann took 5/16 as India were bundled out for 109 runs in their first innings on the first day of the third Test in Indore. </p>Getty Images

3/10:4th lowest Test total vs Australia at home

<p>This is India's fourth lowest Test total against Australia at home after 104 in Mumbai (2004) and 105 and 107 in Pune (2017). </p>IANS

4/10:India's eighth lowest Test total against Australia

<p>This is also India's eighth lowest Test total against Australia ever and their joint 29th lowest Test total overall. </p>PTI

5/10:​India bowled out

<p>India were bowled out just after lunch on the first day, after winning the toss and opting to bat on what is really a devilish pitch. </p>AP

6/10:​India's aggressive approach

<p>India's aggressive approach on a track offering vicious turn backfired as they capitulated in just 33.2 overs after opting to bat. </p>PTI

7/10:Turning pitch

<p>Like the last two Tests, the pitch was expected to offer plenty of turn but the ball turned square in the first hour of play and the odd one kept low.</p>AFP

8/10:Turn and bounce

<p>Big turn and variable bounce made life difficult for Indian batsmen.</p>AFP

9/10:​The pitch

<p>The pitch also has variable bounce with the top surface exploding with almost every delivery.</p>AFP

10/10:Maiden Test five-wicket haul

<p>Australia's spinners exploited those conditions wonderfully, led by a first Test five-for from Kuhnemann. </p>AP

3rd Test: India sink to new low against Australia on Day 1

In many ways, Virat looked like the best equipped to tackle the Aussie spin troika of Nathan Lyon, Kuhnemann and Murphy on a track on which every other batter before him struggled. But he eventually fell for 22 off 52 balls.

Todd Murphy celebrates taking the wicket of Virat Kohli. (Getty Images)

Virat is still looking for a really big score in this series. He had scored 12 in Nagpur in a Test India only batted once in and then 44 & 20 in Delhi.

On Day 1 of the Indore Test on Wednesday, Kohli went for a forward lunge block but the ball drifted a touch quicker than anticipated and stayed really low to beat him. It also spun just enough from off to be crashing into the leg stump. Kohli took his chance on a review but lost it.

1/10:3rd Test: India implode against Australia on Day 1

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2/10:Pitch bamboozles one and all

<p>Indian batsmen are reputed to be good players of quality spin. But the Holkar Stadium pitch bamboozled one and all. </p>AFP

3/10:Bite, turn, uneven bounce

<p>It had bite, turn, and enough uneven bounce to flummox the Indian batsmen. </p>AFP

4/10:​Rohit Sharma

<p>Rohit Sharma (12) charged down the pitch against Matthew Kuhnemann, but the ball beat him in the air, turned away to miss his swinging bat and he was stumped by Alex Carey.</p>Getty Images

5/10:​Shubman Gill

<p>Shubman Gill (21) looked composed in his brief stay at the wicket but Kuhnemann struck again in his next over and had him caught by Smith at first slip.</p>Getty Images

6/10:Cheteshwar Pujara

<p>Nathan Lyon struck off his second delivery via a delivery that stayed low and turned sharply in from outside off-stump to castle Cheteshwar Pujara (1).</p>Getty Images

7/10:​Ravindra Jadeja

<p>Ravindra Jadeja (4) survived a review but was caught in the covers off the very next ball by Kuhnemann off Lyon. </p>Getty Images

8/10:​Shreyas Iyer

<p>Shreyas Iyer (0) edged a Kuhnemann delivery onto his stumps as India lost half their side with just 45 runs on the board. </p>AP

9/10:Virat Kohli

<p>Todd Murphy trapped former Indian captain Virat Kohli (22) plumb in front of his stumps and reduced India to 70/6. </p>Getty Images

10/10:Srikar Bharat

<p>Lyon took his third wicket when he dismissed Srikar Bharat (17) LBW to make it worse for India at 82/7. </p>Getty Images

3rd Test: India implode against Australia on Day 1

India went to lunch at 84/7.