India’s pace attack triggered another top order batting collapse but a second successive century for Travis Head and a long overdue hundred for Steven Smith gave Australia the ascendancy after the second day of the third cricket test.

With the rain continuing to disrupt play throughout the day, the umpires decided to call it off after the Tea break. To compensate for the lost time, play will resume at 5:20 AM IST on the remaining four days, with a minimum of 98 overs to be bowled each day.