Indian cricket prince Yashasvi Jaiswal’s stunning century stand has come to an end in Perth on 161.

The young gun received a rousing standing ovation and saluted the Perth Stadium crowd as he left the ground after slashing a ball to Steve Smith at backward-point.

His dismissal, just before drinks in the middle session, was Australia’s third of the day. Josh Hazlewood’s wicket of Devdutt Padikkal with the first ball after lunch brought megastar Virat Kohli to the crease.

He is on 16 and Rishabh Pant is on one, with India 3-320 at drinks.

But in an alarming sign for Australia ahead of what looms as a monster fourth-innings chase, a Pat Cummins ball to Kohli moments before drinks stayed low and skimmed through below knee-roll height.

Mitch Marsh shrugged off any concern over an ankle injury and bowled for the first time on the third day, claiming the prized wicket of Jaiswal — his third of the game.

Australia’s final hope, the second new ball, has arrived on day three of The West Test, but the hosts have made just one breakthrough on Sunday morning.

Jaiswal began Sunday morning on 90, racing to his century in 25 minutes, and is now on 141.

Australian broke through for the first time in 63 overs when Hazlewood caught the outside-edge of KL Rahul on 77.

Travis Head bowled off-spin and Marnus Labuschagne wheeled out more of his new medium-pacers in the overs before the new ball.

Hazlewood’s first over with the fresh Kookaburra was wayward. He flung two balls down the leg side, both flying past Alex Carey for four byes.

Starc began his first over with a half-volley that was punished down the ground by Jaiswal.

Jaiswal dropped a single into gully off Hazlewood’s first delivery of the day and then flicked a Starc bouncer in a free-flowing over to clear the slips and find the boundary.

But the most remarkable stroke of the morning was a flicked six off Hazlewood that pitched on the fine leg boundary rope, bringing up his century with a glorious piece of innovation.

He then dropped his bat on the ground and raised two arms in the air in celebration.

After battling to defend the hard length delivered time and again by Hazlewood early in his innings on Saturday, Jaiswal crafted a special knock.

The opener drove delightfully through cover when Australia offered him width and pulled out a stunning party trick when he straight-bat flicked a Pat Cummins short ball over the cordon for four.

The only real chance he offered was am edge into the cordon that caught Usman Khawaja on the back foot and fell just short. Moments later he whipped Cummins for six and belted Nathan Lyon for another.

Jaiswal and Rahul now own the biggest opening partnership ever by an Indian duo in Australia, passing Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth’s 191, made in Sydney in 1986.