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Nitin Naik | TNN

Perth Test: Jaiswal, Kohli tons demoralise Australia before Bumrah puts India in sight of a famous victory

Virat Kohli Yashasvi Jaiswal India Australia Perth Jasprit Bumrah Pat Cummins Devdutt Padikkal Hazlewood KL Rahul

What is it about young Indian batting talents and Perth that makes the venue a perfect stage to showcase their wares to the world?

The reverberations of an 18-year-old Sachin Tendulkar's 114 in 1992 at the WACA are still felt. Virat Kohli's twin knocks of 44 and 75 at the WACA 20 years later showed everyone what he is made of and on Sunday, Yashasvi Jaiswal stamped his class by smashing a majestic 161 (297 balls, 15x4, 3x6) his fourth hundred, all of them 150-plus, at the Optus Stadium on Day Three of the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy to lay claim on the tag of 'The Prince'.

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