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'Even' game as Gill ton powers India's reply but Australia still ahead

Shubman Gill's sparkling century and an unbeaten 59 by Virat Kohli kept India strongin their first innings reply against a persistent Australian spin attack in the fourth Test on Saturday.

India were 289/3 at stumps and still trailing Australia's 480 by 191 runs on day three at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.

Gill stood out with his 128 - the opener's second Test ton and first in India - as he built key partnerships including a 113-run stand for the second wicket with Cheteshwar Pujara, who made 42.

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"It feels great to be able to get a hundred in India," Gill, 23, told broadcaster Star Sports.

"The pitch was pretty good to bat on. Anything that was happening off the pitch was off the rough area."

Spinners kept coming back with wickets as Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy took one each on a pitch favouring the batsmen.

Gill, who replaced a struggling KL Rahul in the third Test, hit 12 fours and one big six in a good show of batting to surpass his previous Test best of 110 despite cramping towards the end of his knock.

He finally fell lbw to Lyon's off-spin in the third session before Kohli took charge along with the left-handed Ravindra Jadeja, on 16, to see out the day's play.

"The way Shubman played was exceptional to be honest," Lyon said.

"That one I got him on was probably a little bit flatter, a little bit faster than what he was expecting," he added.

"A decent ball on my behalf, but I thought the way he went about it was pretty special... He's definitely a special player."

Kohli reached his first Test half-century since January 2022 after a jittery start to his innings when he got off the mark on the 12th ball.

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