Former India head coach Ravi Shastri says Virat Kohli's remarkable hundred on Sunday is an 'ominous' sign for Australia, and no touring player in the last 15 years must have produced such knocks more regularly than the batting star.

Hosts Australia are on tenterhooks as they started to chase a target of 534 runs to win the first Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India in Perth. Virat Kohli roared back into run-scoring form to score a century after Yashasvi Jaiswal’s majestic innings of 161 as India zeroed in on victory and a 1-0 series lead on Sunday.

Australia loses three wickets in a five-over spell before stumps on day three after a Virat Kohli century led India to set the hosts a formidable target of 534 to win.