The Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli, who has been struggling for so long, finally made a half century on Day 3 at Perth in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. In the 117th over, Kohli angled a length ball from Mitchell Starc, clipping it wide of mid on, and ran 3 runs, as the board showed 52 runs by his name. With this, Virat Kohli registered his 32nd Test half century. His 32nd hald century came against New Zealand in the recently concluded three-match Test series at home, in Chinnaswamy Stadium. 50 FOR KING KOHLI IN PERTH. LEGEND 🇮🇳❤️❤️#AUSvIND #tapmad #DontStopStreaming #CatchEveryMatch pic.twitter.com/biPVEFHkfF — Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) November 24, 2024 Match conditions The pitch that looked batting friendly since last day's third session continues doing so. However, the ball seems to come in too low than normal. Apart from that, the tired Australians have gifted loose runs to the Indian team, like byes and overthrows. Read: Sajnay Manjrekar's Checky Dig at Virat Kohli's Bad Form Earlier this morning, Yashasvi Jaiswal departed, scoring 161 runs of 297 balls, and had KL Rahul swiftly supporting him but left scoring 77 runs after he edged the ball to the keeper. Followed by that, Devdutt Paddikal too left, scoring 25 runs. Later, a weird run out of Rishabh Pant and an unfortunate umpire's call cost India Dhruv Jurel's wicket. Kohli, who was struggling for so long with the bat, is now guarding India's batting, having Washington Sundar by his side. It looks like India is in no mood to decalre and some 40 minutes of game left today before stumps.