India lost Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja but were stubbornly inching closer to the follow-on mark as they reached 244-7 at lunch on day three of the fourth Test against Australia on Saturday. India lost both overnight batsmen as they added 80 off 27 overs in the first session as Australia continued to have the upper hand after dominating the first two days.

Australian batting maestro Steve Smith has credited debutant Sam Konstas with generating the momentum that helped deliver the side’s highest first innings score of the series on Friday.