PERTH, Australia: Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul exhausted Australia’s bowlers on Saturday to take their team to an unbeaten 172 on the second day of the first Test in Perth, extending the touring team’s lead to 218 runs .

The hosts were bowled out for 104 in the morning session thanks to a sublime score of 5-30 from stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah, after India were bowled out for 150 on the first day in ideal conditions for seam bowling.

Jaiswal and Rahul finished the day unbeaten on 90 and 62 as the hosts failed to take a wicket in two sessions, a dizzying change of pace from the first day when 17 wickets fell.

The Indian opening pair deftly negotiated the new ball after lunch, defending and working singles with an ease that suggested the pitch had lost its demons.

The shot of the day came in the 13th over when Rahul bowled a gloriously timed straight drive past bowler Pat Cummins to the boundary.

Not to be outdone, Jaiswal punished the Australian captain for bowling too short, throwing an uppercut at the wicketkeeper.

The first six came in the final hour, when the 22-year-old Jaiswal lifted Mitchell Starc to fine leg.

The biggest cheer, however, was reserved for the oft-maligned Rahul, who pushed Mitchell Marsh to third man to bring up his 16th Test fifty.

With Cummins searching for answers and part-timers Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne unable to provide any, an ever-expansive Jaiswal bowled spinner Nathan Lyon for maximum length to put a cherry on the tourists’ day.

Earlier, Australian number nine Mitchell Starc scored 26 and was the only batsman to provide significant resistance as Bumrah and Harshit Rana (3-48) took a session to claim the last three wickets.

Bumrah took his 11th Test five-wicket haul with his first ball of the day, throwing back and away from Alex Carey (21) who nicked keeper Rishabh Pant.

Before being rushed by Rana to present a simple catch to Pant, Starc received body blows to the helmet and shoulder during a 112-ball stay, persevering and showing the intent that the specialist batsmen of his team.