Torrential rain washed out the first day of the third Test between Australia and India at the Gabba, leaving only 13.2 overs bowled. Australia reached 28/0 after India opted to bowl. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy stands at 1-1 after India had won the opener, in Perth, and Australia the second, at Adelaide Oval.
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