Travis Head feels Australia are not yet out of the Test (Reuters Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Travis Head scored a 167-ball 72 to steer Australia to 235 India finished day three at 151/3 with a lead of 166 runs Head feels Australia can chase down even a 300-plus total Travis Head is certain that Australia are not out of the 1st Test and feels that any target that the Indian batsmen ventually set them will be "gettable".

The key, according to Head will be getting early wickets in the morning on day 4.

"It's just a really big hour in the morning to change that momentum and to get us going," said Tavis Head.

"If we can get the wickets in the morning and then put them under pressure with the new ball, anything's gettable."

India finished day three at 151/3 , taking an overall lead of 166 runs.

Head is confident that Australia will be able to chase down a 300-plus total, saying it becomes easier to bat on the last two days and such targets have been overhauled in Sheffield Shield cricket.

"This year bigger scores have been made and teams have batted out draws," he said.

"On days four and five, it gets easier to bat and 300-plus totals have been scaled easily (in domestic cricket).

It's more of a new ball wicket at the moment. It's vital to win those moments when the new ball comes around again," he said.

Massive moment late in the day! Nathan Lyon has now dismissed Virat Kohli six times in Test cricket; the most by any bowler. #AUSvIND | @bet365_aus pic.twitter.com/VhHxfYToT2

cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 8, 2018 Head said that Virat Kohli's wicket will give them the momentum going into the penultimate, as the Indian batsmen managed to score only 1 run from 23 balls after their captains's dismissal.

"It was a nice little wicket there at the end," Head said. "I thought the bowlers did a great job of containing and continuing to put pressure on. It makes for a big hour (to start day four)."

Travis Head also said that India's Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara has set an example for others with his first-innings century, calling his gritty knock a "blueprint" on this pitch.

Taking a leaf out of Pujara's book, Head scored a 167-ball 72 to steer Australia to 235 at the start of the third day on Saturday.

Head helped score 44 runs in the rain-affected first session on Saturday as Australia just about managed to close the gap after Pujara had produced a superb 123 on the opening day to guide India to 250 in their first innings.

"The way Pujara played in the first innings was the blueprint for this wicket," Head, who was born in Adelaide, told reporters.

"He had a really good leaving game, good forward defence, and as the ball got softer, he got more runs. Knowing how hard the wicket can be with the ball moving and the new ball, he played really well."

Head was left disappointed after being caught behind for 72 off Mohammed Shami just when his partnership with Nathan Lyon was looking good.

"It is disappointing to feel the momentum swing back. I wanted to continue on and felt if we could keep doing it for a period of time we could put them under pressure and keep them out there," he said.

The pitch showed considerable grip and turn for Lyon in the Indian innings, and Head said that R Ashwin would have a lot of say in the fourth innings.

"I just tried to stay busy against Ashwin. I learned a lot from Dubai first innings to second innings, I was really positive against the off spinner, watching the ball and not premeditating," he said.

"It's going to be the same in the next innings. There's not much rough for the left-handers but this wicket always spins with the grass coverage," he added.

(With inputs from PTI)

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