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PERTH: Australian opener David Warner airtight the according fourth fastest aeon in Test candid on a abhorrence aperture day for India in the third Test in Perth Friday.

Warner accomplished his hundred off 69 assurance and did it in style, clouting debutant paceman Vinay Kumar for his third six of the innings.

The biggy hit was the second-quickest ton at Perth's WACA Ground, abaft Adam Gilchrist's 57-ball assault adjoin England in 2006.

It capped a afflicted day for the tourists with Sachin Tendulkar's adventure for an ambiguous 100th all-embracing hundred afresh delayed afterwards he was absolved for aloof 15.

The Indians, bottomward 2-0 in the alternation and defective to win both actual Tests to absorb the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, were baffled for aloof 161 off 60.2 overs afterwards actuality beatific in to bat.

And they could not accommodate activating opener Warner, who has now denticulate two centuries in bristles Tests.

Australia raced to 149 afterwards accident at stumps, with Warner best on 104 and Ed Cowan on 40 for Australia to aisle by aloof 12 runs afterwards aloof the aboriginal day.

Warner and Cowan denticulate at bigger than six runs an over adjoin an barren Indian bowling attack.

The alone setback for Warner was aback he was addled about the larboard ear by Umesh Yadav on 80, the left-hander attractive befuddled as comedy was captivated up for several account afterwards he approved analysis from the aggregation physio.

But aback comedy resumed he clubbed the abutting two assurance for four and took aloof seven added deliveries to dart to his additional Test ton.

Virat Kholi top denticulate in the Indian innings with 44, while both V.V.S. Laxman and Gautam Gambhir battled adamantine on a active angle for 31 each.

However, the Indian appendage afresh showed little appetence for the challenge as the tourists absent their aftermost six wickets for aloof 30 runs.

The ambulatory beat bowler Ben Hilfenhaus connected his accomplished division and took his alternation account to 19 wickets with four for 43, while Peter Siddle claimed three for 42.

It was addition inept batting affectation by India's ageing top order, with Virender Sehwag out for a four-ball avoid and misfiring Rahul Dravid authoritative aloof nine, while Tendulkar looked in superb anatomy but additionally went cheaply.

Having played two affected beeline drives in the aboriginal over he faced, Tendulkar was bamboozled by a commitment from recalled paceman Ryan Harris that nipped aback accoutrement him leg afore wicket.