Hughes missed his half-ton by five runs and shared 67-run stand for the second wicket with Ed Cowan.
Earlier, Ishant Sharma struck in his first over to dismiss David Warner for a duck after Australia elected to bat .
Ishant got Warner caught at second slip by Virat Kohli.
Ajinkya Rahane replaced injured Shikhar Dhawan in the Indian squad while Australia replaced Brad Haddin, Mitchell Starc and Xavier Doherty with Matthew Wade, Mitchell Johnson and James Pattinson.
Shane Watson captains Australian team as Michael Clarke has been ruled out due to injury.
Standing on the cusp of history, an upbeat India will go for the kill against a beleaguered Australia as they aim for an unprecedented 4-0 clean sweep by inflicting another defeat on the visitors.
In their 81-year history of Test cricket, India have never won four consecutive Test matches in a series and Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his boys will certainly hold the distinction of being the first if they can get past Michael Clarke's men.
Skipper Dhoni does not endorse the word 'revenge' in sport but there is no denying the fact that his band of boys will be keen on setting the record straight having lost the series 'Down Under' by an identical margin.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Murali Vijay, Chesteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Bhubneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma.
Australia: Shane Watson (capt), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phil Hughes, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon.
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