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India 244 (Kohli 74, Starc 4-53, Cummins 3-48) and 9 for 1 lead Australia 191 (Paine 73*, Labuchagne 47, Ashwin 4-55, Bumrah 3-40) by 62 runs
Adelaide: India bowled out Australia for 191 for a handy first-innings lead of 53 runs on the second day of the first Day/Night Test Adelaide Oval on Friday.
India were 9 for 1 in second innings, overall lead by 62 runs.
Opener Prithvi Shaw fail again, and scores only four runs in 4-ball. Pat Cummins bowled him in first ball of the forth over.
Earlier, in morning, India were all out for 244 in the first session of play, adding only 11 runs to an overnight score of 233 for six. The visitors were cleaned up by Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins at the Adelaide Oval.
However, India staged a remarkable fightback with the ball as pace ace Jasprit Bumrah and seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin reduced the hosts to 79 for five.
Marnus Labuschagne (47) and skipper Tim Paine (73 not out) tried to rebuild the innings but just when he was starting to take the fight to the charged-up Indians, the former was dismissed by Umesh Yadav three short of his half-century.
Cameron Green's debut innings was stopped short by an absolute classic from Virat Kohli - and the Indian captain enjoyed it a lot! #OhWhatAFeeling@toyota_Aus | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/krXXaZI1at
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Australia’s openers Matthew Wade and Joe Burns, a new combination, played out four maiden overs first up before getting off the mark as Bumrah and Yadav were a tad bit off the mark. A short breather later, Bumrah fixed that and trapped both the openers LBW for 8.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne had their task cut out as Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were bowling some very probing lines and lengths before the dinner break.
Smith, normally very good against India in Tests, wasn’t having a comfortable start to his stay as Labuschagne was afforded a couple of early breathers when India dropped a couple of catches.
Nonetheless, Smith (1) could not keep them out for too long and it was Ashwin who caught the edge and Ajinkya Rahane at first slip gobbled it up gleefully. Travis Head was the next wicket to fall as he was caught and bowled by Ashwin at his individual score of 7.
Cameron Green (11) then tried to steady the ship alongside Labuschane but the debutant was undone by some brilliant fielding from Kohli who took a flying catch at mid-wicket to leave the hosts reeling at 5/79.
After Tea, Umesh joined the party with the wickets of Labuschagne (47) and Pat Cummins off the same over to give India hopes of a big lead.
However, that’s when Tim Paine (73*) took charge and batted along with the likes of Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon, adding 80 runs for the final four wickets as India once again failed to polish off the lower order quickly.
