India vs Australia Highlights, 5th Test Day 2: IND crumble again, finish 141/6 at stumps, take 145-run lead
- India vs Australia Highlights, 5th Test Day 2: Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar remained unbeaten at stumps, but India crumbled under pressure and posted 141/6 at stumps.
India vs Australia Highlights, 5th Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant slammed a 29-ball half-century to drive his team to a 145-run lead with four wickets left after an intense day two. At the close in Sydney, the visitors were 141-6 with Ravindra Jadeja on eight and Washington Sundar six unbeaten.
India vs Australia Highlights, 5th Test Day 2: India reached 141 for six at stumps after dismissing Australia for 181 on the second day of the final Test on Saturday. Ravindra Jadeja (8) and Washington Sundar (6) were at the crease, India leading by 145 runs. Rishabh Pant made a statement and slammed a 29-ball half-century, but Pat Cummins put an end to his carnage. The hosts looked clueless about how to stop Pant at one stage as he was smashing everyone around the park, but the Aussie skipper took the onus on himself and got the job done for his team....Read More
Meanwhile, India got a sigh of relief as skipper Jasprit Bumrah returned to the ground after he went out with the physio regarding some scans during Australia's innings. The premier pacer looked good and was seen taking the stairs and running towards the dressing room comfortably. India has come out firing, but Scott Boland has replied in kind, taking three early wickets to keep them in check. He dismissed KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal first and then sent back Virat Kohli, with the acting Indian captain fishing outside off stump one last time on this tour. Meanwhile, Beau Webster joined the party and got the better of Shubman Gill. Earlier, the visitors were handed a blow in the form of captain Jasprit Bumrah leaving the SCG for scans but they roared back into the match in response to the development. Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj took three wickets each as Australia were all out for 181 and India took a lead of four runs.
India's biggest fear may have come true as captain Jasprit Bumrah was spotted leaving the Sydney Cricket Ground in his training kit but they responded by shredding Australia's lower order to pieces and positioning themselves for a lead. Nitish Kumar Reddy dismissed Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc off consecutive deliveries while Beau Webster fell to Prasidh Krishna after that with a score of 57 off 105 balls. Australia were trailing by 19 runs when they were reduced to their last wicket.
Bumrah was earlier spotted leaving the SCG with a few support staff members for scans. The Indian captain bowled just one over in the second session before having a long chat with Virat Kohli and then walking off the field. Kohli seems to have taken over captaincy duties in his stead.
Krishna seemed to be struggling to keep up the pressure built by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj in the first session but he ended up striking with the huge wicket of Steve Smith just before Lunch. He then followed it up by dismissing Alex Carey and ending his brisk 41-run stand with Beau Webster early in the second session. The wicket came with India captain Jasprit Bumrah being off the ground for more than half an hour after bowling the second over of the session. An injury to Bumrah is arguably the one thing India dread the most, with the pacer being the visitors' only consistent performer throughout the series and consolidating himself as arguably the best bowler in the world.
Australia were 101/5 at Lunch, trailing India by 84 runs. Bumrah and Siraj earlier made the most of the vicious bounce on offer on Day 2 of the fifth Test at the SCG. The Indian fielders drowned Marnus Labuschagne and Sam Konstas with sledges in the first three overs of the day, so much so that the umpire had to intervene and have a word with Kohli in Bumrah's first over of the day itself. Bumrah eventually dismissed Labuschagne in just his second over of the day after which Siraj sent back Konstas and dangerman Travis Head in the same over.
Australia started the day on a a score of 9/1. A quick-moving first day at the Sydney Cricket Ground saw 11 wickets fall, as a mixture of excellent bowling, extremely bowler-friendly conditions, and plenty of barbs fired back and forth between the two teams leaves a tantalizing contest heading into the rest of the Test match for fans. The significance of the match is immense: if Australia don't win in Sydney, they will continue to suffer from a drought of a decade-plus without getting their hands on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If India fail to win, they miss out on the World Test Championship finals after having been runaway favourites heading into the second half of the year.
With all these stakes on the line and both sides well aware, it was a big and confident decision made by the Indian leadership group to drop Rohit Sharma from the team due to a too-long run of poor performances in the format. Jasprit Bumrah, who captained India to the sole win of their series so far in Perth, was back at the helm against his opposite number, Pat Cummins.
Nevertheless, day one continued to be the same old story for India's fragile batting unit. For the seventh time in eight innings in this series so far, India's batting failed to really get going, as wickets in clusters meant that no partnership ever really formed that threatened Australia. The good news for India from their performance is that they can credit Australia as much if not more than they can look at themselves: there is an incredible amount of seam and bounce in this Sydney pitch, offering plenty for the pace bowlers in particular with a touch of green on the surface and cracks which are already beginning to widen. The wicket of Usman Khawaja will also be a template: pitching on off stump and holding its like as well as staying low, the variable bounce and natural deviation of the new and old balls alike will keep Bumrah, Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna interested.
India ended the day with 176 runs in the lead, with a wicket in the first three overs, meaning there was a silver lining for the team to take back into the dressing room. While 185 isn't much, 150 proved to be more than competitive at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Can Bumrah find yet another spell of inspiration to continue his crusade as a one-man wrecking crew for India so far in this series?
Bumrah will also be fired up from his altercation with Sam Konstas right on the verge of stumps at the SCG, where he swapped words with the Australian teenager before going on to find Khawaja's outside edge and staring Konstas down, along with the rest of the team. In a series in which India have often looked flat and unimposing with the ball, especially in the first innings for Australia in the last three Tests, India's bowlers having that fire and competitive edge will be essential. The Australian batters cannot be allowed to feel comfortable at the crease, or feel the runs coming thick and fast after how much of a struggle it was for India's batters to break the shackles. It will require an energetic, everything-on-the-line kind of performance from a bowling lineup that is reaching the end of a long-drawn series, and having a pantomime villain to latch onto might just be what team India requires.
Conversely, Australia will want to be risk free and see out the new ball in the hope that conditions flatten out and allow them to make the best of what is likely to be the most batting-friendly conditions on day two. Konstas signalled his intent to go all-guns-blazing at Bumrah rather than sit into a shell and wait for one with his name on it, but the stolid and defensively airtight techniques of Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith are more than capable of frustrating India's bowlers. Australia will be aware India are likely once again a pacer short, choosing to use two spinner, and if they manage to wear down Bumrah in particular, a lot of pressure will be placed onto a raw and so-far untested Prasidh Krishna in his first match of the series. With Scott Boland’s performance as the third seamer to live up to, Krishna will want to make sure he can provide able support to the lead bowlers at the very least, if not establish himself as an out-and-out threat on a lively wicket.
Below are a few pointers regarding India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2:
- India 141/6 (& 185) at Stumps on Day 2, lead Australia (181) by 145 runs in Sydney
- Rishabh Pant hit half-century off 29 balls and he reached the mark with a six.
- Jasprit Bumrah back in the stadium, good signs for India
- Virat Kohli fell poking outside off stump one last time to Scott Boland
- Scott Boland did it again for Australia, dismissing both KL Rahul and Jaiswal in his first two overs
- Yashasvi Jaiswal was off to a flier of a start, smashing 16 runs in the first over
- Australia were all out for 181, India lead by 4 runs with Siraj and Prasidh taking three wickets each
- Prasidh Krishna got his third wicket and Australia were down to their last wicket without taking a lead
- Nitish Kumar Reddy's twin strikes reduced Australia down to their last two wickets
- Beau Webster scored a half-century on Test debut in 92 balls
- Jasprit Bumrah was spotted leaving the stadium for scans in his training kit; he left the field after bowling just one over in the second session
- Prasidh Krishna provided India with the breakthrough in the third session, dismissing Alex Carey and ending a 41-run stand between him and Webster
- Jasprit Bumrah bowled the second over after Lunch but has been off the ground since
- Australia 101/5 at Lunch, trail India by 84 runs
- Mohammed Siraj then was rewarded for his efforts as he dismissed Sam Konstas in his fifth over of the day
- Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Marnus Labuschagne in just his second over of the day
- Australia resumed on 9/1, behind India (185 all out) by 171 runs.
- All eyes will be on Jasprit Bumrah's battle against Sam Konstas.
- India drew their last two Test matches at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 12:36:56 PM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: India 141/6 (& 185) at Stumps on Day 2
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: A couple of tidy overs to finish the day's play. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar are walking unbeaten back towards the pavilion. Meanwhile, Australia would be happy with how things turned out for them in this innings with the ball. India 141/6 (& 185) at Stumps on Day 2, lead Australia (181) by 145 runs in Sydney
- 4 Jan 2025, 12:25:45 PM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Jadeja hits four!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Ravindra Jadeja played it down the ground over long-on for a boundary to break the shackles. India need the veteran all-rounder to rescue them from a tricky spot here to get back into the game. IND 137/6
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- 4 Jan 2025, 12:16:35 PM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Nitish Kumar Reddy departs!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Nitish Kumar Reddy played a false shot and Scott Boland gets another here. The Aussie pacer clapped back at Nitish as India are six down here. Nitish was taking things calmly before that ball but went for a big shot and threw his wicket away. IND 129/6 in 27.3 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 12:04:57 PM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Nitish and Pant cautious!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rishabh Pant are batting with a cautious approach here after Rishabh Pant's departure. India need a partnership here to bounce back in the game and stretch lead past 200. IND 128/5 in 25 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 12:02:46 PM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Pant falls!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant became a victim of Pat Cummins after an incredible counter-attacking half-century. The left-handed batter edged the ball behind the stumps to Alex Carey. His feet were frozen, and he threw his hands on the ball outside off-stump. An entertaining knock comes to an end. India 124/5 in 22.2 overs in second innings
- 4 Jan 2025, 11:43:39 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant completes fifty with a six!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant reaches his fifty with a magnificent six over mid-wicket. He reaches the mark in 29 balls - T20 stuff from Pant at the moment. He deposited the ball in the stands quite comfortably as India continue to stretch the lead. IND 117/4 in 21.2 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 11:27:48 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Hat-trick of fours for Pant!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant is in no mood to stop as he smashed Beau Webster for a hat-trick of boundaries to take control. He is not in the mood to slow down and bat with a defensive approach this innings and has decided to take on the bowlers to put the pressure back on them. IND 97/4 in 18 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 11:22:45 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Bumrah returns but no update on his injury!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Jasprit Bumrah has returned, but we are still awaiting information on what he did or what kind of scan he underwent. India would be hoping for him to return to lead the Indian team in the fourth innings.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 11:20:25 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Bumrah back in the ground!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Jasprit Bumrah has returned to the stadium and it's a good sign for Team India. He is walking comfortably and entered the Indian dressing. We might see him in the whites soon.
- 4 Jan 2025, 11:14:29 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Shubman Gill departs!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Another one bites the dust as this time Shubman Gill gets dismissed. India in deep trouble now as Shubman Gill charged down the ground in search of a big shot but only managed to edge it and Alex Carey takes a fine catch. Beau Webster opens his account. IND 78/4 in 15.2 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 11:10:32 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Four for Pant!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: A wristy flick from Rishabh Pant to hit a boundary off Pat Cummins' delivery. It seems like Rishabh Pant has got the license from dressing room today to go out and play his shots. IND 78/3 in 15 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 11:04:25 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: First ball six for Pant!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Wow Scott Boland just dismissed Kohli with the first ball of that 14th over. Pant comes out and charges Boland the very next ball, smmashes the ball over mid-on for a six. He is beaten next ball and then he goes for a reverse ramp fourth ball! There was a deep third there and so he is probably lucky that he missed that entirely. Three runs off the last two balls after that.
India 68/3, lead by 72 runs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 11:00:24 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Kohli's tour with the bat ends with one last push outside off
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: He roars and punches his pads before walking off. Scott Boland has taken his third.
- 4 Jan 2025, 10:55:13 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Kohli pulls with authority!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Boland continues for the 12th over, Gill and Kohli take a single each off the first three balls and then Boland misses his length a bit fourth ball and Kohli pounces. Rocks back and puls it past mid-on along the ground for a four. Kohli is on six off 11 balls, Gill on seven off six.
India 55/2 in 12 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 10:51:50 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Kohli off the mark
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Kohli gets off the mark with the very first delivery that he faced and then keeps Cummins out for the entirety of the 11th over. He is the acting captain, can that be the catalyst for him to break out of his funk?
India 48/2 in 11 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 10:47:59 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: GONE! It's Jaiswal and it is Boland again!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Boland angles the fifth ball of the 10 full on off. Jauswal swipes across the line but misses it The bal takes he top of off.
Jaiswal b Boland 22 (35)
India 48/2 in 10 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 10:27:09 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Boland gets Rahul
IND vs AUS LIVE Score:: Boland cramps up Rahul and the batter chops on! This was full and wideish, angling into Rahul. The batter is enticed into goig for a drive and the ball crashes on tgo the stumps after taking an inside edge.
- 4 Jan 2025, 10:21:08 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Another classy shot for four from Rahul, now time for Boland...
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: 11 runs off the fifth over from Starc, he has made a rather expensive start here. Starc gets a leading edge off Jaiswal first ball, that flies right through point and the batters run two. A leg bye off the next ball and then the fifth ball flies over Rahul's gloves as he goes for a pull shot and evades Carey as well to go for four byes. Rahul connects the pull shot last ball and that goes past fine leg for a four. Rahul moves to eight off 11, Jaiswal on 20 off 19.
Now comes Scott Boland, dangerman in the first innings.
India 33/0 in 5 overs, lead by 37
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- 4 Jan 2025, 10:17:59 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rahul is away too
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Rahul drives Cummins handsomely past mid on last ball of the fourth and he is off the mark with a four off his seventh ball. India are flying away early on.
India 22/0 in 4 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 10:09:53 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Just a run off the second and third overs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Cummins bowls a maiden after that bumper first over and then Starc keeps things nice and tight in the third. Jaiswal took a single off the last ball of the latter over and stays on strike to face Cummins in the fourth. Jaiswal and India have scored 17 runs.
India lead by 21 runs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 09:56:31 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: 16 RUNS IN THE FIRST OVER! Jaiswal lays into Starc
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Wow Jaiswal flashes at the fifth ball for a similar shot to the first two that got him four. Then he sends the last ball through cover for another four. What a start this is for India and their lead has already raced to 20 runs.
- 4 Jan 2025, 09:55:26 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: HAT-TRICK OF FOURS! Jaiswal making his intent clear
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Two identical shots off the second and third balls through the point area from Jaiswal and then the fourth is carved through point again on the front foot. Jaiswal cut the second over backward point off the backfoot and did almost the same next ball. How about that for a start.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 09:49:38 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal back for India
IND vs AUS LIVE Score: All right India may have done well with the ball but this is going to be a stern test to say the least for their batters now. There was steep bounce today for the Indian pacers and one can expect the Aussies to extract everything they can from the pitch.
- 4 Jan 2025, 09:35:30 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Tea has been taken...
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: The drama just refuses to die in this series. It has been Bumrah or nothing throughout for the Indian bowling attack on this tour but today, they burst through with five wickets after he was spotted leaving the stadium. Now Bumrah was not limping or looking ginger in any way as he walked off, which raises hopes of him maybe returning whenever Australia bat again. The mind goes back to earlier this year when Shamar Joseph seemed to be injured against Australia at the Gabba, only for him to come back, take seven wickets and lead the West Indies to a historic victory.
But India have been on the money today. Their fielding has been tight, they have dropped absolutely nothing and the rest of the bowlers have stepped up in Bumrah's absence. Prasidh Krishna looked almost out of his depth in his early overs but he has finished the day with figures of 3/42, an economy of 2.80 which is actually the best among the Indian bowlers. Siraj also took three while Nitish Kumar Reddy took two, as did Bumrah. Incredible stuff here. But one thing seems quite clear, it is going to be nightmarish for the Indian batters in this third session.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 09:30:53 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Australia 181 all out, India lead by 4 runs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Siraj bursts through Boland's gates and that's that! The last wicket stand has produced 15 runs and was giving India all kinds of worries but Siraj does he job. India lead by a boundary.
- 4 Jan 2025, 09:23:57 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Can Lyon and Boland do it again?
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Now Australia are reduced to their last wicket but it was these two batters who put more than 50 runs and pretty much wiped out any slender chances of an India win in the previous Test. For now, Lyon and Boland have reduced Australia's deficit to 12 runs.
Australia 173/9, trail by 12 runs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 09:13:28 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: GONE! Webster goes, IND's slip fielders are on fire!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Prasidh Krishna has three wickets to his name despite being far from being India's best bowler today. Extra bounce second ball of the 48th, Webster surprised by it and Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a very sharp catch at second slip. Australia have collapsed here. A very good innings on debut from Webster and the crowd appreciates it as he walks off.
Webster c Jaiswal b Prasidh Krishna 57 (105)
Australia 166/9 in 47.2 overs, trail by 19
- 4 Jan 2025, 09:05:12 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Another for Reddy!
IND vs AUS LIVE Score: KL Rahul takes the catch diving forward at second slip. Mitchell Starc is convinced that he is done, he is walking off but the onfield umpires send it upstairs. His fingers are clearly under the ball in the replays and so wicket No.2 for Nitish Kumar Reddy! Now amid all the doom and gloom around Bumrah, India have actually worked their way to a very strong position here.
Starc c Rahul b Nitish Kumar Reddy 1 (4)
India 164/8 in 46.1 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 08:58:45 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: OUT! Reddy gets Cummins
IND vs AUS LIVE Score: Reddy gets his SRH captain and that is partly thanks to a stunning catch by Virat Kohli. Reddy bangs in the last ball of the 45th, Cummins seems a little surprised by the bounce. He pushes at it and gets an outside edge. Kohli darts to his left and takes a sharp catch at first slip.
Cummins c Kohli b Nitish Kumar Reddy 10 (20)
Australia 162/7 in 45 overs, trail by 23 runs
- 4 Jan 2025, 08:49:43 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: More on the Bumrah situation
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Here is some more footage of Bumrah getting into a van in the SCG parking lot. Quite reminiscent of those dramatic WWE parking lot promos, except there is nothing scripted about what's happening here. In fact, India would've hoped that when the story of this series would be told in later years, an incident like this would not be in the script at all. But here we are.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 08:47:46 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Half-century on debut for Beau Webster!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Nitish Kumar Reddy returns for the 43rd over. First ball is short of a length outside off, Webster rocks back and cuts it. Runs three and that takes him to 52. What a knock this has been on Test debut. He is an experienced campaigner in first class cricket and he is showing it here.
- 4 Jan 2025, 08:45:39 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: JASPRIT BUMRAH SEEN LEAVING THE SCG!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Channel 7 cameras have just shown Jasprit Bumrah leaving the SCG with a couple of support staff members. He was in the Indian training kit, not in Test whites. Mark Nicholas says on Star Sports commentary that Bumrah is undergoing scans. Stunning.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 08:35:32 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Jadeja from the other end
India vs. Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: Well, this is quite interesting. An injury to Jasprit Bumrah would qualify as India's nightmare scenario, and at the moment, that seems to be the case. He has been off the ground ever since he bowled that second over after Lunch.
Australia 138/6, trail by 47
- 4 Jan 2025, 08:23:57 AM IST
India vs Australia LIVE Score, 5th Test Day 2: GONE! Krishna cleans up Carey!
IND vs AUS LIVE Score: Well that has come from nowhere! Krishna bowled the previous two balls back of a length to Carey and the second of those beat Carey's inside edge. Then he bowls the fifth one full, it creeps in between Carey's bat and pad and takes the stumps. A jaffa from Krishna. Kohli gives a passionate speech after the team celebrates.
Carey b Prasidh Krishna 21 (36)
Australia 137/6 in 37.5 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 08:14:02 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Bumrah remains off the ground
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Siraj gives two un the 35th over, one of which was off a no ball and Prasidh continues. Bumrah remains off the ground. India have such limited options here with the ball, despite the presence of two spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
Australia 121/5 in 35 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 08:04:16 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Carey with a booming cover drive for four off Siraj
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: It has been a good start for Australia in this session. Webster gets off strike third ball and then Siraj beats Carey with the next. Then he goes too full and wide, Carey crashes the cover drive for a four. He has raced to 14 in 21 balls, Webster on 34 in 61. This is turning into a handy little partnership.
Australia 117/5 in 33 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 08:00:07 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Bumrah is off the ground
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: It's Mohammed Siraj who bowls the 33rd over after Krishna bowls the third over of the session. Just a single off him in that over, Webster is on 33 off 58, Carey on 10 off 18.
Australia 112/5, trail by 73 runs
- 4 Jan 2025, 07:53:31 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Bumrah from the other end
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Prasidh goes too full last ball of that over, Webster drives it past mid-on for the first four of the session. Thus dissipates all the pressure that he built. Now Bumrah to Carey from around the wicket. He is on four off nine, Webster at the other end on 32 off 55.
Australia 105/5, trail by 80
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- 4 Jan 2025, 07:49:10 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Here we go for the second session
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Ok that was quite something for the Lunch break but now back to the cricket. Prasidh bowls the first over after Lunch, Beau Webster ons trike with Alex Carey at the other end.
Australia 101/5 in 29 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 07:31:14 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: ‘Let them understand importance of cricket,’ Rohit on younger players taking over captaincy
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Irfan Pathan asks Rohit Sharma on who he thinks is a good candidate to become captain among the younger lot of players. “Let them understand the importance of cricket. They are new. I know they need to be given responsibility but let them earn it. Me, Bumrah, Virat, MS Dhoni, we all earned it. So let them work hard. The boys are talented. But captaining India is no small thing. It is a huge honour. The history of the team makes this a huge responsibility on the shoulder,” he said.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 07:25:38 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: ‘I have not retired,’ says Rohit
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Rohit says that he is not done with Test cricket. “This decision is not a retirement call. I am out of this game because I am not getting runs. No guarantee that it will be the same a few months later. I have belief in myself, things will change. What people write or say with a pen or mic in hand is not going to make a difference to us, they don't decide anything,” he said.
He also speaks about the dressing room leaks after the defeat at the MCG. “It doesn't hurt because we are all made of steel. That has been our effort. We can't control those things. The boys know that these things happen on the outside, let them happen, just concentrate on your own game,” he said.
- 4 Jan 2025, 07:19:55 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: ‘Made the decision after reaching Sydney,’ says Rohit
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: “I took the decision after coming here. After the match, we had just two days, one of which was New Year's Day. I didn't want to tell the coach and selectors on such an occassion. But it was there in my mind that it is not happening and this was going through my head,” said Rohit
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- 4 Jan 2025, 07:18:17 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: ‘I stood down,’ says Rohit Sharma
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: He finally talks details of him not playing in this Test. “I stood down, that is what I would say. The chat I had with the coach and selector was simple. I am not getting runs, I am out of form. This is an important match, we need in-form players. Generally our batters are not in good form. SO we cannot carry out of form players in the team. This simple fact was there in my mind. So I thought I would tell them about it, they backed my decision. For me it was a tough decision to take, but it was the sensible one. I won't think too far ahead, was just thinking what the team needed,” he said.
- 4 Jan 2025, 07:15:13 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Rohit Sharma is talking!
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: He says that the first session has gone pretty well. Rohit was out there during the drinks break and he said that he asked the players to stay calm, there is a lot in the pitch and the wickets will come.
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- 4 Jan 2025, 07:06:30 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: LUNCH! Australia 101/5 in 29 overs
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: India's session. Beau Webster finishes it on 28 off 49, Alex Carey got a four off the fourth ball of the last over of the session by Siraj and he finishes on four off nine balls. The partnership between Smith and Webster was on 57 off 92 and threatened to take the game away from India but Prasidh Krishna made the most of the change of ends.
- 4 Jan 2025, 06:58:43 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: OUT! PRASIDH KRISHNA GETS STEVE SMITH!
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Prasidh Krishna changes ends and returns for the 28th over and he strikes first ball with the big fish! He starts the over with a length ball around off, Smith defends but it moves away from him late just a bit. Edged to second slip.
Smith c Rahul b Prasidh Krishna 33 (57)
Australia 96/5 in 27.1 overs
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- 4 Jan 2025, 06:57:22 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Three fours in the 26th!
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Reddy goes short of a length outside of first ball of the 26th, Webster sends it past the cordoOUT! n for a four. He takes a single next ball and then Reddy goes too full and straight to Smith fourth ball of that over, Smith drives it down the ground for a four. The next ball is short and wide, Smith sends it behind point for another four. He is on 33 off 56 at the end of that over, Webster on 23 off 41.
Australia 92/4 in 26 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 06:49:45 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Siraj replaces Prasidh
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Prasidh Krishna has conceded 21 runs in his five overs and his overs have gone a long way in allowing Smith and Webster to release the pressure built by Bumrah and Siraj in the first hour. Smith on 20 off 42, Webster on 18 off 31.
Australia 73/4
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- 4 Jan 2025, 06:40:13 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy handed the ball
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Reddy replaces Bumrah, surely the ineffective Prasidh Krishna is going to be taken off next over. He starts off with a yorker outside off swinging away. Webster is surprised and beaten. Single off the next ball and then a single for Smith off the last. Smith on 20 off 42, Webster on 18 off 31. And sure enough, Siraj replaces Prasidh next over.
Australia 73/4 in 22 overs
- 4 Jan 2025, 06:28:12 AM IST
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Smith-Webster stand crosses 30
India vs Australia 5th Test Day 2 LIVE Score: This has been a very good stand, somewhat taking the sting out of India's early efforts in this session. Prasidh Krishna hasn't exactly been able to keep the pressure on as a third seamer. Bumrah bowls a maiden in the 20th over, Smith is on 18 off 36, Webster on 13 off 25.
Australuia 66/4 in 20 overs
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