India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli flop as IND 128/5 at stumps, trail by 29 runs
- India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy remained unbeaten at the stumps, but Australia were in the driver's seat with India half down for 128.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Rishabh Pant was on 28 and Nitish Kumar Reddy 15 as Australia eye their eighth straight pink-ball victory in Adelaide to level the five-Test series.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Australia stamped their authority over India at stumps on Day 2. The Aussie pacers were right on the money and already wrapped half of Indian innings with 128/5 at stumps as Rishabh Pant (28) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (15) were in the middle. Star batters Rohit Sharma (6) and Virat Kohli (11) failed to make an impact once again as things went downhill for India. Rohit was the last batter to get out on Day 2 as Pat Cummins got the better of him. ...Read More
Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal became victims of Scott Boland as India batted under pressure throughout the session. Kohli once again poked the outside off delivery and edged it behind the stumps to fall for 11. While openers Jaiswal (24) and KL Rahul (7) also failed to score big in thesecond innings.
Mohammed Siraj cleaned up the last two Australian wickets within the first three overs of the last session and the hosts were all out for 337 runs. The Indian batters now face the daunting task of facing Mitchell Starc and Co. with the pink ball in the dying light at the Adelaide Oval. India were all out for just 180 runs in their first innings and now need to score at leastm 157 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Travis Head earlier blasted 140 in 141 balls as Australia ended the second session with a lead of 152 runs. He raced to his eighth Test century in just 111 balls and flattened India in the second session despite them getting an early breakthrough in the second session. Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Mitchell Marsh early in the second session but Travis Head has continued to motor along. Head and Marnus Labuschagne smashed half-centuries as Australia won the first session of Day 2 of the pink-ball Test against India. The hosts got to 191/4 and led by 11 runs at Tea. Marnus Labuschagne shook off his poor form with a half-century and was starting to look ominous when he fell to Nitish Kumar Reddy all of a sudden completely against the run of play late in the first session of Day 2 of the pink-ball Test between India and Australia in Adelaide. Labuschagne fell on 64 in 126 balls and put up a partnership of 65 runs with Travis Head.
The pair had put pressure right back on the Indians after Jasprit Bumrah's early strikes got the visitors off to a flying start. Bumrah was taken off after an early four-over spell after which Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj were hardly able to bother Labuschagne and Head.
McSweeney edged the first ball of his second over to the wicketkeeper. This has brought in Steve Smith to give Marnus Labuschagne company on Day 2 of the pink-ball Test between India and Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Mohammed Siraj started the attack on Day 2 and Marnus Labuschagne ran three off the very first ball to get off the mark for the day. India have changed their tactics on Day 2, choosing to attack the stumps far more than they did on the first day.
Australia found exactly the sort of response they would have wanted on Day 1 of the Adelaide day-night Test match against India, dominating all three sessions and firmly putting their noses ahead. The Australian management and fans would have wanted a strong comeback from the team after the loss they suffered in Perth. Being hammered by India by 295 runs was not taken too kindly by the Australian public and media. However, the second Test has brought a new side to Australia as the hosts have given themselves the sort of platform from which they can build towards winning the Adelaide Test and levelling the series at 1-1.
Australia only trails by 94 runs heading into Day 2, with Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney looking more and more comfortable at the crease as the ball grows older, and settling into a strong partnership despite the early dismissal of Usman Khawaja. Australia still has 9 wickets in the bank. McSweeney and Labuschagne saw off the most threatening period of play they are likely to face in this innings, under the fading lights on Day 1.
Plenty to be optimistic about from the standpoint of McSweeney and Labuschagne, who both struggled for runs in Perth and were tentative to begin with in Adelaide as well. McSweeney was let off the hook after Rishabh Pant shelled an admittedly tough chance and has made the most of it, finally looking like a player acclimatised to Test match cricket, with some solid defence and shot-making to close out the opening day at the Adelaide Oval. It's a good omen for Australia if McSweeney can adapt to opening the batting on the toughest stage, and it is equally crucial that India does not allow that to happen, for the sake of this Test match and the rest of the series.
Australia, meanwhile, will be eyeing a big first innings lead. They will want their overnight batters to see out India's opening spell early on Day 2, but with Steve Smith and Travis Head the batters due to come, they know they are capable of stacking up the runs and batting the visitors out of the game. The pitch isn't as testing as India's batters made it look, and the ball is in Australia's court regarding how well their middle order can perform and set the stage for a big score.
For India, a largely fruitless third session toil means the task is huge on Day 2. The scoring got away from them, and the only way to come back into it is by taking wickets quickly. There is reason for optimism: the pink ball has proven difficult for new batters to cope with, leading to India’s middle order collapsing. An early wicket could give a much-needed opening.
It is most certainly an advantage for Australia, but India still has enough of a lead that a couple of quick wickets could quickly change the complexion of the game. This is something Jasprit Bumrah and co. will be aware of, but putting it into practice is another thing altogether at the Adelaide Oval.
To kick off Day 1, India had gotten off to the worst start as Yashasvi Jaiswal had another first-innings duck, this time off the very first ball of the match. This was the first of 6 wickets Mitchell Starc would take en route to career-best figures, ripping through the middle order before returning to clean up the tail in a clinical performance. A handy Shubman Gill and KL Rahul partnership seemed to lay good groundwork for India, but wickets fell in a cluster as the team went from 69-1 to 87-5 in the space of one short burst either side of the first session break.
Nitish Kumar Reddy continued to establish himself as a cricketer for India's future with some courageous and inventive shot-making to give India a respectable if not comfortable score of 180, but Australia ate into it once Labuschagne and McSweeney got set. India's lengths weren't quite right, hitting the stumps half as often as the bowling group has managed in Perth, leaving an easier proposition for Australia’s batters to cope with as they took a healthy partnership into the overnight break.
Here are some pointers to Day 2 of India vs Australia 2nd Test:
- India 128/5 (Pant 28*; Cummins 2/33) in 2nd innings at Stumps on Day 2, trail Australia (337) by 29 runs in Adelaide
- India lost their openers inside the first 10 overs as Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 26, while KL Rahul managed just 7.
- Siraj returned figures of 4/98, Bumrah recorded 4/61
- Australia 337 all out, lead by 157 runs
- Australia 332/8 at Dinner, lead by 152 runs
- Head was knocked over by Siraj after scoring 140 in 141 balls
- Travis Head smashed his way to his eighth Test century in just 111 balls
- Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed Mitchell Marsh early in the second session
- Australia 191/4 at Tea, lead by 11 runs
- Travis Head got to his half-century in 63 balls
- Marnus Labuschagne got to his half-century in 114 balls
- Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Steve Smith soon after getting his first wicket of the day
- Jasprit Bumrah got the early wicket India were looking for, sending back Nathan McSweeney for 39 off 109 balls with the first ball of his second over of the day
- Australia start the day on 86/1 in 33 overs, trailing India by 94 runs
- Marnus Labuschagne was batting on 20 off 67 balls while Nathan McSweeney was on 38 off 97 at the end of Day 1
- Jasprit Bumrah was the only wicket-taker for India on Day 1, dismissing Usman Khawaja
- India were all out for 180
- Mitchell Starc recorded career-best figures of 6/48
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- Dec 07, 2024 05:05 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: India 128/5 (Pant 28*; Cummins 2/33) in 2nd innings at Stumps
India vs Australia Live Score: Rishabh Pant charged down the ground to hit Scott Boland for a boundary on the first ball of final over of the day. Nitish Reddy finished the day off with a boundary as the Indian batters made their intentions quite clear even in the final over of the day. The session belonged to Australian pacers who claimed five wickets to break the visitors back. India 128/5 (Pant 28*; Cummins 2/33) in 2nd innings at Stumps on Day 2, trail Australia (337) by 29 runs in Adelaide
- Dec 07, 2024 04:56 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: NKR hits four!
India vs Australia Live Score: WHAT A SHOT! Nitish Kumar Reddy drives it in the gap for a boundary off his IPL captain's delivery. He was the best Indian batter in the first innings and now the visitors once again need him to step up. IND 117/5 in 23 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:47 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Cummins removes Rohit!
India vs Australia Live Score: Another one bites the dust and it's Rohit Sharma! An absolute jaffa from Pat Cummins which nipped back in to hit the top of off-stump and send Rohit Sharma back in the hut for just 6. It's almost over for India now and they will try to avoid an innings defeat now. IND 105/5 in 20.5 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:42 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Rohit slams four!
India vs Australia Live Score: Rohit Sharma breaks the shackles with a fine drive for a boundary to finish the over. Mitchell Starc did cause some trouble for Rohit in the over but the Indian skipper remained cautious. IND 104/4 in 20 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:35 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Rishabh Pant madness in Adelaide!
India vs Australia Live Score: Rishabh Pant madness in Adelaide! The Indian wicketkeeper is breaking the mould with his outlandish shots. He fell on the ground but made sure to get enough on the bat to hit the ball for a boundary at fine leg. IND 100/4 in 19 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:30 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Rohit Sharma survives!
India vs Australia Live Score: Rohit Sharma survived courtesy a no-ball from Mitchell Starc. It was absolute plumb in front of the wicket, but Starc overstepped, and the Indian skipper gets an extra life here. IND 90/4
- Dec 07, 2024 04:25 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Starc castles Shubman!
India vs Australia Live Score: Absolute peach from Mitchell Starc to bamboozle Shubman Gill for 28! It came back in for the batter as Starc got some late swing, and Gill had no answer for it as the ball hit the timber. A big blow for India as they have lost four wickets now and still trailing by 71 runs. IND 86/4 in 17.2 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:18 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Shubman in control!
India vs Australia Live Score: Shubman Gill continues to bat freely here and finding boundaries at regular intervals here. Rishabh Pant also arrived his arrival in the middle with a four on the first ball he faced after Kohli's departure. IND 82/3 in 16 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:11 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Virat Kohli departs!
India vs Australia Live Score: Scott Boland gets rid of Virat Kohli! It's a massive wicket for Australia as Kohli once again poked the outside-off delivery and edged it behind the stumps to Alex Carey for 11. India in a spot of bother now with three batters back in hut. IND 66/3 in 14.3 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 04:04 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Starc back into attack!
India vs Australia Live Score: Mitchell Starc back into the attack as Australia don't want Virat Kohli to get comfortable in the middle. Four runs came off the over but the former India captain is feeling some pressure after scoring 7 in the first innings. IND 62/2 in 14 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 03:57 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Virat Kohli cautious!
India vs Australia Live Score: Virat Kohli is in no hurry here and ready to leave the fifth stump delivery which has been his weakness over the years. He needs to continue doing this as one more wicket here and Australia will be all over them. IND 58/2 in 13 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 03:46 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Shubman hits four!
India vs Australia Live Score: Shubman Gill drives it in the gap for a boundary through the cover. The talented batter is looking in good touch here and finding gaps here. 9 runs came off the over as he continued to bat with a counter-attacking approach here. IND 56/2 in 10 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 03:40 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal falls!
India vs Australia Live Score: Scott Boland strikes and gets the better of Yashasvi Jaiswal for 24! The left-handed tried to block but only managed to edge it behind the stumps. India in some serious trouble with the crucial wicket.
- Dec 07, 2024 03:26 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: IND - 30/1 (6), trail by 127 runs
India vs Australia Live Score: The over begins with a single and then two dots. Then Cummins sends it back of a length, Jaiswal tries to play the ramp shot but underedges it to Smith at the slip region. He misses. Goes for a four. Over ends with a single and then a dot.
IND: 30/1 (6), trail by 127 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 03:17 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: Cummins strikes, removes Rahul
India vs Australia Live Score: Cummins sends a bouncer, on middle. Rahul tries to pull but gloves it behind to Carey for a catch. India suffer early setback!
Rahul c Carey b Cummins 7 (10)
- Dec 07, 2024 03:12 pm IST
India vs Australia Live Score: 7 leaked in the third over
India vs Australia Live Score: The third over begins with Starc sending a full ball, around middle. Rahul flicks it through midwicket for a four. Ends up leaking three more runs in the over as Rahul-Jaiswal eye strong start.
IND: 12/0 (3), trail by 145 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 03:00 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: FOUR! Jaiswal is off the mark
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Starc goes full fourth ball, swinging away at 140kph, Jaiswal steers it past backward point to the boundary. There is a four and Jaiswal avoids the pair. That is all the runs that come off that over though. Now Rahul to face Cummins.
- Dec 07, 2024 02:55 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: All right here we go! Can Jaiswal avoid another golden duck?
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal is on strike, Mitchell Starc is steaming in. The crowd is right into it. This is going to be quite a contest.
- Dec 07, 2024 02:44 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Four for Siraj! Australia 337 all out, lead by 157 runs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: And that's that for the Australian innings. Four wickets for Siraj as well but India know that they have a real battle ahead of them.
- Dec 07, 2024 02:34 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Siraj strikes first ball of the session!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Siraj comes in from around the wicket, it is full and seam's up. Starc chips it to mid-on tamely. The easiest catch Harshit Rana will ever take.
Starc c Harshit Rana b Mohammed Siraj 18 (15)
Australia 332/9, lead by 152 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 02:30 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Almost time for the final session
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: All right Lyon and Starc are waiting to walk out. So are some of the Indian players who have come down early. India are in for a real battle now. They have to bat out of their skins once the Australian innings is done, surely not too long to go for that now.
Mohammed Siraj bowling the first over of what is going to be a long final session, Starc on strike. Here we go!
- Dec 07, 2024 02:18 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: THAT'S DINNER! Australia 332/8, lead by 152 runs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: The bails are knocked off at the other end of the wicket as well after Cummins falls and the umpires call for a short Dinner break. What a session we have had. It had tons of runs, wickets, an injury scare to India's talisman, a verbal exchanged that riled up the entire stadium and at the end of it all, the home crowd's team are well and truly in front.
- Dec 07, 2024 02:10 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Bumrah gets four!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well the previous ball had gone behind for four off Cummins' inside edge. This one beats the inside edge as it swerves in viciously after pitching, brushes his pads and hits the stumps.
- Dec 07, 2024 02:02 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Somehow Cummins survives...
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah ends the 83rd over with the most exquisite yorker. It goes through Cummins like he doesn't exist and misses the stumps as well but Pant takes a brilliant take diving to his left. India appeal for caught behind, the umpire shakes his head, Pant has a looong word with Rohit and the Indian captain finally takes the review. No bat involved, it had just grazed the pad on the way through. India lose the review.
Australia 316/7, lead byt 136 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 02:00 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: The Head-Siraj incident
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: If in case you missed that piece of action, here it is. A lot of friendly fire out there all of a sudden and another replay shows that Siraj even went and had a word with the umpire about the boos.
- Dec 07, 2024 01:54 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Boos all around the ground for Siraj
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh it's all happening at the Adelaide Oval. This is probably quite new for Siraj. Head is the local hero here and Siraj gave him a verbal volley. Now the Adelaide crowd is responding in kind. Big boos as he runs in to bowl the fifth and sixth balls. Starc ends up steering the first ball he faced through extra cover for four and then takes a single next ball. He will face Bumrah now.
Australia 315/7 in 82 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:53 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! SIRAJ KNOCKS OVER HEAD!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Siraj misses the yorker, it becomes a full toss and Head misses it! Siraj roars in his face, this was right after Head flicked him for a six. Head responds with a few choice words of his own. The crowd gives him a standing ovation and then a lot of boos for Siraj.
Head b Mohammed Siraj 140 (141)
Australia 310/7 in 81.4 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:44 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah back up on his feet…
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: And he is flicked by Head straightaway to the boundary for another four. A single off the next ball for Head and Cummins keeps the last ball out. Head has raced to 130 in 137 balls, Cummins on eight off 16.
Australia 300/6, lead by 120 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:41 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: BUMRAH IS DOWN!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh there we go. That is why his overs have been limited today and it is a five-match Test series after all. This is a huge cause of concern for India. He sits down on the ground after Head hits the third ball of the 81st over past mid on for a four. The physio is out and Bumrah is given a packet of picklejuice. He is then on his back and the physio is now giving him some leg stretches. He was holding his adductor muscle and Ravi Shastri says on air that this is not a good sign at all.
Australia 295/6, lead by 115 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:38 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: India take the second new ball and here is Bumrah!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well, this is what they'd been waiting for. And it is Travis Head on strike, Pat Cummins at the other end. A few shadows coming along the ground now.
Australia 291/6, lead by 111 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:31 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Reddy returns
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy replaces Mohammed Siraj for the 79th over after Ashwin bowls a rather quiet one. This is a nice long spell for Ashwin. He has bowled 17 overs overall in this innings, 16 of them today.
Australia 284/6 in 78 overs, lead by 104 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:25 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Siraj gives India a reason to smile
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well he had been desperate for a wicket and he has deserved one for a while as well. India would be seeing this as a bonus really, considering it is a wicket that has come off the old ball. It is not Travis Head but they will take it. Length ball from around the wicket outside off, Carey pushes at it and he gets an edge to Pant.
Carey c Pant b Mohammed Siraj 15 (32)
Australia 282/6 in 77 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:18 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Drinks in the second session, India reeling
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: The field is back now and the two batters pick off three singles in the 75th over in which Siraj returns. That brings out drinks in the second session. Well, as stated earlier, Travis Head is still around at the end of the first hour and Australia's lead is now close to 100. He has raced to 114 in 122 balls. Bumrah once again has bowled just four overs in this session, maybe Rohit is saving him up for the new ball which is now five overs away.
Australia 273/5 in 75 overs, 93 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:10 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: 12 runs off Rana's over, Head tearing 'em apart
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Rana goes full and in the slot for Head third ball of the 73rd, the batter sends it over mid-off for a four. Then he absolutely pulverises the fifth ball through covers for a four. That pink ball set fire to the ground as it raced to the boundary. The last ball is then sent over cover for the third four of the over. Head has now moved to 112 off 117, Carey on eight off 20.
Australia 267/5, lead by 87 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 01:01 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: CENTURY FOR TRAVIS HEAD!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: He has notched up the ton in 111 balls. What an innings this is. He takes a single off the last ball of the 72nd over and cradles and rocks his bat like a baby. Then he takes off his helmet, puts it on his bat handle and raises it high over his head. Once again, Travis Head has returned to haunt India.
Australia 255/5 in 72 overs, lead by 75 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:57 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: BACK TO BACK FOURS! Travis Head races to 97!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh he is making India toil away now. Harshit Rana goes short and wide at 138kph first ball of the 71st, Head smashes a cut through covers off the backfoot for four. Then he sends the next ball behind point for another four, Siraj dives at the boundary to try and stop it unsucesfully. He also seems to have hurt himself in the process. Head is on 97 off 104 balls.
- Dec 07, 2024 12:45 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: SIX AND THEN DROPPED! Siraj gives Head a lifeline!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well that was a hard catch, it was doing all kinds of wrong things in the lights and shadows but these are the kind of catches that need to be taken at this level. Head continues to go after Ashwin. He biffs the veteran spinner back over his head third ball of the 68th over for a six. Then he goes again next ball but this time the ball goes straight up in the air. Siraj is running back from mid-on, the ball is in the light, he is in the shadows and in the end, the ball was out of reach for him. Head on 78 off 93 at the end of that over, Carey on five off 14.
Australia 230/5 in 68 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:38 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Australia's lead reaches 35...
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Neither side getting their noses too far in front so far this session. Maiden from Ashwin for the 66th over, Alex Carey sees it off and he is on five off 11. Travis Head is on 63 off 83 balls. Jasprit Bumrah continues from the other end for his fourth over. He really is looking increasingly desperate to get a wicket here.
Australia 214/5 in 66 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:28 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! As strange a dismissal as they come
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well Ashwin didn't look sure and made only half an appeal, but the umpire raised his finger and Marsh is gone! Ashwin flights it outside off, Marsh goes forward to defend it down but it spins away from him, Pant takes the catch and makes a half-hearted appeal. As does Ashwin. But Marsh seemed to just put his head down and take a step towards the dressing room and Richard Illingworth puts his finger up! Even Pant had turned away and was preparing to just throw away at that point, Rohit Sharma ran up to him from slips and says look at the umpire! He has given it out. Wow Ashwin and Pant are completely surprised by that and even Head seems to be trying to get Marsh to take the review as he walks off!
Replays show that Marsh may not have nicked it either, the contact may have been between bat and pad. Just how bizarre a dismissal is that.
Marsh c Pant b Ashwin 9 (26)
Australia 208/5 in 63.4 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:20 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah returns...
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah bowling the second over of the session. He has two slips and gully. Just one run off that over from Ashwin. Marsh is on strike and he is on three off 13. Head is on 53 off 70.
Australia 192/4, lead by 12 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:16 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Second session begins!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: It is Ravichandran Ashwin who starts the attack for India. Mitch Marsh on strike, he is on two off 10, Travis Head at the other end on 53 off 67 balls.
Australia 191/4, lead by 11 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 12:08 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah warming up
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: All right there he is. Jasprit Bumrah has run out early after the break and is sending some deliveries in. The rest of his teammates are forming up by the boundary. How India would want some early wickets from Bumrah again.
- Dec 07, 2024 12:03 pm IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Travis Head's wicket top of the wishlist for India
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: The way Head plays is such that if he manages to survive even the first hour of the second session, Australia could be sitting with a lead close to 100. At the same time, India would also know that the hosts are effectively four wickets down for 11 runs and so a couple of quick wickets now could help them dart ahead in this match.
- Dec 07, 2024 11:40 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: TEA! Australia 191/4 in 59 overs, lead by 11 runs
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Travis Head walks back on 53 off 67, Marsh on two off 10. Despite the three wickets falling, this is clearly Australia's session. India for some reason decided to keep Bumrah away from the ball after he bowled just four overs early in the first session. In fact, he had been off the field for quite a bit as well and so it is safe to ask some questions about his fitness. Any injury to him would be an unmitigated disaster for India in this series as the drop off in pressure whenever he is taken off is astonishing. Harshit Rana couldn't keep the runs down, neither could Siraj, although he stared and snarled a lot. Travis Head hasn't allowed Ashwin to settle down. Nitish Kumar Reddy, in fact, has looked the best of the rest after Bumrah. The visitors are well behind in this match at the moment and the surest way of saving themselves are a few very early, very quick wickets in the second session.
- Dec 07, 2024 11:32 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Fifty for Head in style as well!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: He is an entertainer allright. And he has made sure that India don't start living too easy now that they have got Labuschagne. Siraj goes short of a length second ball of the 59th, Head cuts it through covers for four. That takes him past fifty in 63 balls.
- Dec 07, 2024 11:25 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Head gives Australia the lead in style
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Siraj back into the attack for the 57th over. The first ball sent in at length on the stumps, Head sends it down the ground through midwicket for a four with just exquisite timing and that is the lead for Australia. Head takes two off the last ball of the over and moves to 49 in 62, Marsh yet to get off the mark.
Australia 185/4 in 57 overs, Australia lead by 5 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 11:22 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Head with another six off Ashwin!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: The fifth ball from Ashwin in the next over is full on the stumps, Head goes down on a knee and sends it soaring over deep square leg for a six. He has moved to 43 in 56 balls, Mitch Marsh at the other end on none off three balls.
Australia 179/4 in 56 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 11:11 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! REDDY BREAKS THE STAND, JAISWAL WITH A BRILLIANT CATCH!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: That is quite a catch from Yashasvi Jaiswal. Short and wide from Reddy third ball of the 55th, Labuschagne tries to send it through guilly but it takes a top edge and darts towards Jaiswal's right at that position. He is quick to react and takes the catch just above his head. Big breakthrough for India.
Labuschagne c Jaiswal b Nitish Kumar Reddy 64 (126)
Australia 168/4 in 54.3 overs
- Dec 07, 2024 11:09 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Nitish Reddy is into the attack
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Well both Rana and Siraj have been taken off, the former in particular has been belted around the park today. Now Nitish Kumar Reddy comes in, he needs to find a way to tie up one end. Six runs come off his first over though, Head on 31 off 46, Labuschagne on 63 off 121.
Australia 166/3, trail by 14 runs
- Dec 07, 2024 10:58 am IST
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Labuschagne with a flurry of fours now!
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh he is a different player. No, he has just gone back to being his usual self, the unsure, shaky Marnus is gone. Harshit Rana comes in from around the wicket for the 51st over, short of a length first ball and Head sends it past point for four. He gets off strike next ball, Rana with another short one to Labuschagne and he sends it past gully for four. Slightly less short but short nonetheless next ball, Labuschagne sends it even finer for four. Then Rana goes fuller to a length at stumps and Labuschagne defends. He goes short and straight again last ball, Labuschagne pulls it away to the square leg boundary. This partnership has reached 57 in 65 balls.
Australia 160/3, trail by 20 runs