India vs Australia Live Cricket Score, 2nd Test Day 1 (India National Cricket Team vs Australia National Cricket Team): IND lost captain Rohit Sharma on 1 at the beginning of the second session in Adelaide.
India vs Australia Live Cricket Score, 2nd Test Day 1 (India National Cricket Team vs Australia National Cricket Team Match Scorecard): Scott Boland struck soon after the start of second session when he trapped India captain Rohit Sharma LBW on 1. This was after Mitchell Starc landed three big blows to leave India wobbling in Adelaide by the time the tea break was taken. He first got rid of Yashasvi Jaiswal for a golden duck with what was the first ball of the pink-ball Test. A good partnership between KL Rahul and Shubman Gill followed that took India to 69/1 before Starc worked his magic again. He removed Rahul and Virat Kohli in quick succession before Scott Boland trapped Shubman Gill LBW on 31.
Rohit-led India opted to bat first after winning the coin toss. They made three changes to their playing 11 with Rohit, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin coming into the side in place of Dhruv Jurel, Devdutt Padikkal and Washington Sundar.
After a remarkable turnaround in Perth, India will look to extend their lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with another win against Pat Cummins Australia. The challenge now toughens for the touring party as it’s yet to win a day-night Test match in Australia.
The last time India faced Australia in a pink-ball Test match, it turned out to be a forgettable affair. Despite taking a first-innings lead, Virat Kohli-led India were folded to 36 which stands as their lowest total in the history of the longest format of the game. It was also the last Test match for Virat Kohli as captain Down Under.
Four years later, India are back again at the Adelaide Oval with a mix of youth and experience to take on an injury-stricken Australia. While the visitors are bolstered by the returns of Rohit Sharm and Shubman Gill, Australia will miss the services of Josh Hazlewood.
Here’re the Playing XIs:
Australia: Nathan McSweeney, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland.
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wk), Rohit Sharma(c), Nitish Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
41.4 – Back of a length, just around off, Nitish Kumar Reddy steps out and lofts it over covers for a couple of runs. No Ball called for overstepping.
41.3 – FOUR! Clever, very clever from Nitish! Boland sprays it onto the pads now, Nitish Kumar Reddy is in his crease and brings his wrists into play. Clips it very fine towards the boundary at deep fine.
41.2 – SIX! This is audacious!
41.1 – On off, and full in length, Nitish Kumar Reddy presses ahead and stabs it on the surface off the inner half of the bat.
40.6 – Hard length, from around the wickets, on top of off, Bumrah fends it off the back foot to cover-point.
Batsman_1 : Jasprit Bumrah 0(3)
Batsman_2 : Nitish Kumar Reddy 23(40)
Bowler : Mitchell Starc 5/47(13)
Over : 41
Run : 8
Wicket : 0
Score : 154/8
40.5 – Banged in short and on leg, Nitish Kumar Reddy tries to pull but it gets heavier on him. Gloves it off to deep fine for a single.
40.5 – WIDE! An over-the-head-bouncer now, left alone by Nitish. Wide given.
40.4 – A surprise bumper on the body, Nitish Kumar Reddy squats at it and tries to ramp it over but the ball passes above his angled bat.
40.3 – A low full toss from Starc, outside off, Nitish Kumar Reddy hits it back to the bowler where Starc collects it on the bounce.
40.1 – SIX! High and handsome! Mitchell Starc bowls it across off and on a fuller length, Nitish Kumar Reddy taps his front foot out and lifts it over the deep covers for a cracking six. The 150 comes up for India!
39.6 – Full and on off, Jasprit Bumrah blocks it off.
Batsman_1 : Jasprit Bumrah 0(2)
Batsman_2 : Nitish Kumar Reddy 16(35)
Bowler : Scott Boland 2/33(12)
Over : 40
Run : 5
Wicket : 0
Score : 146/8
39.4 – Back of a length, on the stumps, Nitish Kumar Reddy tilts ahead and tucks it across to short mid-wicket.
39.3 – Hard length, angling on off, Nitish Kumar Reddy gets behind the line and defends it out.
39.2 – FOUR! Top shot! Scott Boland offers a half-volley on the stumps, Nitish Kumar Reddy gets the front foot out of the way and lofts it over mid off and cover gap for a cracking boundary.
39.1 – Back of a length, around off, Nitish Kumar Reddy taps it to cover-point with soft hands.
38.6 – A double-wicket maiden from Mitchell Starc! Pitched up, on middle, Jasprit Bumrah knocks it towards mid on.
Jasprit Bumrah is in at number 10.
38.5 – OUT! BOWLED’EM! NUMBER FIVE FOR STARC! He continues his love affair with the Pink Ball and holds it up to show the crowd as well. He nails another yorker here, on off, swinging back in sharply. Harshit Rana stays in his crease and looks to drive it but plays all over it as the ball goes through to rattle the stumps. Rane departs for a duck!
38.4 – Mitchell Starc bangs in a bouncer now, on middle, Harshit Rana ducks under it.
38.3 – Swing and a miss! Fuller and well outside off, angling away, Harshit Rana throws his bat at it but fails to connect.
Who will be the next batter in for India?
38.2 – OUT! LBW! Mitchell Starc has four now! This is an absolute scorcher of a delivery. The bowling change has worked wonders again for the Aussies.
38.1 – Fuller and around off, angling away, Ravichandran Ashwin leaves it alone.
Mitchell Starc (11-1-39-3) is reintroduced into the attack. He replaces Pat Cummins.
37.4 – Good effort in the deep! Fuller and on middle, angling in, Ravichandran Ashwin flicks it nicely wide of deep square leg. Mitchell Starc runs to his left, slides in and collects the ball. He realises his boot is going to touch the ropes and releases the ball just in time. Two runs taken.
37.3 – On a length and on off, Ravichandran Ashwin stays back and pats it down to short covers.
37.5 – Fuller in length and around off, Ravichandran Ashwin steps across and keeps it out to the off side.
37.1 – Fuller and on middle, Ravichandran Ashwin tucks it to short mid-wicket.
36.6 – Pitched up and around off, Nitish Kumar Reddy pushes it to short covers. 7 runs off the over!
Batsman_1 : Nitish Kumar Reddy 11(30)
Batsman_2 : Ravichandran Ashwin 15(13)
Bowler : Pat Cummins 1/37(11)
Over : 37
Run : 7
Wicket : 0
Score : 133/6
37.2 – FOUR! Fine shot!
36.3 – Hits the length hard this time, on off, Ravichandran Ashwin gets behind the line of it and blocks it out.
36.2 – Back of a length and on middle and leg, Ravichandran Ashwin steps across and leaves it alone.
36.4 – FOUR! Up and over! Pat Cummins goes fuller and on middle, angling in, Ravichandran Ashwin takes the aerial route again and flicks it over mid-wicket for a boundary.
