India ended day 2 on 9/1 after making 244 in the first innings.
India could only add 11 more runs to their overnight score before being bowled out for 244 runs. Mitchell Starc picked 4/53, Pat Cummins took 3/48, while Lyon and Hazlewood got a wicket each.
If Australia thought that their openers would have a better day than their Indian counterparts, they were mistaken, as Jasprit Bumrah removed both Joe Burns and Matthew Wade for 8 runs each. Then R Ashwin got into action, taking the huge wicket of Steve Smith for 1 run in 29 balls, and then catching Travis Head off his own bowling.
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Debutant Cameron Green (11) looked good for a short while, but then hit a short one from Ashwin towards mid-wicket where Virat Kohli picked a beauty of a catch. Marnus Labuschagne played nicely for his 47, but Umesh Yadav got one ball to keep low and trapped him LBW, leaving Australia 111/6.
However, captain Tim Paine (73* with 10 fours in 99 balls), with the help of Starc (15) and Lyon (10), took the Australian total to a decent looking 191, before the innings wrapped up.
R Ashwin was the pick of Indian bowlers with 4/55, while Umesh Yadav justified his selection with 3/40, while Bumrah picked two wickets.
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India had to bat out 6 overs before the end of the day’s play. However, Pat Cummins managed to remove Prithvi Shaw for 4 runs in those overs. Jasprit Bumrah came out as the night-watchman and survived the remaining overs as India ended the day on 9/1.
The cricket fraternity was elated at the way Indian bowlers earned a good lead for the team and lauded their efforts.
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