India finished day 2 on 277/5 with Rahane on 104* and Jadeja on 40*.
Shubman Gill (45) and Cheteshwar Pujara (17) started the day for India, Gill fell to Pat Cummins five short of his maiden fifty in Tests. Cummins also got rid of Pujara shortly and for once Australia seemed to be in control.
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However, the day belonged to Ajinkya Rahane as he scored a brilliant 104* in 200 balls with 12 fours and looked aggressive and took on the Australian bowlers if you can say that. His innings proved to play a big role as India got 82 runs ahead by stumps and can look for more runs tomorrow to set up a good game of cricket.
Meanwhile, Mitchell Starc completed his 250 wickets in Tests, by removing Rishabh Pant, while Pat Cummins picked two wickets and Nathan Lyon got one scalp.
The fraternity of Indian cricketers was ecstatic the way Ajinkya Rahane played in what is definitely a captain’s knock and paid rich tributes to him on Twitter.
Here are the tweets: