IND vs AUS LIVE 1st Test , Day 2: Australia post 92/5 at tea after Ashwin’s attack

IND vs AUS LIVE 1st Test , Day 2: Australia post 92/5 at tea after Ashwin’s attack

IND vs AUS LIVE 1st Test , Day 2: Australia post 92/5 at tea after Ashwin’s attack

Adelaide : Australia were 92 at 5 at tea on the second day of the first day/night Test against India here on Friday.

Marnus Labuschagne (46) and Tim Paine (9) were at the crease for the home team at the end of the second session.

Brief Scores: India first innings: 244 all out in 93.1 overs.

Australia first innings: 92/5 in 48 overs (M Labuschagne 46 batting, R Ashwin 3/27,  Jasprit Bumrah 2/21).

Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a brilliant opening spell to send back Australia's openers,  after their pacers dismissed India for 244 during an eventful first session of the opening day/night Test's second day here.

Joe Burns (8 off 41 balls) and Matthew Wade (8 off 51 balls) were prepared to play the tough waiting game till Bumrah bowled fast and full to trap both of them leg before as India ended on the right side of 'Umpire’s Call' on both occasions.

Labuschagne was insanely lucky when Bumrah dropped a dolly at fine leg after the batsman had mistimed a pull shot off Shami.

IND vs AUS LIVE 1st Test , Day 2: Australia post 92/5 at tea after Ashwin’s attack

IND vs AUS LIVE 1st Test , Day 2: Australia post 92/5 at tea after Ashwin’s attack

The Australian openers were ready to stay put and wait but Bumrah angled a fuller one into Wade, which rapped him on the pads while he was trying to whip it to mid-wicket.

Burns, the man going through a bad patch, also did all the hard work before Bumrah fired one fast and full into the block-hole and got the decision in his favour.

At the start of the day, India's tail-enders contributed precious little as the first innings folded in just 93.1 overs.

Mitchell Starc (4/53 in 21 overs) and Pat Cummins (3/48 in 21.1 overs) dismissed the last four batsmen for an addition of only 11 runs to the overnight score.

In fact, India lost seven wickets for 56 runs starting with skipper Virat Kohli's run-out caused by a poor call from vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane.

On Friday, Ravichandran Ashwin (15) got one to rear up from length as Cummins got his second wicket and India's seventh in the first over of the day.

Saha (9) also didn't trouble the scorers, getting out on his overnight tally while chasing a wide delivery from Starc.

Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah hit a boundary each but that was just tail-enders' bravado as the innings folded in just 25 balls on the second day.

If one goes by how the pink ball matches at Adelaide have panned out, India have scored at least 75 runs less than what should have been a fighting first innings total.

In the end, Kohli's dismissal might just cost them dearly. PTI