India Vs Australia, Adelaide Test: Day 2 Updates: Cummins-Starc hunt in pairs, India all out for 244
Adelaide, December 18: Australia bowlers would be looking to wrap up India’s lower middle-order as soon as possible in the morning session on day two of the 1st Test at Adelaide Oval on Friday (December 18).
India closed the opening day’s play at 233/6 in 89 overs as Australia dominated two sessions in an exciting contest between bat and ball in the day-night Test. Wriddhiman Saha (9*) and R Ashwin (15*) will begin India’s batting on the second day.
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Three India wickets in the final hour of play tipped the opening day of the pink-ball Test in favour of Australia after visiting skipper Virat Kohli had set the India innings up with his 23rd half-century at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday (December 17).
The sessions card at the end of the day’s action might read 2-1 in favour of Australia, but it was a day of top-quality Test cricket as fortunes swung with each passing hour.
Here are the live updates from Day 2:
10:05 am
Four wickets, 23 minutes and 11 runs as Indian batsmen have been bowled out for 244.
10:04 am
Australian openers Matthew Wade and Joe Burns are walking into the middle to begin their response. Captain Kohli gives some pep talk before they walk into the middle. Umesh to start proceedings for India.
10:00 am
India’s batting strategy criticised!
Without taking anything away from the fantastic Aussie bowling, poor tactics and poor batting by the latter half if the Indian batting. 4 wickets lost for just 11 runs this morning! How crucial was @imVkohli’s run out becoming even more painful evident
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 18, 2020
09:54 am
Wicket! Shami falls for a duck on the first ball he faced as Cummins strikes. Easy catch for Travis Head. India all out for 244/10 in the first innings.
09:52 am
Four! Bumrah plays a cover drive on the final delivery of Starc’s over and gets a boundary. Proper cricketing shot this!
09:48 am
Wicket! Umesh Yadav (6) tries to slog Mitchell Starc but fails to connect it well. Matthew Wade takes a good catch at mid-off. India 240/9 in 92.2 overs. Fourth wicket for Starc in the innings.
09:45 am
Four! Umesh Yadav pulls Cummins and gets a boundary. These are going to be vital runs for the Indians as the tailenders are on the crease.
09:39 am
Wicket! Wriddhiman Saha (9) too follows Ashwin in the dressing room in the very next over and gets dismissed in an almost similar fashion. Only the bowler was different this time – Mitchell Starc. India – 235/8.
09:38 am
Wicket! Australia begin the day’s play with Ashwin’s wicket on the third delivery. The batsman nicks and Paine takes a simple catch. India lose their seventh wicket. India – 233/7
09:36 am
Ashwin and Saha begin proceedings with the bat for India on Day 2. Pat Cummins bowls the first over for Australia.
