🏏Australia vs India, 2nd Test: Adelaide, 06 - 10 Dec 2024: Day 3🏏 - Page 20

Stumps, day one: Riveting day of Test cricket. Wicket first ball from Starc, fifty partnership between Rahul and Gill, Starc coming back to remove Rahul and Kohli in quick succession, Boland accounting for Gill and Rohit either side of the tea break. India slipped from 69/1 to 87/5. Nitish Reddy, just like the first innings of the Perth Test, top-scored with an impressive 42 but it was Starc who was once again superb with the pink ball. Got the ball to swing consistently, troubled the top order batters with bounce and cleaned up a couple of lower order batters with his yorkers to finish with his career-best figures of 6/48.

Australians are still waiting for that iceberg to appear on their radar.

India needs to find some answers before the play starts tomorrow to stay in the match.

Cheers..

It was purely dominated by Australia. There was a brief period when Khawaja got out it felt like we be seeing Perth replay again however, both McSweeny and Marnus have ensured that it is not the case.

And there is another side to this story. India did bowl well but it was not good enough. They were not at their sharpest like they were in Perth.

There were some good deliveries from time to time but mostly there were a lot nothing deliveries that the batters could leave easily. Will need a better bowling performance from India tomorrow do join us for all the live action.

The first day was full of action, dominated by batters and bowlers in different phases. Let us see, how it unfolds on day 2.

India had a tough outing on the first day. Opting to bat first, the team was bowled out for 180, with Mitchell Starc delivering an exceptional performance, claiming six wickets for just 48 runs. By the end of the day, Australia had reached 86 for 1, trailing by 94 runs and holding the upper hand.

A standout moment was Mitchell Starc getting Yashasvi Jaiswal out on the very first ball of the match. This dismissal carried extra weight as it followed Jaiswal’s cheeky sledge in the previous Test, where he teased Starc by saying, “It’s coming too slow.” This incident serves as a reminder that while banter can add flair to the game, it doesn’t always yield the desired outcome.

One thing worth mentioning is the sledging that occurred during the day, particularly involving Harshit Rana. While aggression and banter are part of cricket, they don’t always work in your favor. Sometimes, it’s better to stay focused on the game rather than engaging in verbal battles. That said, it shows the passion in the team, which is always great to see.

Despite the challenges, India is still very much in this game. The pitch has shown enough to give our bowlers a chance to fight back. Jasprit Bumrah and the rest of the bowling attack have the skill to exploit these conditions and put the Australian batsmen under pressure. A sharp effort in the field and disciplined bowling can quickly swing the momentum.

While Australia has a slight edge after Day 1, this Test is far from over. A strong showing on Day 2 could bring India right back into the match. Let me know your thoughts—do you think we can turn this around?

Originally posted by: vijay

India had a tough outing on the first day. Opting to bat first, the team was bowled out for 180, with Mitchell Starc delivering an exceptional performance, claiming six wickets for just 48 runs. By the end of the day, Australia had reached 86 for 1, trailing by 94 runs and holding the upper hand.

A standout moment was Mitchell Starc getting Yashasvi Jaiswal out on the very first ball of the match. This dismissal carried extra weight as it followed Jaiswal’s cheeky sledge in the previous Test, where he teased Starc by saying, “It’s coming too slow.” This incident serves as a reminder that while banter can add flair to the game, it doesn’t always yield the desired outcome.

One thing worth mentioning is the sledging that occurred during the day, particularly involving Harshit Rana. While aggression and banter are part of cricket, they don’t always work in your favor. Sometimes, it’s better to stay focused on the game rather than engaging in verbal battles. That said, it shows the passion in the team, which is always great to see.

Despite the challenges, India is still very much in this game. The pitch has shown enough to give our bowlers a chance to fight back. Jasprit Bumrah and the rest of the bowling attack have the skill to exploit these conditions and put the Australian batsmen under pressure. A sharp effort in the field and disciplined bowling can quickly swing the momentum.

While Australia has a slight edge after Day 1, this Test is far from over. A strong showing on Day 2 could bring India right back into the match. Let me know your thoughts—do you think we can turn this around?

The pitch, the players' capability of bowling and batting, team spirit and positive attitude, all will play a vital role, and will be displayed on the ground today, i.e, the second day.

If Australia manages to score 300+, then it will be Aussies game, if our spirited bowlers bowls them out within 250, then it will be a tough competition for both the teams. If our bowlers controlled them within 200, then .... yessss, it will be India's game.

Let us hope for the best, Vijay.

🏏Australia vs India, 2nd Test: Adelaide, 06 - 10 Dec 2024: Day 2🏏

McSweeney, Labuschagne blunt India after Starc sizzles on Australia's day

Starc's career-best figures of 6 for 48 saw India fold for 180 before the batters kept Bumrah and Co at bay.

Jasprit Bumrah then got rid of Usman Khawaja in the twilight but the under-pressure Marnus Labuschagne and rookie opener Nathan McSweeney navigated a tricky passage of play to guide Australia to stumps without any further damage. Their unbroken 62-run partnership helped Australia cut their deficit to under 100 and ensured that the first day belonged to them.

The first ball from Starc was a portent for what was to follow. He struck in the first over of each of his three spells, asserting his supremacy in pink-ball Tests. He came away with career-best Test figures of 6 for 48, which extended his pink-ball tally in Australia to 72. It is twice as many as Pat Cummins (36) has taken and 29 more than what Nathan Lyon, Starc's closest contender in pink-ball Test cricket in the country, has managed.

It all started with that first ball to Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had told Starc that he was "coming on too slow" in Perth. On Friday in Adelaide, Starc let rip a full, fast one that threatened to angle down leg before swerving back into the line of the stumps and seaming in the other direction off the pitch to beat the attempted flick and thud into front pad. It was so plumb that Jaiswal didn't even bother to review. Starc roared at the departing Jaiswal and had the Adelaide crowd, which grew to 50,186 by the close of play, roaring with him.

Shubman Gill, who returned to India's Test XI after missing the Perth Test with a hand injury, and KL Rahul then briefly settled India's innings with a 69-run stand for the second wicket. Gill showed little signs of rust and laid into drives whenever Australia's quicks veered away from their lengths and the stumps.

At the other end, Rahul was more circumspect, playing out Cummins for three maidens, before fending at Scott Boland's first ball, which reared up to threaten the shoulder of his bat. Rahul walked off, thinking he had nicked it behind but a front-foot no-ball from Boland earned him a reprieve. There was nothing on the Snicko either. Five balls later, Boland hit Rahul's outside edge but Khawaja grassed the chance at first slip.

Rahul's luck, however, ran out when Starc returned for his second spell and struck with his fourth ball. He extracted extra bounce and had Rahul edging to gully for 37 off 64 balls. In his next over, Starc took out Virat Kohli for seven off eight balls with a similar prancing delivery. Soon after, Boland nipped one into Gill's pads as India lost 3 for 12 in a chaotic 15-minute period before the dinner break.

India's slump continued after resumption, with Boland pinning Rohit Sharma's pads this time. Playing in his first Test match in over a year, in place of the injured Josh Hazlewood, Boland kept it on a good length, or just back of it, and kept gleaning seam movement. Rohit, who had slid down the order to No. 6 to accommodate Rahul at the top alongside Jaiswal, fell for 3 off 23 balls.

Cummins then joined the fun when he bounced Rishabh Pant out, with a back-of-a-length delivery that kicked up at his ribs, for 21 off 35 balls. It meant so much to Cummins that he celebrated it with a big roar. The Australia captain had looked underdone in Perth and wasn't at his sharpest with the new ball on Friday, but redeemed himself with the big scalp of Pant.

Mitchell Starc, Nitish Kumar Reddy Shine On absorbing Day One Of Pink Ball Test As Australia Draw First Blood.

Anything can happen in the next 4 days. Teams have to adjust to conditions as soon as possible instead of indulging in petty sledging. Friendly banter is ok, I never like sledging. Yesterday it back fired badly.

As long as our guys stay disciplined, change tactics and implement them, we should be fine.

Cheers..

Boys plz we want early wks today

Day two: 0-1 down, toss lost and asked to bowl first, a wicket off a no-ball, a dropped catch in the slip cordon, KL Rahul and Gill threatening to build a solid partnership, India 69/1 and with close to half an hour to go for the tea break, the visitors would have been under pressure. But they had a pink ball expert in their armory to not only bail them out of trouble but also put them in a position of strength. Mitchell Starc was the hero of day one. Trapped Jaiswal lbw off the very first ball, induced the outside edge of Rahul and Kohli for them to caught in the cordon in his second spell, nipped out Ashwin and Rana in the same over of his new spell with inswinging yorkers and then wrapped up the innings by dismissing India's top-scorer, Nitish Reddy, to finish with a six-for. India gained a 46-run lead despite getting bowled for 150 in the Perth Test. They scored 180 on this occasion and in addition they could bowl in the twilight session. However, they managed to remove only Khawaja. An inexperienced McSweeney and an out-of-form Labuschagne survived the tough phase without taking any risks. All three sessions were won by the hosts yesterday. If they continue to do the good work, they can start to dictate terms in this day-night Test. How will India respond today? Let's find out.