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Cricket PlayersIndia vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 2: Jaiswal, Kohli's dismissals hurt IND as Boland shines late; end at 164/5
India vs Australia Highlights, 4th Test Day 2: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli have looked good and the former cruised past his half-century in 81 balls. Kohli, meanwhile, has been left deliveries outside off and avoided falling for the trap.
- 12:37 PM IST, Dec 27 India 164/5 at Stumps
- 12:31 PM IST, Dec 27 Ravindra Jadeja joins Pant
- 12:28 PM IST, Dec 27 Akash Deep dismissed!
- 12:14 PM IST, Dec 27 KOHLI GONE!
- 12:12 PM IST, Dec 27 Akash Deep arrives as nightwatchman
- 12:08 PM IST, Dec 27 RUN OUT! JAISWAL DISMISSED!
- 12:01 PM IST, Dec 27 Australia lose review!
- 11:19 AM IST, Dec 27 Kohli continues to be tested outside off
- 11:08 AM IST, Dec 27 Fifty for Yashasvi Jaiswal!
- 10:51 AM IST, Dec 27 Nathan Lyon up next…
- 10:07 AM IST, Dec 27 Some boos for Kohli as 3rd session begins
- 10:01 AM IST, Dec 27 That's Tea! India 51/2 in 15 overs
- 9:44 AM IST, Dec 27BOWLED HIM! Cummins with a peach to dismiss Rahul!
- 9:34 AM IST, Dec 27 Change of ends for Cummins
- 8:53 AM IST, Dec 27 Not something Rohit would want to see again
- 8:41 AM IST, Dec 27 OUT! Rohit Sharma throws it away
- 8:31 AM IST, Dec 27 Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal open for India
- 8:23 AM IST, Dec 27 OUT! Bumrah does the job, Austalia 474 all out
- 8:18 AM IST, Dec 27 Bumrah back in the attack
- 7:47 AM IST, Dec 27 OUT! Bizarre end to Smith's epic knock
- 7:43 AM IST, Dec 27 BOWLED! Jadeja gets Starc
- 7:42 AM IST, Dec 27 Here we go for the second session!
- 7:40 AM IST, Dec 27 Steve Smith 52 runs away from 10,000
- 7:36 AM IST, Dec 27 India wearing black armbands...
- 7:33 AM IST, Dec 27 Pitch report before 2nd session on Day 2
- 7:29 AM IST, Dec 27 Smith breaks a record in Tests vs India
- 7:26 AM IST, Dec 27 THAT Bumrah vs Smith over
- 7:06 AM IST, Dec 27 LUNCH! Australia 454/7 in 113 overs
- 6:52 AM IST, Dec 27 Bumrah back for a burst before Lunch
- 6:29 AM IST, Dec 27 OUT! Cummins falls one short of fifty, breakthrough at last for India
- 6:23 AM IST, Dec 27 Smith-Cummins stand crosses 100 now
- 6:12 AM IST, Dec 27 TEST CENTURY NO.34 FOR STEVE SMITH!
- 6:07 AM IST, Dec 27 Drinks in the first session! Australia 371/6 in 100 overs
- 6:01 AM IST, Dec 27 Bumrah's long spell ends
- 5:39 AM IST, Dec 27 Change of tactics from India
- 5:07 AM IST, Dec 27 Sloppy start for India, no Bumrah yet
- 5:06 AM IST, Dec 27 Siraj starts the Indian attack on Day 2...
- 4:57 AM IST, Dec 27 The match situation...
- 4:43 AM IST, Dec 27 Labuschagne's brain fade gives India a way into the Test
- 4:32 AM IST, Dec 27 Scenes from the MCG
- 4:28 AM IST, Dec 27 No Head headache for India this time
- 4:14 AM IST, Dec 27 Smith leads the second half of Australia's charge
- 4:04 AM IST, Dec 27 Unlucky Akash Deep
- 3:58 AM IST, Dec 27 Smith's stunning Day 1 stats for Boxing Day Tests
- 3:47 AM IST, Dec 27 Steve Smith looking ominous
- 3:36 AM IST, Dec 27 Some memories of young Virat Kohli vs Australia on the first day
- 3:27 AM IST, Dec 27 Bumrah a ‘legend of the game’, says Konstas
- 3:24 AM IST, Dec 27 Konstas on the Kohli incident
- 3:19 AM IST, Dec 27 Will Rohit open or won't Rohit open
- 3:00 AM IST, Dec 27 Sam Konstas' incredible bravery
- 2:52 AM IST, Dec 27 Virat Kohli pulled up for Konstas shoulder barge
- 2:36 AM IST, Dec 27 India's headline-making playing XI
- 2:19 AM IST, Dec 27 Hello and welcome!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal has cruised past his half-century in 81 balls. Virat Kohli, meanwhile, looks far better than he did in all the innings that he played since his century in Perth as he and Jaiswal got India off to a strong start in the third session. KL Rahul and Jaiswal ensured that India didn't feel the pain of losing an early wicket after captain Rohit Sharma threw his wicket away. Earlier, Steve Smith's 140 in 197 balls powered Australia to a score of 474.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Highlights: Yashasvi Jaiswal has cruised past his fifty in 81 balls and his partnership with Virat Kohli went past the same mark shortly thereafter as India made a strong start to the third session. Kohli has dilligently left balls on and outside off and avoided falling into the trap. The former Indian captain has looked in complete control in the innings....Read More
KL Rahul earlier fell to a jaffa from Pat Cummins last ball of the second session, which meant that Kohli was in the middle at the start of the third. Rahul and Jaiswal put up a fluent partnership of 43 runs for the second wicket after Rohit Sharma's tame early dismissal. Rohit promoted himself to the top of the order and threw it away by playing a half-cooked pull to Pat Cummins in just the second over of the innings with India chasing 474.
Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah was pretty much the lone warrior for India with the ball. The Indian pace spearhead had to bowl a whopping 28.4 overs and took four wickets for 99 runs. Australia have compiled a daunting score of 474, with Steve Smith the stand-out, having made 140 in 197 balls.
India fell apart in the first session as Smith ground them to dust with able assistance from Pat Cummins first and Mitchell Starc. Australia finished the first session on 454/7 with Smith on 139 off 194 balls. Smith cruised to his 34th Test century as he and Cummins made the most of the favourable batting conditions and some sloppy fielding and bowling from India early on Day 2 of the fourth Test at the MCG.
India would've hoped that the fresh second new ball would bring quick wickets on Day 2 but some puzzling bowling tactics and sloppy fielding has allowed Smith and Cummins to pile on the pain early on the day. The partnership between the pair raced past 50 within the first hour.
Boxing Day during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy lived up to the expectations, as a capacity crowd of over 87,000 people at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground witnessed a back-and-forth day of action that saw both teams leave with plenty to be happy about heading into the rest of the fourth Test match of this series.
Day two will now define how the rest of the match, and potentially the series, progresses. At 311/6, the game is in the balance, but with the pitch only expected to get spicier and present more of a challenge for batters, a lot could depend on how India perform with bat in hand in the first innings. The first digs has been a consistent struggle for the touring team, but with Australia once again putting runs on the board, there will be no option of folding cheaply with rain unlikely to play a significant role as it did at the Gabba.
Australia showed that there is value for runs on offer, at least early on at the MCG. While there will be plenty in the pitch to keep Australia’s pacers very interested, counter-punching and not letting Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Scott Boland settle into a good rhythm will be key for India’s top order. They will have to find a balance between being looking to unsettle Australia and risking their wickets, however, with most batters in search of runs, particularly in the top order.
It will be interesting to see what combination India go ahead with following the dropping of Shubman Gill, whether KL Rahul will drop into number three and let Rohit Sharma return to opening the batting after mediocre performances in Adelaide and Brisbane, or if Rohit will be the one taking up that crucial number three slot. Rahul has been the closest thing to a Pujara-type blocker for India, looking self-assured and contained in his batting so far this series, which might convince the Indian think-tank to have him play that role and protect the likes of Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant just a little bit extra.
Play began with Jasprit Bumrah making life uncomfortable for young debutant Sam Konstas, but the teenaged Australian batter met fire with fire to make it a memorable day out for fans in the stadium, and announced himself to the world stage with a rapid-fire 60 off 65 deliveries in the first session. Konstas repeatedly went for scoops and reverse scoops off Bumrah’s bowling, nullifying India’s strike man with creative and brave batting that was unique to any opening batter in Test cricket.
He was dismissed soon after his 50 after being caught LBW by Ravindra Jadeja, but Konstas’ punchy batting at the top made the jobs easier for the rest of Australia’s top order, as all four managed to cross the half-century mark. Usman Khawaja finally made a score of significance before toe-ending a pull shot off Bumrah to KL Rahul at short mid-wicket, while Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith looked to put their troubles behind them as they batted confidently and fluently to put Australia firmly in control.
Labuschagne’s dismissal, however, opened the floodgates for India as they finally managed to dismiss Travis Head cheaply, Bumrah getting rid of the dangerous southpaw as unorthodox fielding positions had him second-guess himself and leave a delivery that flicked the top of off stump. Mitchell Marsh continued to have a quiet series as he departed soon after, Bumrah’s third wicket of the day.
Despite being 237-2 heading into the final session, Bumrah led India’s response as Australia suddenly found themselves knocked back to 246-5. Akash Deep, who had bowled well throughout the day, finally got some reward for his efforts as he removed Alex Carey with the second new ball, just as the sixth-wicket partnership between the Aussie keeper and Smith began to flourish. Smith remains at the crease, and with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc capable of providing able support, India will remain concerned about leaking too many runs to the back half of Australia’s bowling order.
India will be happy at 311/6 heading into day two in these conditions, especially having lost the toss, but know the threat of Australia touching 400 might well put them in the back seat for the rest of the match. Nevertheless, the focus will certainly be on the batting, as India look for answers against the hard new ball.
While Josh Hazlewood sits out, Scott Boland has a terrific record at the MCG, the Victorian’s home ground, and as does Nathan Lyon. The spinner hasn’t been called for much this series, but he will have noticed and been happy with some of the bite that Jadeja and Washington Sundar were generating. With Starc’s big footmarks also coming into play, India will know there might not be too many spells of respite.
With the game in the balance, it will sway one way or the other on day two. In a rollercoaster match in a rollercoaster series, there is plenty that could happen, making it a can’t-miss day’s play at the MCG.
Here are some pointers to India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2:
- Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his half-century in 81 balls
- India 51/2 in 15 overs at Tea
- KL Rahul was dismissed by Pat Cummins with a jaffa off the last ball of the 2nd session
- Rohit Sharma threw it away after promoting himself to the top of the order, falling after scoring three runs
- Australia 474 all out, Bumrah took four wickets for 99 runs in a whopping 28.4 overs
- Smith fell in bizarre fashion to Akash Deep on 140 off 197 balls
- Australia 454/7 in 113 overs at Lunch
- Pat Cummins fell to Ravindra Jadeja one run short of his half-century; partnership between him and Smith ended on 112 off 135 balls
- Australia crossed 400 in 103.1 overs
- Partnership between Smith and Cummins crossed 100 in 128 balls
- Smith scored his 34th Test century in 167 balls
- India were hardly able to challenge the Australian batters in the first hour of play on the second day
- Australia start the day on 311/6 in 86 overs
- Steve Smith is batting on 68 off 111 balls while captain Pat Cummins is at the other end on eight off 17
- Jasprit Bumrah has taken three wickets, two of which came in consecutive overs late on Day 1
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: That's all for today!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India face a steep challenge on Day 3, with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja tasked with rebuilding the innings from scratch. Jadeja, coming off a determined half-century at the Gabba last week, will look to carry that momentum forward. With two recognized batters still coming up in Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, there is still hope for a strong comeback. That's all we have for you today; we will return tomorrow morning for the coverage of Day 3. Until then, goodbye and take care!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India 164/5 at Stumps
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: STUMPS! Australia deny India an excellent end to the second day's play; however, Indian batters have only themselves to blame for the late loss of wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal sprinting for a quick single with little time left in day's play triggered the collapse, and Virat Kohli, seemingly rattled by the run out, had a rare lapse in concentration as he nicked one for wicketkeeper Carey. India's decision to send the nightwatchman was debatable, too, with Akash Deep departing for a duck.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Ravindra Jadeja joins Pant
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Australia firmly on top as Ravindra Jadeja joins fellow southpaw Rishabh Pant at the crease. Boland is breathing fire on all cylinders here. The Australian crowd has joined in, cheering passionately. Pressure on India.
159/5
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India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Akash Deep dismissed!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: WICKET NO.5! India brought this upon themselves. Akash Deep, the nightwatchman, departs with an over still left in the day's play. A short-of-a-lenght delivery from Boland finds the edge off Akash Deep, and he's caught at gully.
159/5
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Rishabh Pant the new batter in
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant walks out to bat. Not long to go for Stumps. Akash Deep, meanwhile, plays out Scott Boland.
155/4
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: KOHLI GONE!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Turns bad to worse for India. Kohli's patience finally ends as he nicks a delivery outside off against Scott Boland, only for Alex Carey to pick an easy catch. Two wickets in three overs…
154/4
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Akash Deep arrives as nightwatchman
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: With approximately 15 minutes left in the day's play, India have decided to send the nightwatchman, Akash Deep, to see off the day alongside Virat Kohli. He plays out four deliveries against Mitchell Starc, and India will hope to avoid further casualties before they arrive fresh for Day 3.
154/3
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: RUN OUT! JAISWAL DISMISSED!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh no. The last thing India wanted here after a brilliant stand. Yashasvi Jaiswal pushes the delivery towards mid-on and sprints for a single. Kohli, though, isn't too interested and denies. Jaiswal misses the single and sprints the length of the pitch, only to find Kohli hasn't run yet. An unfortunate end to what was a spectacular knock from Jaiswal. He departs for 82.
153/3
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Australia lose review!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: A margin of millimetres saves Yashasvi Jaiswal! Marsh bowls from over the wicket and beats Jaiswal's inner edge as the ball right on the front pad. It looked out at first glance, but umpire Joel Wilson remains unmoved. The review validates Wilson's call, as the ball pitched just marginally outside the leg stump. Jaiswal breathes a heavy sigh of relief!
148/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: SIX! Jaiswal takes the aerial route
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: STAND AND DELIVER! Mitchell Marsh continues from the other end and the ball is full and on the slot. Jaiswal pounces on the opportunity and dispatches it over the long on boundary for a six! He moves to 78
148/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal into the 70s
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: A lucky edge that doesn't carry, and travels wide off the slip fielder. Well, luck favours the brave, and Jaiswal has done an excellent job so far. He moves into 70s with another single in the over. Kohli, on the other hand, stays focused.
139/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Drinks called
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Virat Kohli pulls Pat Cummins for a glorious pull shot which finds the boundary. A remarkable show of patience from the Indian batter so far, as he waits for the loose ball from Cummins; this one was short and on the body, and Kohli utilises the empty inner circle on the leg side to pull this one across.
134/2 in 37 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Mitchell Marsh into the attack
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is given the ball in the 36th over, and he concedes four off his first. Both batters have started to look comfortable at the crease, despite the odd edges flying in no man's land on a couple occasions over the past 4 overs. Kohli moves to 30.
130/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Duo keeps scoreboard ticking
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Steady flow of runs from both ends. Virat Kohli is finding his footing, while Yashasvi Jaiswal grows in confidence with each passing delivery. 11 runs off the past two overs from Cummins and Lyon. Kohli moves to 27, Jaiswal strong at 62.
124/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Kohli continues to be tested outside off
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Pat Cummins continues to test Virat Kohli's patience, feeding deliveries outside off while switching the lengths throughout the over. Kohli, however, remains intent on leaving the deliveries on the channel, playing out a maiden.
111/2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Fifty for Yashasvi Jaiswal!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: He gets an edge off the first ball of the 29th from Starc and it edges past slips to the boundary. Then he plays the third ball off side, Lyon chases it down but the batters run three and that takes Jaiswal to fifty in 81 balls. This has been a lovely little innings from the opener.
India 98/2 in 28.3 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India's deficit comes below 400
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well it looks like they had taken drinks on the field after that first over from Lyon. India's deficit has come down to 392 runs. Jaiswal keeps Lyon out there. He is on 38 off 76, Kohli on 15 off 34 balls.
India 82/2 in 26 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Nathan Lyon up next…
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well Australia are just banging it away outside off for Kohli and he is going on leaving them. He leaves the fourth ball from Starc and smiles back at the pacer. The fifth is outside off, left. Then the last is straighter from Starc and full, Kohli tucks it away with aplomb for four. Whisper it quietly, but the former India captain is looking good. Kohli on 15 off 34 balls, Jaiswal on 38 off 70.
Nathan Lyon could be seen warming up during that over and sure enough, he takes the ball in the 26th repacing Boland.
India 82/2 in 25 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal with a boundary off Boland and then beaten by a peach
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Boland comes in round he wicket for the 22nd over, full and straight delivery and Jaiswal punches it back down the ground for four. Boland then sends in a screamer of a delivery fourth ball, back of a length outside off and it moves late off the seam right past the outside edge. Jaiswal smiles back at Kohli, he knew there was nothing he could do about that and he was lucky there. Jaiswal on 38 off 64 at the end of that over, Kohli on nine off 21.
Now Mitchell Starc returns to replace Pat Cummins.
India 75/2 in 22 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Kohli cover drives Cummins for four!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well he hasn't exactly banned himself from that shot and well, if he plays them like that then who cares. Cummins goes half volley outside off third ball of the 21st over and Kohli unwraps that cover drive of his. He gets four runs for that.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Kohli is leaving balls outside off!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: STOP PRESS! Virat Kohli is shouldering arms to balls outside off. Well he has done it thus far, with Cummins enticing him in the first four balls of the 19th over before Kohli tucked away a bouncer for a single. Boland does the same first two balls of the 20th, Kohli leaves them as well. He defends the third and then taps and runs on the on side fourth ball. Jaiswal then keeps off the last two balls. Jaiswal on 33 off 57 balls, Kohli on four off 16.
India 65/2 in 20 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Four more for Jaiswal off Cummins
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: The young opener is looking quite confident today. Last ball of the 19th over from Cummins is short and Jaiswal pulls it strongly through midwicket. He is on 33 off 55 balls, Kohli, meanwhile, is on three off 12.
India 64/2 in 19 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: More ramp magic from Jaiswal!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Another edge induced by Cummins, this time off Jaiswal and it falls well short of the slip cordon. Jaiswal missed the flick third ball and then Cummins digs the fourth ball in, the batter ramps it well over the cordon for a one-bounce boundary. Two runs off the last ball and so Kohli will be facing Boland next over.
Jaiswal is on 28 off 54 balls, Kohli on one off one.
India 58/2 in 17 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Kohli is off the mark!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: The first ball that Cummins serves up to Kohli is straight and short, the batter flicks it off his hips for a single and so he is off.
India 52/2 in 16.1 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Some boos for Kohli as 3rd session begins
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well Kohli has not had that gladiatorial lone walk out at the MCG because of the fact that he is out there for the start of the third session. Even then, there have been quite a few boos directed at him. He is off strike now, with Yashasvi Jaiswal set to face Scott Boland for the first ball of the third session and so we will most probably hear more of those boos whenever Kohli faces up.
India 51/2 in 15 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: That's Tea! India 51/2 in 15 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: What a jaffa to end the session. Replays of that ball show just how good it was, nothing Rahul could've done about it. And so now Australia have a chance at doing some real damage in the second session. They will have an out of form Virat Kohli and a still fairly fresh Yashasvi Jaiswal to bowl at whenever they return.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: BOWLED HIM! Cummins with a peach to dismiss Rahul!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Cummins attacks the stumps consistently and gets the dividend. That ball moved in from a full length, it goes through Rahul like he didn't exist and takes the stumps. Rahul walks off, his expression saying that there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. Absolutely brilliant ball that from Cummins.
Rahul b Cummins 24 (42)
India 51/2 in 15 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Change of ends for Cummins
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: So Cummins hadn't taken himself off. Instead he has taken Starc off and is steaming in for the 13th over from the end he was operating from. This is not going to be an easy day for the pacers one bit, Rahul and Jaiswal have been squared up a couple of times but hardly anything else for the bowlers today in these opening exchanges. Jaiswal and Rahul have both scored 22 runs.
India 48/1 in 12 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Rahul, Jaiswal looking good...
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Scott Boland was introduced in the 10th over, replacing Cummins and Jaiswal looked pretty nice and tidy against him. Jaiswal is on 18 off 34 balls, Rahul is on 13 off 21 balls. The pair have gotten India off to a fairly fluent start here and have shown further that these are good batting conditions.
India 35/1 in 10 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Edged but falls short of slips! Some luck for Rahul
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: We saw this quite a bit with the Indian bowlers and now it is happening with the big Aussie quicks as well. Cummins goes for a half-volley to Rahul fifth ball, it is driven right back down the ground for a four. Then he draws Rahul forward and induces the outside edge but the ball falls just short of third slip. This has been a good start for India, barring that dismissal of Rohit Sharma. Rahul on 13 off 20, Jaiswal on 17 off 23.
India 34/1 in 8 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Confident on-drive for four from Jaiswal!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Cummins goes a little full first ball of his fourth over and Jaiswal doesn't waste it. He meets it with the full face of the bat and the ball rolls along between the bowler and mid-on for four. Pure timing there. Jaiswal moves to 16 off 21.
India 29/1 in 7.1 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal striding out to Starc
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: How do you deal with trouble. Well if you are Jaiswal, you walk right up to it. He was lucky to not be dismissed first ball of the fifth over, a loose waft outside off that misses his edge. Jaiswal runs two off the fifth ball. He is on 12 off 18 balls at the end of that over, Rahul yet to get off the mark in seven balls.
India 16/1 in 5 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal with a ramp off Cummins for four!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Cummins switches to over the wicket for Jaiswal in his second over. The first ball is defended to mid-off, the second is left. Cummins goes short third ball and angles it across Jaiswal, the opener uses the pace and ramps it over the slips for four. He takes a single next ball and Rahul survives an LBW appeal last ball.
India 14/1 in 4 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Not something Rohit would want to see again
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Not unless he would want to sit down and work on what is going wrong for him. At the moment though, if what he is saying is to be believed, the senior Indian batters don't seem to be interested in introspecting and making changes to their technique. It is something that has given them success over the years and so they are sticking to it despite it not giving them anything for a while now.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Rohit Sharma throws it away
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well that is quite disappointing from the Indian captain. Cummins shares the new ball, last delivery of the second over is short of a length on off. Rohit goes for the pull out of instinct but it isn't high enough for that, seems to realise that and not go through with the shot and ends up just spooning it to mid-on. That is an ugly, ugly dismissal for Rohit, he continues to look completely unprepared and rusty in this tour.
Rohit Sharma c Boland b Cummins 3 (5)
India 8/1 in 2 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal, Rohit survive the first over
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Jaiswal caught pushing the ball a couple of times. He was given an absolute peach to deal with fourth ball, full at off late swing away, Australia enquire half-heartedly for caught behind.
Jaiswal gets two runs, Rohit yet to get off the mark.
India 3/0 in 1 over
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal open for India
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Right, it is confirmed at last, Rohit is opening with Jaiswal. Mitchell Starc as the ball in his hands. India start out trailing by 474 runs.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Bumrah does the job, Austalia 474 all out
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: It is Bumrah or nothing for this Indian bowling attack. He comes back and takes just four balls to end this last wicket stand. Nathan Lyon reviews and walks as umpire Joel Wilson gives him out LBW. Bumrah also doesn't bother hanging around, they are all walking off but wait a second, the ball does look fairly high on contact with the pad. Ball tracking only holds up the umpire's call.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Bumrah back in the attack
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well this must be beyond frustrating for India. They would've hoped to not have Bumrah back in the attack with Australia down to their last wicket but Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland have stayed in there and in fact looked quite unperturbed.
Australia 472/9 in 122 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Two succesfull reviews from Boland!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Big cheers on both occasions as the home favourite reverses decisions from both umpires. Jadeja first appeals for LBW and it is Michael Gough who gives it out. He never gets anything wrong but this time he did, Boland had got some bat on it. Another LBW appeal next over from Siraj which Joel Wilson gives, Boland reviews again and this time, it is missing leg stump. Boland and Lyon both on five runs.
Australia 465/9 in 119 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: OUT! Bizarre end to Smith's epic knock
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Oh what are the chances of that happening! Akash Deep comes from the other end, Smith charges down the track first ball to flay it off side. It takes his inside edge, ricochets off his pads and trickles in agonising slow motion for the batter towards the stumps. It would've taken something extraordinary for Smith to fall and there you have it. But he is back all right and that is terrible news for the Indians.
Smith b Akash Deep 140 (197)
Australia 455/9 in 114.1 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: BOWLED! Jadeja gets Starc
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Starc doesn't last a delivery in the second session. The first ball he faces from Jadeja fizzes past his outside edge and takes the off stump.
Starc b Jadeja 15 (36)
Australia 455/8 in 113.3 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Here we go for the second session!
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: All right Ravindra Jadeja to bowl the first over of the second session. Steve Smith on strike on 139 off 194 balls, Mitch Starc on 15 off 35.
Australia 454/7 in 113 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Steve Smith 52 runs away from 10,000
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Steve Smith's career tally currently stands at 9948 Test runs at an average of 56.85 in 113 matches. He is thus 52 runs away from becoming the fourth Australian after Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Steve Waugh to get to 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India wearing black armbands...
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India are wearing black armbands today as a tribute to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died aged 92 on Thursday, December 26. Singh was admitted to New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Thursday after his health deteriorated due to a “sudden loss of consciousness at home,” the hospital said in a statement.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Pitch report before 2nd session on Day 2
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Irfan Pathan says that this is a very good batting pitch now. It means that while Australia have piled tons of runs, India have a chance to do well if they get themselves in with the bat. He says that India need to show more trust to their spinners. Puzzling they haven't done that despite bringing in an extra spinner.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Smith breaks a record in Tests vs India
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Well, to be more accurate, Smith holds the record for most Test centuries against India FOR NOW. This was his 11th Test ton and the man he overtook was Joe Root who has 10. Surely, surely Root is going to add at least one more century to that tally when India travel England in mid-2025. If India are going to perform and line up in England the way they have done in this series, Root might just put himself well beyond Smith on that tour.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: THAT Bumrah vs Smith over
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: The only period when India looked consistently threatening today was when Bumrah beat Smith with every ball of his second over. Smith responded by almost goading Bumrah to keep going in his own inimitable way. Inimitable unless you are Marnus Labuschagne, of course.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Lack of bowling options biting India
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: India seemed to have got their tactics spot on in their last two tours of Australia, even when they were depleted in 2020/21 - play as many frontline strike bowlers as possible. In this Test, they have six bowling options but only three are frontline seamers. To make matters worse, only one of those seem to be capable of getting wickets. Their brittle top order has led to India playing Jadeja, Sundar and Reddy, three all-rounders who are just not dependable wicket-takers in these conditions. They are not the players who should be expected to score the bulk of runs either. India have created an illusion of a net here for their misfiring top order and they themselves seem to have been caught in it.
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: LUNCH! Australia 454/7 in 113 overs
India vs Australia 4th Test Day 2 Live Score: Smith sees off Bumrah in the 113th over and the umpire calls for Lunch. The former Australian captain walks off on 139 off 194 balls, Mitchell Starc at the other end on 15 off 35 balls. Smith's strike rate was ticking around 55 at the start of the day. It has gone up to 71.64 now.
