IND vs AUS Highlights, 2nd Test Day 1: India 21/0 at Stumps, trails Australia by 242 runs

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul come out unscathed from a tricky passage of play. Rohit was given out at short-leg in what was the last over of the day but the skipper reviewed and UltraEdge confirmed there was no bat involved. Some of the balls have kept very low and that is something the Indian batters will have to be wary of tomorrow. India trails by 242 runs with all 10 wickets intact. That will be all from us for today. Join us for live action at 9:30 AM IST tomorrow.

Mohammed Shami cleans up Kuhnemann to pick his fourt wicket as India bowls out Australia for 263 with Peter Handscomb scoring an unbeaten 72 off 142 balls. Ravindra Jadeja and and R Ashwin shared six wickets as India did well with the ball on a turner and will now look to close the day on a good note with the openers padded up for the reply.

Jadeja strikes and the all-rounder breaks the 59-run stand between Cummins and Handscomb by trapping the Australian skipper. Australia lose a review as Cummins thought he might have survived but that wasn’t the case, Todd Murphy was the next victim as Jadeja cleaned him with a delivery that snaked through the gap between bat and pad to disturb the timber.

Peter Handscomb reaches his half-century and that’s a brilliant one given the situation Australia is in. The middle-order batsman gets to his half-century in 110 balls with six boundaries and has forged an unbeaten 52-run stand with Pat Cummins. India searching for a breakthrough after the Tea break.

The 200 is up for Australia and the good part for the visitor is the run-rate is healthy and the scoring rate has been good. Cummins and Handscomb have added 34 off 84 deliveries and India has to polish off the tail to press on the advantage. The average Day one score in Kotla in around 270 and currently Australia will look to push towards 250. Jadeja is warming up and will be key in the final session.

FOUR! Drifted onto the pads by Siraj, and Cummins tucks it to the fine-leg boundary. Another valuable partnership building up between Cummins and Handscomb. FOUR! This one goes off the inside half of Cummins’ bat and races through square-leg for four more. Bouncer to end the over. That will be Tea.

Cummins goes for another slog-sweep off Ashwin but this one turns in slightly and he misses the shot altogether. Next ball, he beats Cummins’ outside edge with the one that keeps its line. Last over coming up before Tea.

With minutes to go for the tea break, Siraj replaces Jadeja. He varies his lengths well and concedes just one run from the over.

SIX! Cummins goes down on one knee and slog sweeps a tossed up delivery from Ashwin over deep midwicket for half a dozen. He moves to 15 off 13 balls with that maximum. LBW appeal and India goes for the review. A huge inside edge onto the pads for Cummins and India loses its second review. Australia 188/6 in 53 overs.

SIX! Cummins slog sweeps Ashwin for a maximum over deep midwicket. Eight runs from the over. Australia 180/6 in 51 overs.

Handscomb and Pat Cummins see off three overs from Jadeja and Ashwin and ensure Australia doesn’t more wickets. Handscomb is defending tenaciously while Cummins gets off the mark with a single.

Ashwin induces Carey’s outside edge with some sharp bounce and Kohli pounches a catch at first slip. Ashwin completes 100 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with this scalp. Australia 168/6 in 47 overs.

FOUR! Khawaja reverse-sweeps Jadeja through slips and to the third man boundary. OUT! Khawaja goes for the reverse-sweep again next ball but is caught at square-leg as Rahul takes a brilliant catch leaping to his right. Khawaja looks disappointed with himself and that dismissal as he was all set for a century. Alex Carey comes in next. Australia 167/5 in 46 overs.

Jadeja replaces Axar. Handscomb is looking dangerous. He uses the depth of the crease and punches one through point for a boundary. Australia 161/4 in 44 overs.

Ashwin replaces Jadeja. Handscomb clips one off his toes for a single. Meanwhile, the field has spread out to contain the runs. Just the one run from the over.

FOUR! Axar turns this slightly away from a leg-stump line and Khawaja just gently helps the to the fine-leg boundary. Australia brings up 150 in 41.1 overs with that boundary. Khawaja then slashes one to deep point as Axar offers width and he gets a couple more. Australia 155/4 in 42 overs. Drinks!

Khawaja onces again starts off by reverse sweeping Jadeja first ball of the over and gets a single behind point. Three singles from the over and both batters looking increasingly comfortable playing spin. Australia 149/4 in 41 overs.

FOUR! Khawaja mistimes a reverse-sweep off Jadeja but still finds four at deep third. FOUR! He paddle sweeps the next delivery to the fine-leg boundary this time. FOUR-BYES! Expensive over for India. This one turns sharply away down leg-side and Bharat misses it behind the stumps. Australia 144/4 in 39 overs.

FOUR! Handscomb ends the over with a boundary off Jadeja. He gets on the backfoot and languidly drives through cover and point. Australia 129/4 in 37 overs.

Spinners from both ends now as Axar comes on. Three singles from the over. The last delivery keeps low but Handscomb gets behind the line of the ball and defends solidly. Australia 124/4 in 36 overs.

Here comes Jadeja with the ball. Khawaja reverse-sweeps him first ball for a single at deep point. There is a shout for catch as Khawaja presses forward to defend and the ball goes off the inside edge and wide of short-leg.

Handscomb ends the over with two consecutive fours off Shami. He first opens the face of the bat and finds the boundary behind point and then leans into a drive for a four in front of point. Australia 118/4 in 34 overs.

Shami strikes second ball of the over. Head attemps to drive this back-of-a-length delivery from around the stumps and gets an outside edge, which is taken well by Rahul at second slip. Shami induces Peters Handscomb’s inside edge next ball but it doesn’t carry to the wicketkeeper and the batter gets off the mark with a single. Khawaja is solid in his defence and sees off the rest of the over. Australia 109/4 in 32 overs.

Head steps out, gets to the pitch of the ball and smashes a six over long-off. Australia 107/3 in 31 overs.

Shami comes around the wicket to Khawaja. After consistently attacking the stumps, Shami darts in a bouncer to surprise Khawaja. Maiden over for Shami.

The off-spinner concedes just one run in two overs after Lunch. He bowls it fuller to the left-handers without giving the ball too much flight. Australia 101/3 in 29 overs.

Hundred up for Australia as Khawaja tucks one off the pads off Siraj through square-leg for a single. Australia reaches the three-digit mark in 27.2 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Khawaja and Head are back after Lunch to resume the Australian innings. Siraj with the ball with three slips in place. Starts off with a snorter from over the wicket which has Head taking evasive action. FOUR! A bid of width given and Head slashes that through the vacant gully region and finds his first boundary.

India has picked three important wickets and Australia has scored 94 runs with Usman Khawaja dropping anchor and bringing up his 20th Test half-century. It’s Lunch at the Ferozshah Kotla and India will happy with the wickets of Warner, who was packed off by Mohammed Shami and then Ashwin removing Labuschagne and Smith - two very good players of spin. The run-rate has been healthy from Australia’s point of view - going at nearly four runs per over. Khawaja has got to his half-century, batting on 50 off 74 deliveries with eight boundaries to his credit along with Travis Head who is off the mark. The opening session of the second Test is off to a fascinating start with India calling the shots. Will be back in 45 minutes for the post lunch session.

Usman Khawaja survives and amidst the mayhem, Khawaja took a review after he was given Out by the on-field umpire as Jadeja and India thought they had the fourth Australian wicket. There was no bat involved, height was also not an issue but the ball was pitching outside leg. India almost had three wickets in a space of 12 deliveries. Top stuff from the spinners.

R Ashwin has removed Australia’s key batsmen - Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to hand India an early advantage and this session belongs to India. Rohit Sharma took an excellent review to pack off Labuschagne and then Bharat took a brilliant low catch as Smith walked back without troubling the scorers. India on top.

Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack and the Indians thought they had Usman Khawaja but lose a review as the ball was going well past the leg stump. With a slip and forward short leg, it’s spin from both ends but Australia has come with a very different approach - attacking the spinners pulling out the reverse sweeps, digging deep into the crease and occassionally going down the pitch to smother the spin.

Labuschagne is off the mark with a gentle drive through the square as Shami continues to be expensive but has picked the wicket of Warner. Ashwin is making an impression by turning the ball but Khawaja is up to the task with a reverse shot, taking on the spinner. Ravindra Jadeja is waiting in the wings to roll his arms. Currently, it’s a cat and mouse game, says Dinesh Karthik in the com box.

Shami strikes and that’s a massive wicket as the fast bowler removes David Warner. Beautiful delivery as the ball just straightened a little bit after pitching around the good length area. Warner without any foot movement just poked at it and the ball took a healthy outside edge en route its way to the keeper. No mistake from Bharat and India has the breakthrough with Warner departing for a 44-ball 15. Wicket maiden for Shami as Marnus Labuschagne comes to the middle.

Khawaja and Warner bring the 50-run partnership off 84 balls and this is a very good start from Australia. India is testing the opening pair with short balls and the inside edges have helped the Australians to start well after opting to bat first. The pitch has shown enough signs that it is supporting spin and Ashwin has been bowling well.

The partnership is worth 37 off 79 deliveries and this has been a good start from Australia’s point of view. Ashwin in his opening spell of four overs has mixed his deliveries and the new ball bowling pair of Mohammed Shami and Siraj have posed questions but the Australians have taken a positive approach with Khawaja playing the role of an aggressor. Ashwin has purchased turn and the first hour has been fascinating. India has done well by not letting the Australian opening pair run away as in the last 10 overs only 19 runs have come. Time for Drinks.

Warner is off the mark, finally and he gets his first runs of the Test in 21 balls. With the track showing signs of supporting the spinners, R Ashwin is into the attack and that’s a good move from Rohit Sharma. It’s not too hot and it will take some time for the cracks to open up. Ashwin starts well giving just two runs from his opening over.

David Warner is yet to get off the mark and has faced 15 deliveries so far. Mohammed Siraj has been spot on but Shami has struggled to get his line right, spraying down the leg side, testing the keeping skills of KS Bharat on multiple occasions. Khawaja is off the mark, with streaky boundaries and survived an inside edge as the ball narrowly missed the stumps. Australia is off to a sedate start but the Indian new ball bowlers are looking threatening.

Mohammed Siraj starts in a decent fashion with a huge appeal for an lbw in his very first ball and the fast bowler steamed in with pace and intent posing questions to the Australian opener - Usman Khawaja. Full and swinging in, Siraj and Shami are making most of the misty conditions and the new ball bowlers are looking for an early breakthrough. Khawaja, meanwhile, is off the mark with a flick to the fine leg boundary.

An inside edge saved David Warner as Shami bowls a brilliant opening over and almost packed off the Australian opener. Shami started by spraying down the leg side and conceded four-byes but bounced back in superb fashion. There is a bit of low bounce and troubled Warner by trapping him, but an inside edge saved the Australian. A successful review for Australia.

Gautam Gambhir rings the bell and it’s play time at the Kotla with Mohammed Shami starting the proceedings for India. David Warner and Usman Khawaja are in the middle with Warner on strike. Here we go!

“We’ll bat first. The middle looks like there’s grass but bare at both ends. Plenty of turn there, will be a good Test. Cam Green and Mitch Starc aren’t playing, but we’ve got Travis Head coming in for Renshaw, and Matthew Kuhnemann makes his debut.”

“We’d have batted first as well. The pitch is dry, but I think the application we showed last game put the toss away from the game. You just have to come out and play good cricket, and that’s been the chat in the group to not worry about the toss. (On Pujara’s 100th Test) We are all thrilled for him, his family is here as well. 100 Test matches isn’t easy, there have been plenty of ups and downs in his career. One change for us - Shreyas Iyer is in for Surya.”

Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann

Australia wins toss, opts to bat first

Baggy Green No.466 has been presented to Matthew Kuhnemann and he gets his cap from Marnus Labuschagne.

After more than five years, Test cricket returns to Kotla and we have a cracker of a game. It’s India vs Australia with Rohit Sharma’s men taking a 1-0 lead.