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Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Pat Cummins ripped via the Indian prime order.© AFP
India tottered to 128 for five of their second innings, nonetheless trailing Australia by 29 runs at stumps on day two of the pink ball Check in Adelaide on Saturday. The tempo trio of Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Pat Cummins ripped via the Indian prime order to place Australia within the drivers seat after Travis Head (140) and Marnus Labuschagne (64) helped the hosts take a sizeable 157-run first-innings lead. The Indian batters struggled to search out solutions because the Australia quicks sizzled with the pink ball underneath the lights. The hosts had dismissed half the Indian crew by the twenty first over.
Earlier resuming their innings at 86/1, Head scored a sensational century whereas Labuschagne returned to type with a resolute fifty.
The peerless Jasprit Bumrah (4/61) and Mohammed Siraj (4/98) shared eight wickets between them.
Native hero Head, who was dropped twice, made probably the most of his reprieves as he struck nearly a run-a-ball 140 in entrance of his house crowd. He smashed 17 fours and 4 maximums in his 141-ball knock.
Mohammed Siraj put an finish to Head’s entertaining knock.
Temporary scores: India: 180 & 128 for five in 24 overs (Rishabh Pant 28 batting, Shubman Gill 28; Pat Cummins 2/33, Scott Boland 2/39) Australia: 337 all out in 87.3 overs (Travis Head 140, Marnus Labuschagne 64; Jasprit Bumrah 4/61 Mohammed Siraj 4/98).
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