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India won the toss and decided to bat first in the second Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval which is being played in day-night format. Australia bowled out India for 180 runs in the first innings on the first day of the second day-night cricket test. Playing in reply, Australia has scored 337 runs with the help of Travis Head’s century. The team now has a lead of 157 runs. In the second innings, by the end of the second day’s play, India had scored 128 runs after losing 5 wickets. Rishabh Pant is standing unbeaten at the crease after scoring 28 runs and Nitish Kumar Reddy on 14 runs. The Indian team is still trailing by 29 runs.
india second innings
KL Rahul came with Jaiswal to open for Team India. Rahul could not do anything special this time and on the score of 7, he made an unnecessary shot on Cummins’ ball and was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. In the 9th over, Jaiswal also became the victim of Boland after scoring 24 runs. He scored 24 runs on 31 balls. Virat Kohli flopped in the second innings also. He became the victim of Boland after scoring 11 runs. Fans had expectations from Shubman Gill who was stuck at one end. But in the 18th over, Starc bowled him out on the score of 28. Rohit Sharma came to the crease, who was saved from being out LBW on the ball of Starc. Rohit became the victim of Cummins after scoring only 6 runs. At present Rishabh Pant 28 and Nitish Kumar Reddy 14 are standing at the crease.
Australia’s first innings
Opener Usman Khawaja was out after scoring 13 runs in the 11th over. By the end of the first day’s play, Australia had scored 87 runs for 1 wicket. On the second day in the morning, Bumrah first took the wicket of McSweeney (39). Bumrah did not stop here. After some time he also dismissed Steve Smith (2). Labuschagne and Travis Head provided great support to Australia. Both made a partnership of 65 runs. Labuschagne became the victim of Nitish Reddy after scoring 64 runs in 126 balls. At the same time, Travis Head, standing at one end, made brilliant strokes and completed his third century of the day-night test. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 9 runs and Alex Carey was out after scoring 15 runs but Travis’s explosive innings continued and Australia crossed 300 runs. By the dinner break, Australia’s score was 332 runs after losing 8 wickets. After the dinner break, Siraj again showed aggression and restricted Australia to 337 runs by taking the wickets of Mitchell Starc and Boland. Australia now has a lead of 157 runs. For India, Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were successful in taking 4-4 wickets.
