India vs. Australia 2nd Test Day 1: India’s captain won the toss and elected to bat first.
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 1, Score: India all out 180, Australia 86/1.
Nathan McSweeney, 38, and Marnus Labuschagne, 20, at the crease. Usman Khawaja out for 13; Jasprit Bumrah got the wicket. The hosts still trail by 94 runs. They are in a strong position; it looks like they will take the good lead in the 1st innings.
Indian skipper won the toss and elected to bat first. Australia’s Mitchell Starc picked up six wickets on day one. India was all out for 180. Nitish Reddy scored 42 runs, the top scorer for India in the first inning.
Indian batsmen fail in the Adelaide pink test Yashawi Jaiswal dismisses one first ball of the match. The partnership between KL Rahul and Shubman Gill was good; once KL Rahul was dismissed, the later Indian team collapsed: Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.
The Australia bowlers looked good on day 1; Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Scott Boland were impressive.
Big Challenge for Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma continues this poor form in test cricket; he looks like he is struggling at age 37.
The last ten innings scores of Rohit Sharma were 11, 18, 8, 0, 52, and 2 against New Zealand. 8, 23, 5, and 6 against Bangladesh.
If India loses the test match, then there will be big pressure on BCCI and Rohit Sharma.
Under Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy, India was dominating in a first test match.
Most wickets in day-night pink ball tests
Mitchell Starc dominates the pink ball cricket; he has taken 66 wickets with a 36.5 strike rate. Nathan Lyon is the second-highest wicket-taker.
India never won the pink ball test match in Australia. Australia has won 11 out of 12 pink day-night test format cricket matches.