Adelaide, 6 December (IANS). The second Test match in the Border Gavaskar Series is going on between India and Australia. The first season of the day-night test match being held in Adelaide has been good for host Australia. India won the toss in this match and decided to bat first. In response, Australia has dismissed four of India’s top batsmen till the dinner break.
Till the break, India’s score was 82 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. The Indian team has entered this match with three changes. Apart from captain Rohit, Shubman Gill and Ravichandran Ashwin have also returned. However, this time Rohit Sharma is playing in the middle order instead of opening.
Talking about the Indian innings, Team India got a big blow on the very first ball in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, Perth Test centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on the very first ball of this innings without opening the account. He was given out LBW by Mitchell Starc. After this there was a good half-century partnership between KL Rahul and Shubman Gill.
KL Rahul was out after playing an innings of 37 runs in 64 balls and he was caught by Mitchell Starc at the hands of Nathan McSweeney. After this wicket, the series of wickets falling for India started. Fast bowler Scott Boland, who joined the playing 11 in place of Josh Hazlewood, got Shubman Gill out LBW. Gill played an innings of 31 runs in 51 balls before getting out.
After this, Mitchell Starc achieved the biggest success of the session by getting Virat Kohli caught out by Steve Smith on the score of 7 runs. In this way, India’s three wickets fell at the score of only 12 runs.
The Indian team is leading 1-0 in this series. Team India has started the Australia tour with a bang after the poor performance of the three-match Test series against New Zealand. They defeated the host team by 295 runs in the Perth Test match. However, Australia’s record in day-night test matches on its soil is excellent.
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