Axar Patel (28) and R Ashwin (11) are at the crease
IND vs AUS 2nd Test, Day 2 Score Updates: India’s batting collapse on the second day of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2nd Test. Chasing Australia’s first innings score of 263 runs, India are 179-7 at the end of the second session. Axar Patel (28*) and R Ashwin (11*) are at the crease.
India started the second day on 21 runs without losing a wicket and fell to Nathan Lyon’s spin net. With the score at 46, KL Rahul was trapped in front of the Lion wicket. Rahul managed to score only 17 runs. Rahul, who continues to be in poor form, is unlikely to get a chance in the next game.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was the lion’s next victim. Lion broke Rohit’s defense and gave the Aussies their second wicket. Rohit’s score was 32 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara, who started his 100th Test, was returned by Lion as zero. Shreyas Iyer (4) who recovered from his injury could not hold on in front of the Lions.
The Virat Kohli-Ravindra Jadeja partnership lifted India, who fell to 66-4. The duo added 59 runs for the fifth wicket. Todd Murphy broke the partnership by dismissing Jadeja for 26 runs. Soon Kohli (44) also reached the pavilion. Matthew Kuhneman was the wicket.
After Kohli, the Lion completed his five-wicket haul by dismissing wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat. Lion also became the third player to complete 100 Test wickets against India. The Axar-Ashwin combination is struggling for India, who have slumped to 139-7. Both managed to add 40 runs for the eighth wicket.
