Hey, Australia are bossing the second Test match at Adelaide Oval by notching up 337 in response to India’s 180. In reply, India were reduced to 128 for 5. Amid the glorious sunshine and twilight, Day 2 of India vs Australia Adelaide Test Match saw interesting twists and turns, and the emergence of top performers. Let’s check out them.
Travis Head – The REAL Hero on Day 2 of India vs Australia Adelaide Test Match
Travis Head once again proved nemesis for India by playing a counter-attacking knock as he often does against India. Right from the word go, he looked positive and wanted to score runs. At no stage, he looked ruffled. Such was his composure that made Indian bowlers cave in to his dominance on Day 2 of India vs Australia Adelaide Test Match. He smashed 140 from 141 balls, which included 17 fours and four mammoth sixes. Be it Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin or any other, he attacked everyone.
Jasprit Bumrah Once Again Delivered for India
Jasprit Bumrah is just not a fast bowler; he is a hope, an inspiration and a proven performer. India needed to break the overnight partnership early on Day 2. And there’s no better than Jasprit Bumrah to do that. He first got rid of Nathan McSweeney, who could add just a single to his overnight total of 38 on Day 2. What a peach of a delivery that Bumrah bowled to see the back of McSweeney. The ball came in with the angle, made the opener play at it, and just at the last moment, the ball straightened enough to take an outside edge that went to Pant. Then followed the dismissal of the Australian mainstay Steve Smith, who gloved it down the leg side off Bumrah to Pant. Bumrah also knocked over the Australian skipper Pat Cummins to finish at 4 for 61.
Mohd. Siraj
Mohd. Siraj bowled without luck in the first session. There were many plays and misses by the Australian batters as Siraj continued to nag around the corridor of uncertainty. However, the hard work paid off as he induced an outside edge off Alex Carey to Rishabh Pant in the second session of India vs Australia Adelaide Test Match. Then he knocked over the centurion Travis Head. Came the third session and Siraj removed Mitchell Starc first ball as the Australian southpaw hit one straight to Harshit Rana at mid-off. Siraj finished the Australian innings by knocking the stumps of Scott Boland. His bowling figures were 4 for 98.
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