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India vs Australia, 2nd Test Day 1, Live Updates: India will still start as overwhelming favourites when they take on Australia in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Delhi on Friday. The match will be one of Indian cricket's understated warrior Cheteshwar Pujara's 100th Test, a feat achieved after 13 years of sweat and toil.
Australia's main spinner Nathan Lyon had a mediocre outing in the first Test and Cummins opined that the low bounce on Indian tracks has been the reason behind the ineffectiveness as they are used to bowling on bouncy Australian pitches.Whereas Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran riot with their spin bowling to help India win the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs.Cummins said that his spin unit is still adjusting to the changes.
Spinner Nathan Lyon and company's effectiveness on Indian tracks has been curtailed because of low carry as they are used to bowling on bouncy Australian pitches, conceded skipper Pat Cummins on Thursday. Though Australia's young Test debutant spinner Todd Murphy took seven wickets, Nathan Lyon could manage just one even as Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran through the visitors' batting lineup to help India win the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs.
NEW DELHI : Australia captain Pat Cummins expects another trial by spin in the second test against India but finds himself grappling with selection dilemmas as he tries to lock in the playing XI for the match in New Delhi beginning on Friday.
KL Rahul's prolonged run of failures remains a worry but India will still start as overwhelming favourites for another three-day finish when they take on Australia in the second Test in New Delhi from Friday. The match will be one of Indian cricket's understated warrior Cheteshwar Pujara's 100th Test, a feat achieved after 13 years of sweat and toil. While Pujara would like to savour the momentous personal milestone with a 20th Test ton, one can't but paper over the concerns around India's top-order.
Maheesh Pithiya, an Indian spinner with an action similar to Ashwin's, in the nets, but that didn't work as such for them either.Australia lost the match by a huge margin - an innings and 132 runs - with Indian spinners taking 16 out of 20 Australian wickets in the match. Ashwin picked up three wickets in the first innings and then claimed a five-for in the second and took his overall tally to 457 wickets in Tests.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc is optimistic about his chances of returning to the side for the second Test against India in New Delhi, aiming to boost a beleaguered side that lost the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur by an innings.
No one would have even an iqota of doubt about the fact that Virat Kohli is one the best batters the world of cricket has ever witnessed. Not only the stats tell the story, but also the difficulty the bowlers go through while facing Kohli speaks volumes about how good a batter he is. Be it a powerful and stylish cover drive or a writsy flick down the leg side, Kohli makes sure he leaves his mark with some redefined form of batting in almost every shot he plays.