India vs Australia 1st Day 2 Highlights: Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja bring up their respective centuries, Rohit Sharma scores a century, Steve Smith drops two catches, Virat Kohli is unlucky, Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat fail at their debut, Todd Murphy takes debut on fifer and more you need to know.
India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights
India started the day with 77-1 in reply to Australia’s 177 runs in the first inning of the 1st Test match. India scored 244 runs on day 2 of the 1st Test to gain a lead of 141 runs in the 1st Test match. Here are the highlights of day 2, in which India ended with 321/7 in 114 overs with Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja still on the crease.
India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Todd Murphy 5-fer
Todd Murphy grabbed a fifer on his debut. He started the day by dismissing R Aswhin and then went on to dismiss Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara at cheap individual scores. Murphy completed his fifer by sending KS Bharat back to the pavilion. Todd Murphy looked the best of all Australian bowlers and became one of the few Aussies to grab a fifer on his Test debut.
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India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Rohit Sharma’s Century
The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front on day 2 of the 1st Test match between India and Australia by scoring a century in the tough times when Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara fell like a pack of cards against the Australian bowling line-up. Rohit Sharma became the first Indian skipper to score centuries in all three formats of the game. This was his 9th Test century. With this century, Rohit Sharma has the best conversion rate among Indian batters in India in Test cricket. He scored 120 off 212 with the help of 15 fours and 2 sixes before being bowled out by Pat Cummins.
India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Virat Kohli Gets Out in an Unlucky Fashion
Virat Kohli was playing ball as he quickly dispatched two deliveries for fours after coming to the crease. However, he probably got out on the worst ball of the match. He was playing leg glance, but the ball took the edge and went into the gloves of Alex Carey.
India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat Fail
Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat, the debutants for India, failed miserably. SKY scored 8 runs while Bharat also managed only 8 runs.
India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja Scores Half-Centuries
Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja, the two very similar all-rounders, made sure that India ended the day on a high. They brought up their respective centuries and are still batting going into day 3. Axar and Jadeja have already formed an 81 runs partnership, and Australia has tried everything to somehow bring an end to their formation.
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India vs Australia 1st Test Day 2 Highlights: Steve Smith Drops 2 Catches
Steve Smith is one of the safest fielders in slip for Australia. But he had an off day on day 2 of the 1st Test match. First, he dropped the catch of Rohit Sharma, who did not do much damage as Pat Cummins bowled him on the very next delivery. He then dropped Jadeja, who is probably going to hurt the Australian on day 3 of the 1st Test match.
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