Australia vs India, 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Steve Smith, Chris Rogers Shine For Hosts
Umesh Yadav was impressive on his comeback as he finished the day with three wickets. For Australia, captain Steve Smith and Chris Roger struck fifties. Catch all the highlights here.
Australia were 221 for four in reply to India's 408 when bad light ended play on day two of the second Test. Skipper Steve Smith was unbeaten with Mitchell Marsh. Catch all the highlights here (Scorecard | As it Happened)
12:39 (IST): Stumps! Umpires have called off the day due to bad light. Australia 221/4, trail India by 187 runs. Steve Smith remained not out on 65 and Mitchell Marsh batting on 7. Chris Rogers scored 55 but didn't looked impressive in his approach. Umesh Yadav bagged three wickets, two came from non wicket-taking deliveries.
12:33 (IST): Play stopped due to bad light. Australia 221/4, trail India 187 runs
12:10 (IST): WICKET! Shaun Marsh gone and Ajinkya Rahane will take a sigh of relief. His drop catch will not hurt India much because he was out on the same score (32). Umesh Yadav gets the breakthrough and this time it was indeed a wicket-taking delivery. Marsh edged to first slip and Ashwin timed his jump to perfection to complete the catch. Australia 208 for four.
12:00 (IST): Dropped! Ajinkya Rahane drops Shaun Marsh on 32 off Varun Aaron. It was short and Marsh wanted to pull it but he ends up top edging the pull. Rahane calls for it but fails to complete the catch. Is he feeling the pressure? Australia 199/3
11:55 (IST): Fifty! Steve Smith scores his 10th half-century. Australia 198/3, trail India by 210 runs.
11:44 (IST): Fifty Stand! Steve Smith (39*) and Shaun Marsh (27*) have added 61 runs for the fourth wicket. Australia 182/3
11:40 (IST): Six! Steve Smith goes down the track to score off R Ashwin over long on. Smith follows it up with two more fours and an expensive over ends. Australia 179/3
11:28 (IST): Steve Smith (23*) and Shaun Marsh (20*) have slowly added 37 runs for fourth wicket. Australia 158/3
11:23 (IST): Shaun Marsh is timing the ball well. He is currently batting on 20, his best score on Australian soil.
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11:12 (IST): R Ashwin has kept things very tight post tea. Ishant Sharma bowling from the other end. Australia 145/3
10:50 (IST): Shane Warne was in damage control after Australia coach Darren Lehmann threatened to confront him after the spin great blasted fast bowler Mitchell Starc as "soft". During a commentary stint during the second Test in Brisbane on Wednesday, Warne demanded more aggression from a Australian team wilting in blistering heat during the second Test against India, singling out Starc. (Read more)
10:25 (IST): WICKET! Chris Rogers (55) is caught down the leg side by MS Dhoni off Umesh Yadav, who gets his second wicket. It was another non wicket-taking delivery. Tea has also been taken with that wicket. Australia 121/3, trail India by 287 runs.
10:12 (IST): FIFTY! Chris Rogers scores his sixth half-century. He reaches the milestone with a boundary at third man.
10:09 (IST): Four! Captain Steve Smith is off the mark and in style. He pulls Varun Aaron for a boundary. Australia 111/2
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- Cricingif (@cricingif) December 18, 2014
10:02 (IST): WICKET! Shikhar Dhawan takes a brilliant diving catch at mid on to end Shane Watson's innings. R Ashwin provides the breakthrough and breaks the crucial 51-run stand. Captain Steve Smith joins Chris Rogers in the middle. Australia 98/2
09:57 (IST): Fifty Stand! Chris Rogers (39*) and Shane Watson (25*) have added 51 runs for the second wicket. Australia 98/1
09:51 (IST): Another change in bowling for India. Spin is introduced in the 18th over. R Ashwin replaces Ishant. Australia 92/1
09:47 (IST): Four! Chris Rogers takes on Varun Aaron. Hammers him for two fours. Australia 91/1.
09:31 (IST): Field Placement: Three slips, two at gully, a point and a short cover is placed for Ishant Sharma as MS Dhoni tells him to bowl without fear. Australia 66/1
09:20 (IST): Umesh Yadav has bowled the fastest delivery of the match with 147.8 kmph. His average speed is quicker than Mitchell Johnson's. Varun Aaron is also quick.
09:15 (IST): Australian cricketers, led by 24-year-old Ryan Carters, will be 'batting for change' in the upcoming season of the Big Bash League. Batting for Change is an initiative by Carters, that brings together the excitement of T20 cricket in Australia and the commitment to supporting the education of economically disadvantaged young people. Carters, who plays for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, hopes to raise $ 66,666 in the next 40 days to support university education of 500 young women living in poverty in Mumbai. (Read More)
09:03 (IST): WICKET! David Warner gone. Umesh Yadav provides the breakthrough with non wicket-taking delivery. It was short and on legs, Warner tries to work it fine but gets too early into the shot. Ball takes the top edge and flies behind Dhoni and Ashwin moves few steps back from first slip to complete a simple catch. Australia 47/1
08:56 (IST): Four! Chris Rogers drives it through covers. This will give him some confidence. Australia 37/0
08:53 (IST): Change in bowling! Umesh Yadav comes into the attack, replaces an expensive Ishant Sharma. Umesh was impressive during India's previous tour of Australia.
08:44 (IST): David Warner is only dealing in boundaries at the moment. Ishant Sharma has given away 26 runs so far with a couple of No balls. Australia 27/0
08:35 (IST): Warner hits Ishant for a couple of fours in the third over. He averages 48.25 at this ground. Warner also has one century here. Australia 14 for no loss.
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08:30 (IST): STAT! Brad Haddin equalled the Australian record of six dismissals in an innings held by Wally Grout, Ian Healy and Rod Marsh with two more catches on the second morning.
08:25 (IST) Four! Chris Rogers is off the mark with a boundary. Ishant Sharma bowls a widish delivery outiside off stump and Rogers makes full use of the opportunity. Australia 5/0 vs India 408
08:20 (IST): Ishant Sharma takes the new ball. David Warner and Chris Rogers are out in the middle. Exciting day ahead. Australia 1/0 vs India 408
07:43 (IST): That's it! India 408 all out at lunch on Day 2. Umesh Yadav looks to go over the top but skies to deep mid wicket, where Chris Rogers makes no mistake. Nathan Lyon gets his third wicket. First session belonged to Australia. Hazlewood remained their best bowler finishing with five for 68. India had two well set batsmen at the crease but Rahane's wicket opened the gates for Aussie bowlers. Dhoni and Ashwin batted beautifully and added 57 runs. Second session will be more promising.
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- cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) December 18, 2014
07:32 (IST): WICKET! (Sub) Marnus Labuschnage takes an excellent catch at short leg to dismiss Varun Aaron (4) off Nathan Lyon. Lunch extended by half-an-hour. India 408/9
07:22 (IST): WICKET Josh Hazlewood gets a fifer on debut. MS Dhoni edges to keeper Haddin, who takes his sixth catch in the process. India 394/8
07:10 (IST): WICKET! R Ashwin's fine knock comes to an end as he edges Josh Hazlewood to Shane Watson at first slip after scoring 35 off 41 balls (6x4s). Hazlewood's fourth wicket brings an end to an all important 57-runs stand. India 385/7.
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07:00 (IST): Fifty Partnership! MS Dhoni (24) and R Ashwin (33) have added 55 runs for the seventh wicket. India 383/6 after 101 overs.
06:51 (IST): Four! Mitchell Starc sways it on Ashwin's pads and he flicks it for another boundary towards mid wicket. Starc is certainly struggling and Indians making full use of it. India 373/6
06:43 (IST): MS Dhoni averages 43.3 while batting with the tail (No.8,9,10,11). He has scored almost a thousand runs - 909. India 361/6
06:39 (IST): 350 up! MS Dhoni and R Ashwin have added 31 runs for the seventh wicket. Back-to-back boundaries for Ashwin off Mitchell Starc. India 359/6
06:30 (IST): Four! MS Dhoni scores consecutive boundaries off Mitchell Starc. First he pulls between long on and mid wicket and then follows it up with a straight drive. India 348/6
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- cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) December 18, 2014
06:24 (IST): Four! R Ashwin edges a widish delivery between gully and backward point to earn a boundary. India 340/6.
Ghosts of Melbourne 2003 revisiting India...lost 6 wickets in the first hour on Day-2. Hope the script is different today.
- Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 18, 2014
06:11 (IST): Wicket! Steve Smith take a brilliant diving catch at the third slip to end Rohit Sharma's (32) innings. Shane Watson provides the breakthrough. India 328/6
06:09 (IST): Four! MS Dhoni drives through covers to get his first boundary off Mitchell Johnson. India 328/5
05:59 (IST): MS Dhoni is off the mark after facing 13 deliveries. He has taken a couple of blows to his body. India 324/5.
05:41 (IST): WICKET! Josh Hazlewood bags his third wicket as he removes Ajinkya Rahane with a superb delivery. Rahane edges to keeper Brad Haddin for 81. MS Dhoni joins Rohit Sharma.
05:30 (IST): Debutant pacer Josh Hazlewood starts proceedings on Day 2.
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India still have some batting left in their ranks with the explosive MS Dhoni and reliable R. Ashwin due in later. Australia will need some early wickets to claw back into the game. It should be an interesting second day's play in Brisbane.
Murali Vijay Guides India to 311/4 at Stumps on Day 1
Murali Vijay made Australia's bowlers toil in the brutal Brisbane heat with a defiant century as India frolicked in the second Test at the Gabba on Wednesday. (Read Full Report)
Vijay profited from two dropped catches by Shaun Marsh to raise his fourth Test century against Australia and the first in this country to put the tourists in a commanding position after the opening day.
Murali Vijay Surprised With Brisbane Test Ton
Indian opener Murali Vijay said he did not realise he had reached a fighting century in the second Gabba Test on Wednesday until he was told by his batting partner. So fixated was Vijay on the job at hand that he did not register the fact that his flowing cover drive for four off Shane Watson had brought up his fourth Test hundred against Australia. (Read)
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India Outplayed us, Says Aussie Coach Darren Lehmann
Australian coach Darren Lehmann rued injuries to his fast bowlers but admitted that his team was outplayed by India on Day One of the second Test at the Gabba here on Wednesday. India reached 311 for four at stumps riding on Murali Vijay's 144. The Indian right-handed opener was brilliant as he stroked his fifth Test career ton to put India on top. Injuries suffered by the Australian bowlers also didn't help the hosts.
Brisbane Heat Made Conditions Worse Than Mumbai, Chennai: Ajinkya Rahane
The excruciating heat in Brisbane on the first day of the second Test between Australia and India made conditions far worse than in Mumbai and Chennai, Ajinkya Rahane said after his unbeaten 75 steered the visitors to 311/4 at stumps. "The heat was worse than Mumbai or Chennai and it was challenging to concentrate," said Rahane, who has played all his life in the hot and humid conditions of Mumbai.