Australia Vs India LIVE SCORE (test)

Australia Vs India At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, 17 December, 2020

17 December, 2020
Starts 09:30 (IST)
Stumps

233/6 (89.0 ov)

1st Test

Yet To Bat

India Australia
233/6 (89.0 ov) - R/R 2.62

Stumps

This Over
Batsman Status R B 4s 6s
Wriddhiman Saha (W) Batting 9 25 1 0
Ravichandran Ashwin Batting 15 17 1 0
Bowling 0 M R W
Josh Hazlewood 20 6 47 1
Current Partnership Last Wicket 206/6 (83.2)

27 (27) R/R: 4.62

Hanuma Vihari 16(25) S.R (64)

lbw b Josh Hazlewood

India vs Australia Live score, 1st Test at Adelaide Day 2: Visitors aim to go past 300 in first innings

08:40 (IST)

Shane Warne: Pink ball should replace red-ball in Tests

Shane Warne on Thursday made a strong pitch for the pink ball to be used in all Test matches in place of the "pathetic" red cherry that offers "nothing" to the bowler.

"The pink ball, you can actually see the ball easier, crowd can see the ball easier. It generally does more than the red ball and it looks fantastic on TV. So why not use a pink ball the whole time?

"Maybe change it at 60 overs because it goes soft, but I'd be using the pink ball for every Test match so more of it I would say," he added.

08:30 (IST)

Cheteshwar Pujara: We can get 350 also

Pujara says India can post a total of around 300 considering Ashwin and Saha are at the crease.

"We are just six down and Ash (Ashwin) can bat, Wriddhi (Saha) can bat and even our lower order will try and contribute as many runs as possible. So we still have a very good chance of getting close to 275-300. If the lower order bats well, you never know - we can get 350 also. Yes, there was a stage where we were in a dominating position but after losing Virat and Ajinkya they have a little bit of advantage. But I still feel we are evenly placed in this Test match," said Pujara after Day 1.

08:20 (IST)

Day 1 analysis: Aussie bowlers help hosts end opening day on a high

Australian fast bowlers wanted India to fight for each run and they succeeded. The run-rate never crossed 2.5 runs an over until the last partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha. The last 20 minutes of play was the only time India scored freely as the second new ball sped off R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha’s willows.

Gaurav Joshi writes on how Australian bowlers applied the choke on Indian batsmen with control, guile and discipline as the hosts finished Day 1 in control of the proceedings. 

Click here to read the Day 1 analysis.

08:10 (IST)

Australia vs India: 1st Test Day 1 review

Virat Kohli's enduring love affair with Adelaide Oval resulted in a classy 74 but his untimely run-out triggered a batting collapse as India ended the opening day at 233 for 6 against Australia in the first Day/Night Test on Thursday.

From a comfortable 188 for 3, India slumped to 206 for 6 as Rahane and Hanuma Vihari (16) found the pace and swing generated by the pink ball under lights too hot to handle.

Ravichandran Ashwin (15 batting) and Wriddhiman saha (9 batting) saw off the final few overs and also got a few runs.

Click here to read the full Day 1 report

08:00 (IST)

Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of Day 2 action of the first Test between Australia and India. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, India were six down for 233 on the opening day. Virat Kohli played a gritty knock of 74 before a terrible run out cut short his stay in the middle. Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha will take charge in the first session of Day 2 and will look to push the score towards the 300-run mark. 

Stay tuned as we bring all the updates from day's proceedings.  

Highlights

title-img

India vs Australia 2020 Live score and latest update of 1st Test at Adelaide: Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of Day 2 action of the first Test between Australia and India. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, India were six down for 233 on the opening day. Virat Kohli played a gritty knock of 74 before a terrible run out cut short his stay in the middle. Ravichandran Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha will take charge in the first session of Day 2 and will look to push the score towards the 300-run mark.

Stay tuned as we bring all the updates from day's proceedings.

Day 1 report: Ajinkya Rahane ran out his captain Virat Kohli after a horror mix-up, sparking a mini collapse to gift Australia an advantage over India after an intense opening day of the day-night first Test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

Master batsman Kohli looked on track for a 28th Test century after knuckling down to steady the ship when he came in at 32 for two.

But in the final session of the day, Rahane pushed at a Nathan Lyon delivery and made to run, only to bail out, leaving Kohli stranded in the middle of the pitch after his battling 74.

It spoiled a fighting recovery from India who lost Prithvi Shaw to a fiery Mitchell Starc in the first over of the day and were struggling when Pat Cummins snared Mayank Agarwal.

To make matters worse, Rahane fell for 42 soon after and then Hanuma Vihari went for 16, leaving the visitors on 233 for six at the close and Australia in charge of the first Test either side has played since early in the year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Wriddhiman Saha was not out nine and Ravi Ashwin unbeaten on 15.

Starc was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 2-49, with Josh Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon all getting one each.

"We're very happy with where we're at, but still have a lot of work to do," said Lyon.

"Obviously he (Kohli) was batting extremely well so pretty happy with that one. Obviously a wicket like that, or a run out especially Virat Kohli, was massive."

A dogged Cheteshwar Pujara (43 from 160 balls) and Kohli had led the fightback.

Kohli, in his only Test before heading home for the birth of his first child, was fortunate to survive on five, nudging a short ball off bat-pad from Cummins' bowling, with Matthew Wade just failing to get his hands underneath the ball.

He also benefited from what appeared to be a blunder by Tim Paine opting not to review a catch behind, which replays showed may have come off his glove.

Undeterred, Kohli brought up a stubborn 23rd Test half-century with a single off Cummins in front of a coronavirus-limited crowd.

Twilight is supposed to be the toughest time to bat in a day-night Test with the ball zipping around more than normal, but Kohli looked untroubled until Rahane's meltdown.

"We were in a very good position," said Pujara.

"But I feel we are just six down, Ash can bat, Saha can bat, even our lower order will try and contribute as many runs as possible."

"So we still have a very good chance of getting close to 275, 300 and you never know we can get 350 also," he added.

Spectacular start

Lyon earlier got a big breakthrough by removing Pujara, whose 123 and 71 set up India for a 31-run win in Adelaide in 2018 en route to a maiden series victory in Australia.

But it took a review, with replays showing he edged the ball onto his pad, popping it up to Marnus Labuschagne at leg gully.

It snapped what was shaping as a dangerous 68-run partnership with Kohli after India lost two wickets in a difficult first session, when they were pinned down by Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins.

Australia went into the clash with their usual three quicks, but also debutant all-rounder Cameron Green who sent down a handful of tidy overs, and they got off to a spectacular start.

Opener Shaw was clean-bowled for a duck by left-armer Starc, the world's most potent pink-ball bowler, on only the second delivery, chopping onto his stumps as he looked to drive.

It was a poor shot and will give Indian selectors plenty to ponder after preferring him to fellow 21-year-old Shubman Gill, who has been in good touch.

Starc almost trapped a tentative Pujara two balls later, catching an edge that fell just short of first slip.

It was slow going as Pujara and Agarwal scored just 21 in the first 10 overs before Cummins broke the second-wicket partnership with a beautiful delivery that clattered into Agarwal's middle stump, removing him for 17.

Squads

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandra Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav.

Australia: Tim Paine (captain & wicketkeeper), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.

With inputs from AFP

Updated Date: December 18, 2020 08:00:34 IST

Tags:

Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison.