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11.20am local time/5.50am IST: India get the breakthrough

Marnus Labuschagne was looking solid as ever. He wasn't giving any chances, he was threading the gap between square leg and backward square leg and driving so well. And now when there is spin from both ends, he gets a thick edge to Rahane at first slip to fall nine short of a hundred. Here's Gaurav with a wonderful stat and observation:

Indian bowlers have been outstanding since 2018. Only seven centuries have been scored against them in this period across all conditions. Their planning and execution makes it very hard for batsmen to score freely. Oppositions need a lot of patience to score against this kind of an attack. For the Australian batsmen since 2018, it's been extremely hard. Across six Tests before this one, the highest individual score made by an Australian batsmen was 79 by Marcus Harris in Sydney in 2019. Labushagne went past that score with a solid innings but could not convert it into a century. Smith, meanwhile, has crossed 50. Can he get to triple-figures? Time will tell

Australia 213 for 3 now as rain comes back after a brief session of play.

10.45am local time/5.15am IST: Drizzle arrives but what's India's Plan B?

The odd ball is sitting up on the batsmen and it's mostly been Smith at the receiving end. There was one in the first over of the day that got his glove and surprised him, another a few overs later rose on him from just short of good length and Smith gave the pitch a stare with a few words.

Thinking on your feet so important. India too committed to that line on middle and leg. It's not working as well on a very flat pitch here in Sydney. Time to go outside the off for a while.#INDvsAUS

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 7, 2021

Meanwhile, India seem to be relying heavily on the leg-side plan for the fast bowlers. Smith and Labuschagne have not left a single ball outside off this morning yet and are being made to play almost everything with a packed leg-side field. It's because there's no assistance for the bowlers in the pitch and they're waiting for the batsmen to either miss one and be trapped lbw or hand a catch to one of the fielders on leg, which now includes Rohit Sharma at silly mid-on for Siraj. The question is, what is India's Plan B because soon it will be an hour without a wicket. Bumrah has been replaced by Ravindra Jadeja meanwhile from the eighth over of the day, and now a slight drizzle has taken the players off.

10.05am local time/4.35am IST: Siraj starts day two

Mohammed Siraj remembered his late father as he got emotional during India's national anthem at the SCG #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/PmUqFQPBCj

— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 7, 2021

There was a lot of chatter around how Mohammed Siraj got emotional during the national anthem yesterday before play. He said in the press conference that he was remembering his later father, who died while the bowler was in Australia and didn't go back home.

Siraj also starts the second day, mainly bowling at the stumps with only one slip, but a backward square leg, square leg and short midwicket in place, and even has Steven Smith to glance one fine with a bit of a bounce. Jasprit Bumrah's first ball, meanwhile, is overpitched and driven handsomely for four by Smith. The sun is out, pitch good for batting, Australia are already closing in on 200.

9.50am local time/4.20am IST: More doubts over Brisbane

Stay COVID safe at the New Year's Test.

If you feel unwell or have any COVID-19 symptoms, even mild, do not attend. pic.twitter.com/gtddwE6zaX

— Sydney Cricket Ground (@scg) January 7, 2021

Good morning all! Welcome to the second day of the SCG Test. I didn't mean to start off on this note but it now appears that the BCCI has written to Cricket Australia that India will not be able to travel to Brisbane for the final Test of the ongoing series if they will have to undergo another round of hard quarantine. Get all the details here, by Nagraj Gollapudi.

At the SCG, meanwhile, the sun is coming out, says Gnasher who also has an update on Brisbane:

There's a bit of developing news regarding Brisbane, the location for the final Test, with the city going into a three-day lockdown after a person tested positive for the UK strain of Covid-19. We don't yet know if that will have an impact on this series - there have been plenty of discussions between CA and BCCI over the hotel quarantine situation.