2nd Test IND vs AUS Highlights: India 21/0 at Stumps on Day 1, Trail Australia by 242 Runs

And India have fulfilled their objective: To finish the day without a damage. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul walk back to the dressing room, unconquered on the opening day. India 21/0 in 9 Overs and trail Australia by 242 runs. Rohit unbeaten on 13, Rahul n 4*. An absorbing day of Test cricket comes to an end. Some attacking intent from Australia as Usman Khawaja and Peter Handscomb struck half-centuries. Khawaja made 81 while Handscomb remained unbeaten on 72. For India Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowler with figures of 4/60 while the spin duo of R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja picked three wickets each.

Rohit Sharma given out caught at short leg off Nathan Lyon. He reviews straightaway, smiling. Quite confident he hasn’t edged it. And Ultra-edge confirms it. Rohit was on 12.

Offspinner Nathan Lyon introduced. Turn and bounce as Rohit Sharma is pinged on the pad. A loud appeal. Umpire turns it down. No review. 3 runs from it. 2 overs remaining in the day now. IND 15/0 in 7 Overs, trail by 248 runs.

Left-arm spin in Matthew Kuhnemann and right-arm pace in Pat Cummins currently in operation from Australia. One wicket will be huge today for them. India will be hoping to finish without any damage. Cummins has just bowled the first maiden over of the India innings. IND 13/0 in 5 Overs, trail by 250 runs.

Australia bring in debutant Matthew Kuhnemann thrown into the deep end straightaway. Gets to bowl the second over. A left-arm spinner. And a delivery keeps quite low and evades everyone to run away for four byes. Pat Cummins continues from the other end and beats the outside edge of KL Rahul with his second delivery. IND 12/0 in 3 Overs, trail by 251 runs.

Short and outside from Pat Cummins. And Rohit Sharma pounces on it – a punch over backward point for a four. And then he gets off the strike with a single. IND 5/0 in 1 Over, trail by 258 runs.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are out in the middle to kickstart India’s reply to Australia’s 263-all out in Delhi. Pat Cummins, the only frontline pacer in Australia XI, has the new ball. Here we go.

WICKET! Mohammed Shami cleans up debutant Matthew Kuhnemann on 6 and with that, Australia’s innings comes to an end on 263 in 78.4 overs. Shami finishes with 4/60. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin took three each. Peter Handscomb remains unbeaten on 72 off 142, an innings that featured nine fours.

Peter Handscomb caught by Ravichandran Ashwin off Ravindra Jadeja. The players start to walk off the field. Hold on. The siren starts blaring. No ball it is. Handscomb was on 67.

Mohammed Shami let out a loud confident appeal for LBW against debutant Matthew Kuhnemann but it was turned down. India didn’t review either. And then off the final delivery of the over, he let out another call but this one was also missing leg stump. Meanwhile, Kuhnemann has opened his account with a couple. Peter Handscomb continues to bat solidly. With a boundary, he brings up Australia’s 250. Score 252/9 in 76 Overs.

WICKET! Mohammed Shami cleans up Nathan Lyon on 10. This one was bowled full and straight by the pacer as Lyon went for a drive – the ball gets past his defenses to crash-land on the stumps. AUS 246/9 in 74.2 Overs.

So Mohammed Shami has been brought back into the attack. Peter Handscomb takes a single off the first delivery and gets Nathan Lyon on the strike. Lyon repays the confidence by driving one away through covers for a four. And then when he’s offered a short delivery, punches it through point for four more. 10 runs from the over. AUS 245/8 in 73 Overs. Handscomb 62*, Lyon 10*.

Nathan Lyon has walked in next to join Peter Handscomb. How far can Handscomb take Australia batting alongside this tail? He’s batting on 61 off 125. AUS 235/8 in 72 Overs.

WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja knocks over Toddy Murphy. He went for a drive and left the gate open allowing Jadeja to slip one between as the ball turned after pitching to crash onto the stumps. Murphy walks back for a four-ball duck. AUS 227/8 in 67.6 Overs.

WICKET! India finally break the partnership between Peter Handscomb and Pat Cummins on 59. A fighting knock from the Australia captain comes to an end. Bowled full as Cummins came forward for a defensive shot. Missed it and was struck low. The on-field umpire gave it out but Cummins reviewed it. No edge and ball tracker says it would have hit the stumps. Cummins made 33 off 59. AUS 227/7 in 67.2 Overs.

Pat Cummins clips one away from Axar Patel to square leg and Cheteshwar Pujara has been sent on a long chase and he successfully pulls it back in time saving a boundary.  AUS 226/6 in 67 Overs.

FIFTY! Peter Handscomb brings up his half-century. This has been an excellent knock from him. He has stood up to a challenging attack and on a pitch where scoring runs isn’t easy.

A punch for four from the bat of Peter Handscomb that brings up his 50-run partnership with captain Pat Cummins for the seventh wicket. Australia have been quite disciplined this session. Score 218/6 in 64 Overs.

Delicate from Peter Handscomb. He uses Axar Patel’s pace as he opens the face of the bat at the last moment to steer the ball away for four. 5 runs from it. AUS 214/6 in 63 Overs. Handscomb is batting on 45 off 101.