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India’s Pacers Dominate Day 2 to Take Narrow Lead Over Australia

India’s pace attack totally came apart on Day 2, restricting Australia to just 181 and handing the tourists a mere four-run first-innings lead. Out of luck to miss skipper Jasprit Bumrah in the last session, youngsters Nitish Reddy and Prasidh Krishna came to India’s rescue. Reddy mowed down Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc inside two deliveries apiece, while Krishna dismissed Beau Webster (57), the top scorer at the day’s end.

Earlier, Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj made a fine opening to restrict the opponent team with sharp seam movement that resulted in 39/4 for the Aussies. Steve Smith was unbeaten with 33 as he formed an important partnership with Webster by accumulating 57. Krishna was good enough to end Smith’s crucial stay, having gone so close to 10,000 runs in Tests, as the tourists couldn’t have recovered.

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Brief Scores: Australia 181 all out (Beau Webster 57, Steve Smith 33; Prasidh Krishna 3-42) trail India 185 by 4 runs.