India vs Australia 1st Test: Day 2 live scores, blog

18th February, 2023

India

Stumps

Australia

7/321

India lead Australia by 144 runs with 3 wickets remaining

5/82 (36.0)	*Murphy	O: 114.0	Patel*	52 (102)
1/98 (37.0)	Lyon	RR:2.41	Jadeja	66 (170)

lbw. Murphy	83.1 7/240	Bharat 8(10)
b. Cummins	80.4 6/229	Sharma 120(212)
b. Lyon	59.1 5/168	Yadav 8(20)
c. Carey b. Murphy	52.1 4/151	Kohli 12(26)
c. Boland b. Murphy	44.1 3/135	Pujara 7(14)
lbw. Murphy	40.1 2/118	Ashwin 23(62)
c+b. Murphy	22.5 1/76	Rahul 20(71)

First Innings: Australia

177 all out

RR: 2.41

O: 63.5

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First Innings: Australia	177 all out	RR: 2.41	O: 63.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D.A. Warner b. Shami	1	5	0	0	20.00
U.T. Khawaja lbw. Siraj	1	3	0	0	33.33
M. Labuschagne st. Bharat b. Jadeja	49	123	8	0	39.84
S.P.D. Smith b. Jadeja	37	107	7	0	34.58
M.T. Renshaw lbw. Jadeja	0	1	0	0	0.00
P.S.P. Handscomb lbw. Jadeja	31	84	4	0	36.90
A.T. Carey+ b. Ashwin	36	33	7	0	109.09
P.J. Cummins* c. Kohli b. Ashwin	6	14	1	0	42.86
T. Murphy lbw. Jadeja	0	5	0	0	0.00
N.M. Lyon not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
S.M. Boland b. Ashwin	1	8	0	0	12.50
Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 0, nb 3)	15
Total	177

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M. Shami	9.0	4	18	1	2.00
M. Siraj	7.0	3	30	1	4.29
R.A. Jadeja	22.0	8	47	5	2.14
A.R. Patel	10.0	3	28	0	2.80
R. Ashwin	15.5	2	42	3	2.65

First Innings: India	7/321	RR: 2.41	O: 114.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
R.G. Sharma* b. Cummins	120	212	15	2	56.60
K.L. Rahul c+b. Murphy	20	71	1	0	28.17
R. Ashwin lbw. Murphy	23	62	2	1	37.10
C.A. Pujara c. Boland b. Murphy	7	14	1	0	50.00
V. Kohli c. Carey b. Murphy	12	26	2	0	46.15
S.A. Yadav b. Lyon	8	20	1	0	40.00
R.A. Jadeja not out	66	170	9	0	38.82
K.S. Bharat+ lbw. Murphy	8	10	1	0	80.00
A.R. Patel not out	52	102	8	0	50.98
M. Shami
M. Siraj
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 3)	5
Total	321

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
P.J. Cummins	18.0	2	74	1	4.11
S.M. Boland	17.0	4	34	0	2.00
N.M. Lyon	37.0	10	98	1	2.65
T. Murphy	36.0	9	82	5	2.28
M. Labuschagne	5.0	0	24	0	4.80
M.T. Renshaw	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

It’s day two of the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as Australia aim to fight back against India after a below-average day one. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 3pm (AEDT).

After a rocky start within the opening ten minutes of day one, Australia recovered well to get to 2/84. But from there, it was all India.

Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin showed why they are borderline unplayable on the subcontinent, taking eight wickets together as the Aussies were bowled out for 177.

With the ball, Australia were poor bar some promising signs by debutant Todd Murphy, who dismissed KL Rahul late on day one, with India finising the day just 100 runs behind with nine wickets in hand.

Rohit Sharma showed that this pitch is not as unplayable as it was perceived prior to the Test. The Indian skipper will start day two on 56 not out and look to take the hosts to a huge first innings score.

He will be happy with his bowlers’ efforts, but the first session of day two could bring Australia back into the game.

There’s no doubt that day one was the worst day of Pat Cummins’ captaincy, and bad days do happen. But how the Aussies respond with the ball is key if they want to stay with a chance in this Test, let alone the series.

India is the toughest place to tour for one reason – the hosts have plenty of patience at home.

If the Aussies don’t pick up any wickets early, they need to ensure they keep the scoreboard pressure on. If not, this Test will get ugly quickly.

Game information

Venue: VCA Stadium, Nagpur
First ball: 3pm (AEDT)
TV: Fox Cricket
Streaming: Foxtel Go, Kayo Sports
Betting: India $1.12, draw $21, Australia $8.50 – odds via PlayUp

Teams

India

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia

Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland.

Comments:

2023-02-10T11:57:33+00:00

Sgt Pepperoni

Roar Rookie

I know what you mean but I wouldn't call that a sitter. Fast and low to the inside of the keeper after a long long day in the field. Still I bloody wish he's caught the damn thing

2023-02-10T11:46:56+00:00

Rowdy

Roar Rookie

Depends on which tangent I'm on. I'm going thru a Sophie Marceau / Rachel McAdams phase now.

2023-02-10T11:35:53+00:00

Sgt Pepperoni

Roar Rookie

But did you eat six pies in a row?

2023-02-10T11:35:02+00:00

Cricket

Guest

Smith can take some screamers. But boy does he drop some sitters at times!

2023-02-10T11:33:45+00:00

Linphoma

Guest

Bless you Arnab. Good evening, all.

2023-02-10T11:32:17+00:00

Lukestar

Roar Rookie

Cheers Arnab and roarers see you tomorrow. :cricket: :cricket:

AUTHOR

2023-02-10T11:31:44+00:00

Arnab Bhattacharya

Roar Guru

STUMPS DAY TWO - India 7/321: leading by 144 runs Australia battled hard, but fatigue hit them late on day two as the Indian are well and truly in the drivers seat to win the 2023 BGT opener. Lovely knock from skipper Rohit, while all rounders Jadeja and Axar led the way with the bat to extend the lead. Huge shoutout to Murphy for his five fer on debut, and I’m pleased my constant calls for him to be capped soon in Test cricket paid off. Thank you everyone for tuning in on what has been a testing day for Australia. I’ll be calling the rest of the days of this Test as well. Take care and goodnight

2023-02-10T11:29:59+00:00

Sgt Pepperoni

Roar Rookie

That hurts

2023-02-10T11:29:27+00:00

Redcap

Roar Guru

Aaaargh! Smith wasn't ready or in position for that. Oh well, looks pretty grim anyway. Thanks for the call Arnab. Evening all.

2023-02-10T11:29:14+00:00

Linphoma

Guest

Australian close fielding disappointing. No. Diabolical.