Ajinkya Rahane was left without their captain Virat Kohli after a terrible confusion, causing a mini collapse to give Australia a huge lead over India after an intense opening day of the first day-night test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday . Kohli looked headed for a 28 century test after crouching down to steady the boat as it entered 32/2.
But in the last session of the day, Rahane pressed on a delivery from Nathan Lyon and took off running, only to rescue, leaving Kohli stranded in the middle of the field after his 74 battles.
He spoiled a wrestling recovery from India, which lost Prithvi Shaw to a fierce Mitchell Starc in the first over of the day and was fighting when Pat Cummins caught Mayank Agarwal.
To make matters worse, Rahane fell by 42 shortly after and then Hanuma Vihari went by 16, leaving the visitors at 233 by six at the end and Australia in charge of the first test that both sides have played since the beginning of the year due to the coronavirus. pandemic.
Wriddhiman Saha was not out of nine and Ravichandran Ashwin undefeated in 15.
Starc was the Australian bowlers’ choice at 2/49, with Josh Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon getting one each.
A stubborn Cheteshwar Pujara (43 of 160 balls) and Kohli had led the comeback.
Kohli, in his only test before heading home for the birth of his first child, was lucky enough to survive on five, shoving a short ball off the pad of Cummins’ bowling bat, with Matthew Wade simply failing to get his hands on it. under the ball.
He also benefited from what appeared to be a mistake Tim Paine made in choosing not to review a catch behind, which replays showed may have slipped out of his glove.
Undeterred, Kohli brought out a stubborn 23rd Half-Century Test with a Cummins single in front of a coronavirus-limited crowd.
Twilight is supposed to be the hardest time to hit in a day and night test with the ball spinning more than normal, but Kohli didn’t seem concerned until Rahane’s collapse.
– Spectacular start –
Lyon made a breakthrough by eliminating Pujara, whose 123 and 71 prepared India for a 31-race win at Adelaide in 2018 en route to a series-opening victory in Australia.
But it required a review, with replays showing he placed the ball on his platform, bringing it closer to Marnus Labuschagne in the ravine of the legs.
He broke what was shaping up to be a dangerous 68-race partnership with Kohli after India lost two wickets in a difficult first session when they were pinned down by Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins.
Australia entered the clash with their usual three rapids, but also rookie Cameron Green, who sent a handful of tidy overs, and they were off to a spectacular start.
Left keeper Starc, the world’s most powerful pink ball shooter, took a clean shot at Shaw for a duck, in just the second installment, cutting his stumps as he looked to drive.
It was a poor shot and will give the Indian selectors much to ponder after preferring him to teammate Shubman Gill, 21, who has been in good contact.
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Starc nearly caught a tentative Pujara two balls later, catching a lead that didn’t come on the first slip.
It was slow as Pujara and Agarwal scored just 21 in the first 10 overs before Cummins broke the second wicket association with a beautiful delivery that resonated off Agarwal’s mid stump, knocking him out by 17.
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