India vs Australia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from second Test in New Delhi
Australia won the toss and elected to bat on the opening day at Arun Jaitley Stadium
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Australia brought back Travis Head and picked debutant Matt Kuhnemann as their third spinner in a bold selection gamble for the second Test against India on Friday. India won the opening test in Nagpur inside three days to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Head replaced fellow batter Matt Renshaw while paceman Scott Boland made way for Queenslander Kuhnemann, who had played 13 first-class matches before his shock selection. All-rounder Cameron Green and quick Mitchell Starc failed to recover from finger injuries in time to return to the squad. “We’ve all lost games before and had to bounce back, and that’s the challenge for the team this week,” Cummins said after winning the toss and electing to bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
India brought in fit-again Shreyas Iyer for Suryakumar Yadav. India captain Rohit Sharma also paid tribute to top order colleague Cheteshwar Pujara, who is playing his 100th Test. “He’s gone through a lot of ups and downs throughout his career but he’s stuck to his plans and what he wants to do and he’s come a long way,” Rohit said.
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India vs Australia
79.5
FOUR! Nathan Lyon to Ravichandran Ashwin. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, outside edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
India vs Australia
79.4
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to short extra cover for 1 run, shy attempt by Labuschagne, fielded by Cummins.
India vs Australia
79.3
Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to backward point for no runs, fielded by Murphy.
India vs Australia
79.1
FOUR! Nathan Lyon to Axar Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs.
India vs Australia
78.6
Pat Cummins to Axar Patel. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Handscomb.
India vs Australia
78.5
FOUR! Pat Cummins to Axar Patel. Off cutter back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep point for 4 runs.
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