Oh, the BBB compilation from Bumrah's five-for is also up. You can catch up on that during the break while I may or may not go in and add the names of the commentators to the piece.
For insights and highlights from the session, do check out Karthik Krishnaswamy's live blog. That'll stay for the rest of the series.
Aravind: "20 wickets in 4 sessions of play so far. Any chance the pitch will be rated unsatisfactory or poor? " Probably depends on how it'll play going forward. Hopefully, data like average bounce and seam movement are taken into consideration. The big number from yesterday was that there was 0.8 degrees of seam movement on average. There hasn't been notable concern over player safety but Marnus certainly got hit. Balls have reared up. Looked better in the last hour, but Reddy isn't as quick a bowler, don't think Siraj was at his quickest either. But yeah, pitch will be under the scanner
Sagar: "From the looks of it, the pitch seems to have eased out a touch. The sun is beating down and it would be a good pitch to bat. India though would have Adelaide 2020 in mind where they got a similar lead and then collapsed in a heap. "
Kevin has an unlikely but entertaining take: "When Boland came out end of the previous over, he probable said Pat wants to know what you two are doing, hit out or get out, we wanted to bowl an hour ago!"
India's 46-run lead is the fifth-highest first-innings lead for totals of 150 or less. The top-four are between 1888 (when England made 113 and bowled Australia out for 42 to secure a 71-run lead) and 1902 (where Australia made 112 and knocked over England for 61)
Stat from Sampath: Last Australian to bat 100-plus balls in a Test innings while batting at No. 9 or lower was Pat Cummins in 2017 Brisbane Test vs England
12:20pm, day 2, lunch: A surprisingly quaint session in what has been a fast-forward Test match. India looked all but certain to end the innings early in the second hour but couldn't dislodge Starc and Hazlewood, who added 25 off 110 balls. The fields went in-out, the lengths shortened and the lines went away from the stumps. There were a lot of plays and misses, the scoring rates didn't go out of hand, but Starc and Hazlewood were super-resistant. They got overs into the Indian bowlers' legs. The hosts won't be too unhappy as they got a few Test overs Reddy without too much pressure on him. But that's brought their lead down a bit. Will that be a major factor or not? Tune in after lunch to find out.
MA Starc c †Pant b Harshit Rana 26 (131m 112b 2x4 0x6) SR: 23.21
END OF OVER:51 | 1 Run | AUS: 103/9
- Mitchell Starc26 (111b)
- Josh Hazlewood6 (30b)
- Jasprit Bumrah18-6-30-5
- Washington Sundar2-1-1-0
Session is likely to be extended, just one over before lunch it seems. But the batters will get a drink
nisu: "I expected Labuschagne to do a Pujara (or Cowan if you remember), but here Starc is doing it. Take a bow!"
Around
END OF OVER:50 | (maiden) | AUS: 102/9
- Josh Hazlewood6 (30b)
- Mitchell Starc26 (104b)
- Washington Sundar2-1-1-0
- Jasprit Bumrah17-6-29-5
jay: "Is this where India lost this test match ?" Get what you're trying to say, but I highly doubt it (could change though)