05/12Result
2nd Test (D/N), India tour of Australia at Adelaide, Dec 6-8 2024
Australia won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Travis Head
Travis HeadAustralia
05/12Result
2nd Test (D/N), India tour of Australia at Adelaide, Dec 6-8 2024
Australia won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Travis Head
Travis HeadAustralia

7.10pm And it's tea as well. India started the session on 82 for 4, added 98 runs and lost their remaining six wickets. The over-rate wasn't great but since India lasted just 44.1 overs, Australia don't have to worry about it. Starc was excellent once again , using his inswinging yorker to scythe through India's lower order. Cummins used the short-ball ploy well to have Pant fending one behind the stumps, while Boland got it to nip back off the seam to pick up a couple of lbws - one in each session. Alex will be here in a bit to kick off the final session. Stay tuned.

Raghav: "Hard to believe Starc's best is 6 for."

44.1
W
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, OUT, And Reddy perishes. Starc finishes with a six-for. It was a length ball around off. Reddy went for a big hit but didn't middle it. The ball hit the toe end of the bat and went straight up. Head settled under it at mid-off for an easy catch. Reddy departs for 42, his highest score in a fledgling career. Gnasher tells me it's Starc's best too - 6 for 48

K Nitish Kumar Reddy c Head b Starc 42 (103m 54b 3x4 3x6) SR: 77.77

END OF OVER:
44 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | IND: 180/9

  • Mohammed Siraj4 (3b)
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy42 (53b)
  • Pat Cummins12-4-41-2
  • Mitchell Starc14-2-48-5
43.6
4
Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, FOUR, ... which means there are many vacant areas on the field. Cummins goes full but it's on the pads. And Siraj flicks it in front of square leg for a four

Four slips, a gully and a short leg...

43.5
0
Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, no run, length ball in the channel. Siraj pushes at it but is nowhere near the ball
43.4
0
Cummins to Mohammed Siraj, no run, Full outside off. Siraj pushes at it and gets beaten

Siraj, the No. 11. Can he survive till tea? Reddy is having a long chat with him

43.3
W
Cummins to Bumrah, OUT, And Cummins strikes. Full around off. Bumrah had to play at it, unlike the previous ball. He pushes at it, gets a healthy outside edge and a regulation catch for Khawaja at first slip

JJ Bumrah c Khawaja b Cummins 0 (29m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

43.2
0
Cummins to Bumrah, no run, full and wide outside off. Bumrah pushes at it with little footwork. Gets beaten
43.1
0
Cummins to Bumrah, no run, a short ball to start with. Bumrah stays back and defends it down

Cummins brings himself on

END OF OVER:
43 | 1 Run | IND: 176/8

  • Nitish Kumar Reddy42 (53b)
  • Jasprit Bumrah0 (5b)
  • Mitchell Starc14-2-48-5
  • Scott Boland13-0-54-2

Mohsin: "Reddy was out lbw on 0 but Aussies didn't review.. costing them massively here "

42.6
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, a short ball and way, way down the leg side. Reddy is disappointed; he couldn't have done anything with it

Reddy is good to continue. One ball left in the over. Can he get a single?

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Cameron: "Cummins needs to come back on and end this before it gets out of hand."

42.5
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, another short ball, Reddy goes for another pull. But he missed it completely and got hit on the helmet. Starc is the first one to check in with him. The physio is out for a quick concussion check
42.4
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, length ball at the stumps. Turned towards short midwicket

Vinay Mudugal: "Reddy highest scorer, Rahul 2nd highest scorer in both tests' 1st innings. Hoping for same result as well."

42.3
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, a short ball down the leg side. Reddy fails to connect the pull. He would feel he missed out there
42.2
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, a low, wide full toss. Reddy reaches out and gets the toe end of the bat to it. The ball races towards deep third. No run taken
42.2
1nb
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, 1 no ball, goes for the yorker and almost nails it but Reddy is deep in his crease and manages to work it towards square leg. Doesn't take the single but India will get a run as Starc has overstepped
42.1
0
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, full around off. Driven past the diving cover fielder but mid-off, who is a bit deep now, cuts it off

Reddy, with 42 off 46 balls, is the highest-scorer of the innings - just like he was in the first innings in Perth

END OF OVER:
42 | 21 Runs | IND: 175/8

  • Jasprit Bumrah0 (5b)
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy42 (46b)
  • Scott Boland13-0-54-2
  • Mitchell Starc13-2-47-5

Scott Boland's most expensive over in Tests. The previous one was 16 runs in last year's Birmingham Test, says Sampath

41.6
0
Boland to Bumrah, no run, length ball at the stumps. Bumrah comes forward and defends it on the leg side
41.5
0
Boland to Bumrah, no run, length ball at the stumps. Bumrah works it past leg gully but Reddy rejects the single
41.5
2nb
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, (no ball) 1 run, shuffles in his crease and drops this length ball towards cover for a single. Another no-ball, which means Bumrah need to face two balls
41.4
6
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX, a short ball outside off. The line doesn't matter for Reddy who pulls it over deep midwicket. Lyon was on the boundary line and leapt and got his hands to it but couldn't parry it inside
41.4
3nb
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, (no ball) 2 runs, down the track this time. Didn't middle it but cleared extra cover easily. Comes back for the second. And Boland has overstepped here, so one more to the total
41.3
4
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, FOUR, four this time! Boland strays on the pads and Reddy half-bends and helps it on its way to the fine-leg boundary
41.2
6
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, SIX, that's some swag! A length ball from Boland. Reddy changes his stance early and reverse-scoops it over the cordon for a six
41.1
0
Boland to Nitish Kumar Reddy, no run, length ball outside off. Defended from the crease

END OF OVER:
41 | 8 Runs | IND: 154/8

  • Jasprit Bumrah0 (3b)
  • Nitish Kumar Reddy23 (40b)
  • Mitchell Starc13-2-47-5
  • Scott Boland12-0-33-2
40.6
0
Starc to Bumrah, no run, a short ball angling towards Bumrah who takes his bottom hand off and manages to defend it down

Once again, Bumrah needs to see out one ball. Around the wicket

40.5
1
Starc to Nitish Kumar Reddy, 1 run, a short ball down the leg side. Reddy manages to works it fine and picks up a single

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