The Indian innings faltered on the second day of the second Test match against Australia. India has lost five wickets for 128 runs in the second innings and is still 29 runs behind. India is in danger of losing and now everything depends on Rishabh Pant and Nitish Reddy.
Second day's play ends
The second day of the second Test match being played between India and Australia in Adelaide has ended. Australia had taken a lead of 157 runs by scoring 337 runs in the first innings. The Indian team's batting was poor in the second innings and the team lost its five wickets for 128 runs. The Indian team is still 29 runs behind Australia. At the time of stumps, Rishabh Pant was present at the crease with 28 runs and Nitish Reddy with 15 runs. Pat Cummins and Scott Boland took two wickets each for Australia, while Mitchell Starc got one wicket.
After bowling out Australia in the first innings, the Indian team's batting was very poor in the second innings. The opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul failed and could not give the team a strong start. Rahul was the first to be out, who was sent to the pavilion by Cummins on a score of seven runs. Then Boland gave India a double blow by dismissing Yashasvi (24) and Virat Kohli (11). Shubman Gill also could not convert the good start into a big innings and was bowled by Starc on a score of 28 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma's poor form continued in the second innings as well, who returned to the pavilion after scoring six runs on Cummins' ball. Earlier, Australia scored 337 runs in their first innings. India had scored 180 runs in their first innings. Travis Head played a quick innings of 140 runs. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj took four wickets each for India. Australia started playing on Saturday at 86 runs for one wicket and lost the last nine wickets in scoring 251 runs. In the opening session, the team lost three wickets in the form of McSweeney (39), Steve Smith (2) and Marnus Labuschagne. Labuschagne scored 64 runs. McSweeney and Smith were dismissed by Bumrah, while Labuschagne was dismissed by Nitish Reddy
yes you are saying India can lose this match
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