Adelaide Test, Day 2: India vs Australia (Report)

Adelaide, Dec 7 - Travis Head's fighting 61 off 149 balls helped Australia reach 191/7 at stumps on Friday, the second day of the first test against India, after off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to

India took the new ball in the 81st over and Pat Cummins was adjudged leg before wicket to Jasprit Bumrah immediately, but Head and Mitchell Starc managed to stay on until stumps.

Pacers Sharma and Bumrah took two wickets apiece, while Mohammad Shami looked off-colour after an injury-scare on Thursday.

India will look to take early wickets and ensure a first-inning lead on Saturday after Chetweshwar Pujara's century on the first day helped them reach a decent total.

Australia will expect Head to stay put and take them beyond the Indian total.

With the wicket already offering some turn, the hosts will be backing off-spinner Nathan Lyon to trouble the Indian batsmen in the second innings.

The visitors are playing the first test of the four-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and will also play three one-day games in their nearly two-month long tour of Australia.

Brief Scores: India first innings: 250/10 against Australia first innings: 191/7 (Travis Head 61 not out, Peter Handscomb 43; Ravichandran Ashwin 3/50)

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IANS