India Struggles at 128/5, Trails Australia by 29 Runs on Day 2

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:29pm on 07 Dec 2024,Saturday Sports

India ended Day 2 of the pink-ball Test in Adelaide at 128/5, still 29 runs behind Australia. The hosts' pace attack, led by Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, and Pat Cummins, dismantled India's top order under the lights. Earlier, Travis Head's blistering 140 and Marnus Labuschagne's solid 64 gave Australia a 157-run first-innings lead. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj shared eight wickets for India but couldn’t prevent the hosts from posting 337. In their second innings, India’s batters struggled, with Rishabh Pant (28*) and Shubman Gill (28) fighting to keep the innings alive. Australia remains in control.

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