Australia has reached a strong position on the second day of the Adelaide Test. The team scored 337 runs in the first innings. Due to which they got a lead of 157 runs. Travis Head scored 140 runs. India has lost 5 wickets for 128 runs in the second innings till stumps. The team is still behind by 29 runs.
There were many moments on Saturday. As soon as Mohammad Siraj bowled the head, the two got into a brawl. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was LBW on the ball. Mitchell returned to the pavilion without marching out. Head scored a century and had a baby celebration. India lost the review on a controversial decision by the third umpire.
Top-9 Moments of Day Two
1. Rohit was LBW on the ball
Rohit was batting at 2 when he was appealed for LBW.
Starc bowled 2 in the 17th over. He also bowled Gill in this over. Starc bowled the third ball of the over full length. The ball hit the pad next to Rohit's bat. The Australian team appealed and the umpire declared him out. Rohit immediately took the review. However, even before this the umpire gave a no ball to this ball.
Starc's ball was given a no ball by the umpire.
2. Returned to the pavilion without marching out
The replay video showed that the ball did not hit the bat.
India got the 5th wicket in the 64th over. Ravichandran Ashwin's ball went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant from close to the bat. Pant appealed strongly, but Ashwin did not show much interest. The field umpire also did not give out, but Mitchell Marsh himself returned to the pavilion. He felt that the ball had taken the outside edge of the bat. Later replay video showed that the ball did not hit the bat.
3. Head's baby celebration after a century
Travis Head scored 140 runs in the first innings. He scored his 8th career century. He dedicated this century to the recently born baby Harrison. Head had a baby celebration after scoring a century. He hit 17 fours and 4 sixes in his innings.
4. Siraj dropped the catch of Travis Head
Siraj jumped in the air but could not catch the ball.
Mohammad Siraj dropped the catch of Trevid Head on the fourth ball of the 68th over. A good length ball from Ashwin played the head forward, but Siraj at mid-on couldn't hold it.
5. Pant's reverse sweep for a four
Rishabh Pant playing the reverse shot.
Rishabh Pant started with fours in both the first and second innings. He hit a four on the reverse sweep off the third ball of the 17th over. Here Boland bowled a short length ball, which Pant sent over the slips for a four. However, Rishabh fell after hitting a shot.
6. India lost a controversial review
This photo clearly shows that the ball hit the pad before the bat.
Mitchell Marsh survived being dismissed in the 58th over. Marsh played the third ball of Ravichandran Ashwin's over, which hit his pads, but the field umpire dismissed the appeal. In such a situation, Indian captain Rohit Sharma took a review. The third umpire upheld the field umpire's decision due to lack of sufficient evidence. Controversy arose over this DRS.
7. Head hits a six, Siraj bowls the second ball
After getting out, Siraj pointed towards the pavilion
Australia lost the 7th wicket in the 82nd over. Here Travis Head got out after making 140 runs. He hit a six off the third ball of Siraj's over, the very next ball Siraj bowled him. In this over there was a brawl between Siraj and Head.
Head balled on Siraj's yorker ball.
8. Pant did not attempt the catch
Rishabh Pant did not attempt the catch.
Head played a cover shot in the 69th over of Australia's innings. On the fourth ball of the over, the ball went between the wicketkeeper and the slips near the outside edge of Head's bat. Here Rishabh Pant did not try to take the catch. If Pant had dived it could have been a catch. Head was then batting on 78 runs.
9. Bumrah injured
Physio is checking Bumrah.
Bumrah was injured in the 20th over of his spell. After bowling the third ball of the over, Bumrah's leg was pulled. After this he sat on the ground, the physio came and examined Bumrah. However, Bumrah completed his over.
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