India have been bundled out for 105 on Day 2 of the first Test match against Australia.
India were 94/3 at the end of the 32nd over. By the end of the 38th, they were tottering at 101/8. They were dismissed for 105 in the 40th over.
India, who polished off the last Australian wicket for the addition of just four runs in the fifth ball of the morning, were put on the ropes by left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc and his pace partner Josh Hazlewood.
Hazlewood, who did not use the new ball and replaced Starc in the seventh over, got the first breakthrough in his opening over by packing off Murali Vijay, who was caught behind for 10 with 26 on board.
Starc then came back for his second spell to snap up the key wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara (6) and captain Virat Kohli for a duck in just three balls to leave the hosts gasping at 44 for three.
He first packed off another in-form Cheteshwar Pujara (6), with an unplayable snorter that the batsman gloved to Wade, while taking evasive action.
The lanky pacer then struck the biggest blow of the morning by removing Kohli, who came into the game on the back of scoring over four double centuries in four of the last five series played, for a second-ball duck.
The batting of opener K L Rahul (47 not out in 80 balls) was the lone bright spot of India’s reply before lunch as he nudged the fast men off his pads and drove them through the covers when they over-pitched.
He showed his attacking instincts against spin by stepping out to Steve O’Keefe to loft the left-arm spinner over the straight field for the first six of the innings.
