India vs Australia LIVE Cricket Score, 5th Test Day 2: Follow the IND vs AUS updates from Sydney on Saturday.
IND vs AUS 5th Test Day 2, Live Score: Building on the momentum with which they ended the opening day, Jasprit Bumrah and Team India will aim to make quick inroads when they face the Australian batters on Saturday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sam Konstas’s casual time-wasting tactic ended up in a heated finish on Day 1 when a miffed Bumrah seared in a sharp delivery outside the off-stump and snapped up Usman Khawaja caught beautifully by KL Rahul in the slip cordon. The moment almost seemed to lift up the Indians in unison as they rallied around Konstas and stick the moment upto him.
Australia are still ahead in the game after bundling India for a paltry 185 on the opening day when Scott Boland razed through the Indian line-up with another disciplined effort. India could not put on a better top-order display despite replacing their out-of-form skipper Rohit Sharma, as KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Shubman Gill cut sorry figures against the Aussie attack yet again.
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Selectors told Rohit Sharma they were looking beyond him after BGT
As much as an intriguing Test match unfolded before the picturesque Sydney Cricket Ground on a lively pitch on Friday, the action off the field was as spicy as it could get with India leaving out-of-form Rohit Sharma out from the squad. Rohit’s Test career seems to have hit cross-roads after a conversation with the head coach and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. (READ MORE)
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First uploaded on: 04-01-2025 at 03:59 IST
