Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Live coverage of day one of Second Test between Australia and India in Adelaide
Can Australia produce a big turnaround to get the series back on an even keel in the Second Test?
Pat Cummins’ side will be desperate for a response following their rout in Perth, but it won’t be easy without Josh Hazlewood and against an Indian side bolstered by the return of skipper Rohit Sharma.
Stay across all the latest action below, with play due to start at midday WA time.
STUMPS!
And that’s the end of day one at Adelaide Oval.
Nathan McSweeney (38) and Mranus Labuschagne (20) have survived the night session and Australia at 1/86, trailing by 94 runs.
EXTRA TIME?
Jasprit Bumrah is bowling again and everyone is confused...
Play was scheduled to finish at 7.30 AWST.
CROWD FIGURE
It’s official - more than 50,000 fans have attended the opening day of the second Test.
The official crowd figure was 50, 186.
It’s the fourth-highest attendance ever for a day of Test cricket at Adelaide Oval.
15 MINUTES TO GO...
Can the Aussies survive until stumps just one wicket down?
BUMRAH WARMING UP
India superstar Jasprit Bumrah appears to be warming up for another spell, having not bowled for an hour.
The seamer is the only wicket-taker of the innings so far, claiming the scalp of Usman Khawaja.
Opener Nathan McSweeney has his highest Test score in his second match, reaching the 30s, while Labuschange has a small start with 17 runs
More importatly the pair have chalked up a partnership of 50.
With less than half an hour to play on day one, India captain Rohit Sharma has turned to his best bowler with Australia 1/74 - trailing by just over 100.
LIGHTS OUT... AGAIN!
Adelaide Oval was plunged into darkness AGAIN as all four light towers switched off at the iconic venue.
The delay was slightly longer, lasting just over a minute, with fans pulling out their phone torches in a bid to illuminate the ground.
LIGHTS OUT!
Play was halted for a moment as Adelaide Oval was briefly plunged into darkness in the first Test.
Light towers went out at the iconic ground but was switched back on after less than a minute.
The crowd cheered as play continued.
KHAWAJA GONE!
India superstar Jasprit Bumrah has his first victim - and daresay not his last - and it’s Usman Khawaja departing for 13.
The Aussie opener could only watch in despair after he clipped the outside edge and it sailed into Rohit Sharma’s hands at first slip.
“That’s a beauty of a delivery. A really top-class delivery, that. On target, around the off-stump. There’s nothing Usman Khawaja could do except hope that Rohit Sharma drops that,” Sunil Gavaskar said on Seven.
“What a delivery. What a bowler.”
DROPPED!
Nathan McSweeney survives despite a Jasprit Bumrah delivery clipping the outside edge.
The keeper got the tip of his glove to it but it changed the trajectory enough to just evade Rohit Sharma at first slip.
Sharma grabbed at his right hand after the ball clipped his thumb but he’s remained on the field.
FIVE OVERS IN...
Australia is yet to lose a wicket after five overs at Adelaide Oval.
Nathan McSweeney is also yet to get off the mark, having faced 19 balls.
His opening partner, Usman Khawaja, has eight from 19.
A nervous start in his second Test.
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