Cummins leaves India in further strife with the crucial wicket of Pant. The short ball does the damage as Pant can only fend it on the off-side as Marnus Labuschagne runs forward from slips to complete an easy catch.
Pant is dismissed for 21 as India slip to 109/6 in the 33rd over.
That was an effort ball from Cummins as he caught Pant by surprise and he was unable to control the extra bounce.
Pant's wicket is a huge blow for India's hopes. Reddy will have to shepherd the lower order and push India past 150.
Marsh starts his new over with an inswinging yorker as Reddy gets his bat down in time to dig it out towards mid-on for a single and the overthrow gets him another run and takes one to point.
In the next over, Reddy pulls out quite late, at the very last second as Cummins ends up delivering the ball which hits the face of the bat.
Cummins didn't seem happy with that. The next ball is a cracking bouncer, as Reddy takes his eyes off trying to avoid it with the ball going off the shoulder over the wicketkeeper for four leg byes.
He clips the next to deep square leg for one and Ravichandran Ashwin takes an easy single on the off-side for a single.
Reddy plays a nicely timed drive but straight to the fielder at mid-off and he avoids another bouncer directed at the body.
India are 118/6 in 35 overs, with Reddy on 11 and Ashwin on 4.
Australia have continued to chip away at the wickets to take control on Day 1.
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