5th Test updates: Australia 9 for 1 at stumps on Day 1

Australia are 9 for 1 at close on Day 1 of the 5th and final Test at the SCG on Friday. 

Australia trail India by 176 runs.

The slow over-rate meant we only got through 75.2 overs but the wicket has bounce and the batters, particularly Pant copped a few body blows. 

India's stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah took out Khawaja in the third over of Australia's innings as the batter gets the outside edge playing off the backfoot and caught at slips out for 2.

Bumrah continues and Konstas comes down and tries to heave it over the bowler but he plays and misses.

A lovely one next as Konstas is beaten on the outside edge. Konstas then just taps the ball down and calls for a quick single. 

Bumrah now coming around the wicket to Khawaja who lets the next ball go to the keeper. 

Konstas and Bumrah engage in some useless banter as Bumrah is ready for a run-up.

Khawaja lets the next one go to the keeper. 

Bumrah induces a big outside edge off Khawaja's bat and Rahul takes a good catch at slips as Australia lose the first wicket. Khawaja made to play with a superb length ball and Australia end the day with a wicket down. 

Siraj opens at the other end and Khawaja calls for the run and then sends him back. Konstas makes it and they get a single off overthrows. The third umpire is called in to  check the run out and he is safe. 

Konstas then takes a single to the off side.

Khawaja is then squared up as he defends off the fuller length and he is beaten on the outside edge.

Khawaja then lets the next one go.

Siraj continues to keep it full and Khawaja then blocks the next ball for a dot.

Khawaja then plays and misses the ball on the leg side as he attempts a glance. A dot  to end the over as 2 come off it. 

Bumrah opens the attack for India while Konstas and Khawaja open the batting for Australia and Konstas comes charging first ball and chips it over mid-wicket for a four.

A dot later, Konstas takes a single to fine leg. 

Khawaja gets hit on his knuckles first ball as Bumrah bangs it in. The physio checks on him.

Khawaja seems in a bit on distress and the physio tapes his index finger. 

Khawaja is good to go and the next ball he plays to the leg side to get off the mark.

Konstas chases the final ball of the over for a dot as 6 runs come off the opening over. 

India have been dismissed for 185 on Day 1 of the 5th and final Test at the SCG on Friday.

Bunrah and Siraj fought at the end with a 17-run stand to push India's total beyond 180. Pant was the top-scorer for India with 40 while Boland was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets.

Cummins back in the attack and Bumrah hoicks one over deep mid-wicket for a six! 

Bumrah then miscues a pull off a short ball and is caught in the deep for 22 as India are all out for 185. 

30 minutes of play added as the over rate is just over 11 overs an hour. 

Boland continues and Bumrah starts the over off a leg bye.

Siraj then takes a single. Boland then bowls a no ball and Bumrah takes a single before Siraj plays two dots to end the over as 4 come off it. 

Starc continues and Bumrah looks to pull, he miscues as the ball but the third man fielder lunges to take the catch but does not get there in time and he is dropped. A couple for Bumrah.

He then takes a single before Siraj sees off the over as 3 come off it. 

Boland continues and he starts with a sharp bouncer that hits Siraj on his lower jaw as the ball goes off his glove. The physio is checking on him. 

Siraj is good to continue.

He plays a stoic block next before playing the  ball to cover for a quick single.

Bumrah is then hit in the box as he misses while going for the  big heave. He takes a single off a leg bye.

Siraj then plays and misses and again. Just two come in the over. 

Siraj is the new man in.

Starc bowls a no ball.

Siraj then defends the next ball before ducking under the bouncer. 

Siraj then plays the ball to mid off and takes a quick single.

Bumrah goes for the big hoick but doesn't connect. A wicket and 4 runs come in the over. 

Starc continues and Krishna flays the ball over mid-on for a couple.

Krishna tries to go over the infield again, only to miscue and be caught in the deep by Konstas for 3. India lose 9th wicket. 

Boland is back in the attack and after two dots, Krishna gets a single off a leg bye.

Bumrah then swings his bat and gets a couple of boundaries past the bowler before ending the over with a four past fine leg for four byes as 13 come off the over. 

Bumrah is the new man in as Starc continues.

After a dot, Krishna takes a single to get off the mark for his first runs in Test cricket.

Bumrah then looks to pull and misses. Another bouncer and Bumrah repeats the shot and gets nothing for it.

Bumrah then looks to heave one over deep mid-wicket but does not connect. 

Starc comes around the wicket to Bumrah who goes for the big hoick against the short ball and he pulls it over the keeper for a four as 5 come off the over. 

Cummins is back in the attack and after four dots, Sundar cuts the ball off the backfoot for a four.

Sundar then goes for the pull and the ball brushes the glove and Carey takes the catch and appeals for caught behind. Umpire says not out. Cummins takes the review and after several replays and snicko views, he has been adjudged caught as the ball is seemed to have brush his glove on the way to the keeper. Sundar is out for 14 off 30. 

Starc continues and just one comes in the over as Sundar takes a single off the last ball of the over.

Prasidh Krishna is the new man in and he plays out two dots. A wicket and 4 runs come off it.

Starc continues and after two dots, Jadeja slashes hard at the ball and gets four past the slips and gully.

Full ball next and Jadeja is hit on the front leg as he shuffles across the stumps. Big shout for LBW, umpire raises the finger. Jadeja reviews and India lose the review as ball tracking shows the ball was hitting the stumps. He is out for 26. Starc gets his 2nd wicket.

Webster continues after drinks and after two dots, Jadeja clips the ball past mid-wicket for a four. 

Jadeja then shoulders the next ball before Jadeja is beaten as he gets squared up. 

Jadeja takes a single to mid-wicket to end the over as 5 come off it.

Time for drinks now.

Boland and Webster's relentless pressure has resulted in two wickets in the third session..

Boland has sent back Pant for 40 and Nitish Reddy for a golden duck to put India firmly on the backfoot as runs come at a trickle. Boland now has 50 Test wickets. 

Starc back in the attack and Sundar is being tested here as he plays four dots. He then gets one to swing away on the leg side and Sundar gets a couple off byes a dot to end the over as just the 2 come off it. 

Webster continues and he bowls in that outside off stump channel and Jadeja plays the first four balls watchfully before hitting a couple past gully. 

A dot to end the over as just the 2 come off it.

Boland continues and he keeps bowling that probing length and Sundar is beaten on one occasion but does well to see off the over. That is another maiden.

Webster continues and he bowls a no ball as just a single comes in the over.

Sundar is the new man in as Boland is on a hat-trick. 

Sundar gets a beauty as the ball goes just past his outside edge for a beauty. Two wickets and a single come in the over. 

Nitish Reddy is the new man in and is out first ball, caught at slips, fishing for one outside the off stump. Reddy out for golden duck.

Boland continues and after a couple of dots, Jadeja takes a single to cover.

Pant decides to go for the pull and ends up with a thick inside edge to the left of mid-wicket. He is out for 40. Boland gets his 3rd.

Webster is back in the attack and Pant drops his wrist and it goes past his outside edge.

Two dots later, Pant gets the inside edge onto his back leg for a dot.

Pant is beaten next ball as it holds the line and goes past Pant's outside edge. Fuller ball next and Pant creams it through covers for a couple. Just the two come off it. 

Boland continues and comes around the wicket to Jadeja who plays it straight to cover for a dot.

The next ball is angled in and swings away from the batter as Carey does well to collect the ball as Jadeja is beaten.

Jadeja then gets a couple to mid-wicket.

Two dots later, Jadeja gets an inside edge and a stifled appeal for LBW as 2 come off it. 

Lyon continues around the wicket to Pant. He is bowling fuller to the batter who cant get it past the infield and that is a maiden,

Boland continues and Pant continues with a dot.

Pant is then hit again on his high, He seems in pain and the physio is called into action again. Pant is given the all clear to continue. A dot later, he gets a single before Jadeja plays out two dots as just a single comes off it.

Lyon continues and Jadeja starts the over with a single.

Pant then takes a quick single to backward point before Webster gifts them a boundary off four overthrows. 5 runs to India's credit there.

Four dots to end the over as 6 come off it. 

Boland to start proceedings after tea and after two dots, Jadeja is beaten on the outside edge.

Two dots and a single to end the over as just the one comes off it. 

Lyon continues around the wicket Jadeja who plays two dots at the start of the over.

Jadeja then takes a single to square leg before Pant cuts the ball past backward point for a four. 

Pant then pulls the ball over mid-on for a couple. 

A dot to end the over as 7 come off it. 

Cummins continues around the wicket to Pant and after a dot, the batter is hit on the shoulder. The next ball he is hit in the box and he is seen in some amount of discomfort. The physio tends to him and he is ok to continue.

Cummins then beats Pant on his outside edge as the ball seams away.

Cummins then bowls a bouncer that Pant ducks under. A dot to end the over and that is a maiden.

Lyon back in the attack and after three dots, Pant takes a single to long-off.

Jadeja then comes down and smashes the ball past the bowler for a four to bring up India's 100.

A dot to end the over as 5 come off it.

Cummins continues and that is a maiden.

Save Pant's 6 off Webster in the previous over, runs have practically dried up for the Indians. Pant and Jadeja have just been not able to rotate the strike. The Aussies have been relentless with their superb channel-line bowling. 

Webster continues and comes around the wicket to Jadeja who blocks first ball. Jadeja then gets the edge and is dropped by Lyon at gully and runs for a single.

Webster then bowls it straight and full and Pant dances down the ground and plays it straight over the bowler for a six! 

Webster then has Pant beaten outside the off stump. 

Pant then blocks the next ball. Another dot to end the over as 7 come off it.

Cummins back in the attack and he starts with a bouncer to Jadeja who ducks under it.

Jadeja then lets the next one go to the keeper.

Jadeja then plays two dots before he whips the ball to backward square leg for a single.

A dot to end the over as just a single comes off it. 

Webster continues and he keeps it a fuller and Pant sees off the over with a maiden.

Starc continues and after Pant plays and misses, Starc bowls a rare loose ball, short and wide and Pant cuts it wide of backward point for a four.

A dot later, Pant goes for the pull, Carey appeals for a caught behind. Australia don't take the review and the replay shows the ball had clipped his thigh guard on the way to the keeper.

Full and on the leg side next, Pant whips it and Head does well at short leg to keep it down to a dot.

A bouncer next and it flies over Carey who manages to get a glove on it and Khawaja gives it a chase and keeps it down to a single.

5 runs come off the over.  

Webster continues and Pant gets a single in the over before Jadeja plays out two dots just the one comes off it. 

Starc continues and Jadeja happy to just let the balls go to the keeper and that is a maiden.

Only 5 runs have come off the last 8 overs and that shows how the Aussies have stifled Jadeja and Pant. 

The host bowlers have given next to nothing away while bowling in that channel for proper Test contest. 

Webster is back in the attack and he starts with a dot to Pant.

Pant lets the next one go before he edges the next fuller ball but it falls just short of Labuschagne at slips.

The ball then angles into Pant and the ball hits Pant on his pads and a stifled shout for LBW.

Two dots to end the over and that is another maiden. 

Starc continues and Jadeja just lets the first three balls go to the keeper. 

Jadeja then just safely plays out a maiden over. 

Boland continues around the wicket to Jadeja and after two dots he has the batter all squared up as he bowls in that off stump channel. Jadeja is beaten.

Jadeja then takes a single to mid-wicket.

The ball then nips back and hits Pant smack in the mid riff. 

And again! Just one comes off the over. 

Both teams take a drinks break in the meantime. 

Pant is ready to continues and plays a dot before the full ball is clipped past mid-wicket for a couple.

A dot later, a full ball on the off side is driven through covers for another couple as 4 come off the over. 

The Aussies keep piling on the pressure on the Indians as they bowl in that channel of uncertainty while Jadeja and Pant find it hard to rotate the strike.

Runs have dried up for India.

Boland continues and he keeps the length and line tight. Jadeja is beaten and then he lets the ball do through to the keeper.

Jadeja then leaves the next one too before tapping the next ball down to the leg side, before ending the over with a solid defence.  That is the fourth maiden in a row.

Starc continues and Pant leaves the first ball alone and lets it go to the keeper.

Pant is then beaten on the outside edge before Starc gets one to bounce and Pant is hit on the bicep as he tries to defend. The physio is out to check on him.

Starc continues as Pant is ready to continue and the bowler starts over the wicket and Pant lets it go to the keeper.

Full ball next that Pant plays down before the batter shoulders the next ball bowled in the channel and bounces. Maiden over that.

Boland continues and after four dots, Smith puts down Jadeja at slips as the edge goes straight to the fielder who fails to latch on to the catch. Another dot to end the over. That is a maiden. 

Cummins continues and comes around the wicket to Pant.

Pant plays three dots before he loses patience and comes down the track, goes hard at it and the ball nearly rolls on to the stumps as it is hit hard into the pitch. Pant survives. 

Two more dots to end the over that is a maiden. 

Jadeja is the new man in and Boland comes around the wicket to Jadeja who starts with a block and then he gets off the mark with a 3 to deep mid-wicket. 

Pant ends the over with a single as a wicket and 4 runs come off it.

Boland continues and Pant plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Kohli plays the ball to mid-wicket and wants a single, Pant sends him back.

Kohli out next ball as Boland bowls in the channel, Kohli goes for backfoot drive, chases at it, only to edge it to slips and he is out for 17. Kohli did not seem himself through out this innings, otherwise a free-flowing batter, he was just not comfortable in the middle and Boland gets his second wicket.. 

Cummins continues and Kohli plays three dots before he drives the ball straight down the ground for 3. 

Short ball, angled in and Pant plays it behind square leg for a single. 

A dot to end the over as 4 come off it.

Boland continues and Kohli starts the over with a single to long leg. Boland is troubling Pant here as he goes around the wicket and angles the ball in as he attacks the stumps.

Pant then plays the short ball to the off side for a single before Kohli plays the ball to mid-off and scampers for a quick single as 2 come off it.

Cummins continues, full and down the length and Pant plays a leg glance down to fine leg for a four the first ball of the over.

Two dots later, banged in short and Pant just drops his wrists and sways away from the ball.

Two more dots and that is a maiden.

Boland continues and after a dot, Pant has been hit on the pads, the Aussies discuss the decision, decide against the review. 

Pant then takes a single towards mid-off and Kohli then plays three dots as just a single comes off it.

Cummins is back in the attack and he starts with a no ball.

After two dots, Pant gets off the mark with a single before Kohli plays three dots to end the over as two come off it. 

Pant is the new man in and Boland is back in the attack after lunch. 

Kohli is on strike and he plays out a maiden as Kohli survives two LBW appeals in the over. 

Amid high drama on Day 1 of the 5th Test, India were reduced to 57 for 3 at the stroke on lunch on Day 1 of the 5th and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Friday.

Gill's resilience was broken by Lyon as he came down the track and got an edge that went straight to Smith at first slip.

Earlier, Gill and Kohli batted patiently to take India out of the doldrums when they were reduced to 17 for 2 inside the first hour.

Cummins and Starc tested the Indians but it was Boland who once again struck in his opening over.

He sent Jaiswal back in the pavillion caught at slips and he nearly added Kohli to his victims but he was saved by replays that showed Smith had not completed a clean catch. 

Thereafter Kohli and Gill put up a 40-run stand before Gill was taken out by Lyon.

Earlier, before play India captain Rohit Sharma rested himself from the series finale with Jasprit Bumrah walking out for the toss in his place.

Lyon continues and Kohli happy to be watchful. After three dots he plays a single past mid-on.

Gill then plays a dot before Gill comes down the track, gets the edge and is caught at slips and that is a wicket on the stroke of lunch. He is out for 25. India lose 3rd wicket.  

Webster continues and he keeps teasing Gill with that tight line, Gill happy to leave as miscuing the first ball.

Gill happy to come down the track. Carey comes up to the crease now and Gill plays two dots and that is a maiden.

Offie Lyon in the attack now and he comes around the wicket to Kohli who plays three deliveries all three to the leg side for dots.

Kohli then plays the next two to the off side for dots.

Kohli then goes on the back foot and plays it down to the fielder for a dot and that is a maiden.

Webster continues and he keeps Gill on his toes with the ball in that channel, beaten on the outside edge.

Gill then plays the ball down to mid-wicket for a dot before he lets the next one go.

Webster then bowls the next one wide down the leg side for a dot as that is a maiden.

Starc continues and Gill goes for the cut, gets a top edge that flies over slips for a four.

Four dots later, Gill takes a quick single to end the over as 5 come off it.

Webster continues and he keeps it full and in that probing channel as just a single comes in the over.

Starc continues and he gives a four off a bye while Kohli takes a couple past mid-on before he bowls a no-ball as 7 come off it. That brings up India's 50. 

Australia bowlers happy to mix the lengths as Gill and Kohli play out the overs watchfully under overcast skies. 

Debutant Webster in the attack now and he starts with a no ball.

He is getting the ball to angle in and he is bowling full, Gill is happy to play the balls watchfully.

Webster then bowls another full one into Gill's pads, big shout, no says the umpire as the ball was going down leg.

Dot  to end the over as just the 1 comes off it.  

Cummins continues and he keeps his length tight as Virat plays watchfully.

Virat then ducks under a bouncer before clipping the next ball to mid-wicket for a dot.

A dot to end the over and that is a maiden.

Boland continues under overcast skies and after a dot, Gill  gets four  leg byes as the ball flies off his pads to fine leg to the boundary.

Two dots later, Gill plays the ball to backward point, Kohli comes down the track for a single, he is halfway down the pitch but is sent back. Lucky for him he ran back in time.

A dot to end the over as 4 come off it.

Cummins continues and Gill goes for the drive only to get an inside edge that luckily goes past leg stump to fine leg for a four.

Two dots later, Gill lets the next ball go to the keeper. 

Gill then clips the next ball to mid-wicket for a single.

A dot to end the over as 5 come off it. 

Boland continues and Kohli plays watchfully.

A maiden over that.

Cummins continues after drinks and he has Gill beaten all ends up off the last ball of the over as Kohli takes a single in the over.

Time for drinks and it's been a riveting 45 mins on the first morning of the 5th Test at the SCG. Australia have been on the money and India have lost two early wickets.

Kohli and Gill have begun India's rebuild. An interesting session beckons.

Boland continues and Gill starts the over with a single.

Two dots later, Kohli clips the ball past square leg for 3.

Big shout for LBW next and the umpire says not out. Australia take the review. DRS shows the ball would have missed the stumps as Gill had come a lot forward.

A dot to end the over as 4 come off it.

Cummins back in the attack and Gill and Kohli start the over with two singles as the bowler bowls a length and yorker length first two balls of the over.

Gill then lets the next one go to the keeper.

After two dots, Gill pushes the ball past mid-off for 3 as 5 come off the over.

Boland continues and Gill gets a single off the fifth ball of the over as Kohli plays a dot off the last ball of the over.

Starc continues and 5 runs come in the over as Kohli gets off the mark with a couple to covers. 

Kohli is the new man in with India in a precarious condition.

First ball and Kohli gets a peach as the ball as he edges it to Smith at slips. Smith claims the catch that is taken inches from the ground. 

Third umpire called to check in and the replays show that the ball has touched the ground  before popping back into Smith's hand and Kohli gets a life.

Kohli shoulders the next ball as he lets it go to the keeper. A wicket and 1 run comes off that dramatic over.

Boland is the first change bowler and he gets the first ball to nip away from Gill who keeps his bat inside the line.

A dot later, Gill plays the ball to Head at short leg who attempts a run out but gives him a single off the overthrow.

Jaiswal is out next ball as he is caught at slips by debutant Beau Webster for 10 and India have lost their second wicket. 

Boland bowls a good length ball that deviates from the left-hander. Jaiswal brings the bat in front of the pads to block but gets a thick outside edge

Boland doing what he does best, coming into the attack and getting a wicket in his very first over.  

Starc continues, and Jaiswal plays three dots before getting a single off a leg bye.

A dot later, Gill ends the over with a single to the off side as just the two come off it.

Shubman Gill is the new man in.

Cummins continues and Jaiwal plays two dots before the next one takes off and Jaiswal takes his eye off as he steps forward and hops on the back foot and plays it the backward square leg region for a single. Lucky there  was no fielder there.

Gill gets off the mark with a single to the leg side.

A dot later, a misfield from Boland at mid-on allows Jaiswal to steal a single as 3 runs come off it.

Starc continues and he mixes his line and length keeping it tight and mostly full and Rahul plays five dots before he is out. That is a soft dismissal.

Full ball, middle and length and Rahul just whips it straight to Konstas at square leg and India lose their first wicket after 30 minutes of play. Starc draws first blood and that is a wicket-maiden.

Cummins continues and Rahul starts with a dot. 

Rahul then lets the next one to go to the keeper.

Rahul then plays the next ball to fine leg for a single.

A dot later, Jaiswal plays and misses. 

Jaiswal then lets the next one go to the keeper as just one comes off it.

Starc continues, he bowls a bit short, nips away and has Jaiswal squared up as he plays and misses.

Jaiswal then plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.

Rahul plays three dots before getting off the mark with a push through covers for a three runs, Full ball and Rahul leans into it and plays it through covers to get off the mark. 4 come off the over.

Cummins opens at the other end and comes over the wicket to Jaiswal and he gets some bounce first up, Jaiswal plays it down. Length ball banged in.

A dot later, Jaiswal plays and misses as he gets squared up. And again. Fuller ball and Jaiswal is drawn forward and beaten.

Wow! Some bounce and carry as Jaiswal is beaten again. 

Full ball and on the leg side, Jaiswal plays it to the leg side and gets a single  Just the one comes off the over.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul come out to bat for India while Mitchell Starc opens the attack for the home team and he starts with an full ball swinging in that Jaiswal plays to the leg side.

Another dot next as Starc is getting some early movement. 

A full yorker and Jaiswal digs it out and plays it past mid-wicket for a four as Jaiswal opens his and India's account with a bouncer.

Jaiswal lets the next one go to the keeper. 

He then gets some bounce and Jaiswal plays it down to the leg side to sneak a single. Rahul then plays a dot as he plays the ball down to end the over as 5 come off it.

Jasprit Bumrah comes out for the toss along with Australian captain Pat Cummins. 

Bumrah and India have won the toss and opted to bat in the fifth and final Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney on Friday.

Rohit Sharma has not been included into the Playing XI, making way for Shubman Gill to return into the fold. 

Contrary to reports, Rishabh Pant keeps his place in the team and Prasidh Krishna comes in for the injured Akash Deep.

 

Australia have the lone change in Beau Webster coming in for the dropped Mitch Marsh.

The pitch has a lot of grass, making batting tough and with the overcast conditions, there will be lots of help for the bowlers. The first hour will be crucial for both teams.

Playing XIs: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah(c), Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Australia: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

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