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5th Test updates: India 141 for 6 at stumps on Day 2
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12:46 India lead by 145; Boland takes 4 wickets
Ind 141-6 (32 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
India reached on 141 for 6 at stumps on Day 2 of the 5th and final Test in Sydney.
On a day that saw 15 wickets fall, India now have a lead of 145 runs.
This after Rishabh Pant scored a quickfire 61 off 33 balls.
Coming out to bat in their 2nd innings with a four-run lead, Jaiswal gave India a quick start before the visitors lost three quick wickets, Boland picking out Kohli again fishing outside off.
Cummins sent back Pant after his swashbuckling 50 and Boland then took out Reddy for his 4th wicket before India played out the rest of the session safely.
Earlier, India captain Jasprit Bumrah was absent after lunch on Day 2 of the fifth Test on Saturday, but his teammates still ripped through the Australia batting order to dismiss the hosts for 181 at tea.
Television pictures showed fast bowler Bumrah, who has been the most influential player in the five-match series, leave the ground for medical scans about an hour after the first break of the day.
Prasidh Krishna (3-42) and Mohammed Siraj (3-51), though, stepped up in Bumrah's absence and Nitish Kumar Reddy also chipped in with a couple of wickets as India took a first-innings lead of four runs.
Only Beau Webster was able to stall the Indian charge with a fine 57 in his maiden Test innings - the first half century from either side on a wicket offering plenty for movement for the seam bowlers.
Boland continues and Jadeja starts with a dot.
Jadeja leaves the next ball and it flies right over the stumps. Close call that.
Jadeja then shoulders the next ball too before he taps the next ball down for a dot.
Jadeja then takes a single before Sundar defends and the edge goes to third man for a couple as 3 come off the over. India 141 for 6 at stumps on Day 2.
Webster is back in the attack and he comes around the wicket to Jadeja and the batter lets the ball go to the keeper.
Jadeja shoulders the next ball to the keeper.
Edged and DROPPED! Smith moves across and comes in Khawaja's way and that is a huge miss. It was Khawaja's catch. Jadeja gets a life and takes a single.
A dot later, Sundar lets the next one go. A dot to end the over as one comes off it.
Boland continues and Sundar lets the first one go to the keeper.
He then gets the next one to seam away. And again!
Boland maintains that line and length and he lets it go to the keeper.
Boland comes over the wicket to Sundar now and he blocks it and that is a wonderful maiden.
Cummins continues and Sundar takes a couple before taking one before Jadeja hits a four to end the over as 7 come off the over.
12:20 India's lead now 134
Ind 130-6 (28 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Sundar is the new man in Boland bowls around the wicket and Sundar lets the ball go to the keeper.
A dot later, he gets off the mark with a single as just the one run and a wicket comes off it.
Boland continues and Reddy defends the first ball.
A dot later, Reddy looks to go over mid-off only miscue it straight to Cummins at mid-off and that is a fourth wicket for Boland.
12:12 Cummins takes out the batter
Ind 128-5 (26 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Boland continues and he bowls a maiden.
Cummins continues, ball is angled in and Reddy gets a couple to wide of cover.
He plays five dots to end the over as 2 come off it.
Boland is back in the attack, the first ball nips away and Reddy lets it go.
Full into the pads and Boland makes a stifled appeal for LBW.
Two dots later, he clips the ball wide of mid wicket for a single.
A dot to end the over as 1 comes off it.
Reddy is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a single to the off side.
Jadeja plays a dot next ball.
Another dot to end the over as just a single and a wicket come off it.
Cummins back in the attack and Pant leaves the first ball.
Pant is out next ball, he chases the wide ball, feet unmoved and is caught behind for 61 off 33.
India lose 5th wicket.
11:49 Bumrah back from hospital
Ind 124-4 (22 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Time for drinks now and Pant has put India in control with a quickfire 50.
India have a 128-run lead.
Starc is back in the attack and after a dot, Pant just whips it off his pads over square leg for a six, to bring up his 50 off 29 balls.
Pant repeats the shot as he smashes it over deep backward square leg for another maximum.
Pant then plays the ball to mid-wicket for a single.
Jadeja then lets the next ball go.
Another dot to end the over as 13 come off the over.
Boland continues and Pant milks the runs as he gets a couple to the off side.
Pant then swings and misses!
Another two plays and misses and Pant is beaten again as he throws his bat at it again.
Pant then hits the ball to the leg side for a single.
Boland then has Jadeja beaten on the outside edge, wow! Just one comes off the over.
Webster continues and Pant slogs it over deep backward square leg for a six!
A dot later, Pant smacks the ball over square leg for a four.
Pant then takes a single to the off side.
A dot later, Jadeja is very nearly LBW. 11 runs come off the over.
Boland continues and Jadeja plays three dots, Boland comes over the wicket to Jadeja now and angles it across the batter who is happy to leave the ball.
A dot later, Boland draws the batter into the stroke and very nearly gets the edge and that is a maiden.
11:27 India's lead now 101
Ind 97-4 (18 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
A clip of Jasprit Bumrah entering the Indian dressing room was flashed on the host broadcast channel. This could be good news for India.
Webster continues and after a dot, Pant slashes the ball through the off side for a four.
He then plays an unusual falling scoop over backward square leg for a four.
He then smokes the next ball over extra cover for another four.
A dot later, Pant gets an edge and a reprieve as the ball doesn't carry to the slip fielder.
Boland is back in the attack and Pant charges and smacks the bowler over his head and he gets a four to long off.
Pant goes after it, miscues and the ball falls in no man's land and he gets a single.
Boland comes around the wicket to Jadeja, he leaves it but it jags back and goes over the stumps.
Jadeja then hits the ball to mid-wicket and calls for a single. He is sent back by Pant.
Boland bending his back here and Jadeja lets it go.
Next ball is going down, Jadeja whips it off his pads to the leg side for a couple as 7 come off it.
11:15 Boland, Webster get in the act
Ind 78-4 (16 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Jadeja is the mew man in and he starts with three dots as Webster comes around the wicket to him and he is being troubled and that is a wicket maiden!
Beau Webster is in the attack now and he starts with a full ball on middle and leg that Gill plays down for a dot.
Gill comes swinging at the bowler and the ball takes the inside edge and Carey makes a lot of ground to take a good catch and now Gill walks back for 13. Webster gets his maiden Test wicket.
Cummins continues and he bowls in the middle and leg, Pant swipes the ball towards square leg for a couple.
Two dots later, Pant whips the ball over mid-wicket for a four.
He then clips the ball to the leg side for a quick couple.
He then guides the ball to sweeper cover for a couple as 10 come off it.
11:04 India lose 3rd wicket
Ind 68-3 (14 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Pant is the new man in he is off the mark with a six as he comes down the track and launches it over long on for a six!
Pant is beaten next ball before completely losing his shape as he goes to play that reverse sweep.
Pant then plays the next one down past slips for a single.
Gill then punches the ball off the backfoot for a couple past mid-off as a wicket and 9 runs come off it.
Boland continues and Kohli is drawn to drive but the ball nips away, he gets the outside edge and is caught at slips. He is out for 6 and now India are 3 down.
Cummins continues, and Gill effortlessly times it through covers for a four.
Two dots later, Cummins gets one to nip back in late and it goes just past Gill's inside edge to the keeper. Big shout but Carey said there is nothing and they continue.
Cummins then gets the next one to shape back away to beat the batter on the outside edge.
Another play and a miss and just four come off it.
Boland continues and he starts with a ball that comes in and hits Gill on the pads, big appeal from the slip cordon. He takes a single.
Kohli then taps the ball down and scampers for a quick single.
Gill then plays the ball off the back foot to backward point and takes a quick single.
Short ball and Kohli gets back and snashes it through mid-on for a four!
A dot later, Kohli plays the ball to the off side for another dot as 7 come off it.
10:48 India lose both openers
Ind 48-2 (11 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Time for drinks and India will need stand-in skipper Kohli to stay long and play out the session with India having lost two quick wickets post tea on Day 2.
India have a 52-run lead.
Cummins continues and Kohli plays out the over watchfully and that is a maiden over.
Kohli is the new man in and he is off the mark with a single to the leg side.
Boland continues and Jaiswal is beaten outside the off stump.
Three dots later, Jaiswal again plays and misses.
Jaiswal is out bowled next ball. Boland goes around the wicket, hits the seam, the ball straightens and hits the top of Jaiswal's off stump and he is out for 22.
Cummins continues and Jaiswal is tested and he plays out a maiden.
Gill is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a four between slip and gully.
Dot to end the over as 7 runs and a wicket come off it.
Boland continues and Jaiswal takes a single off a leg bye.
Rahul then takes a couple through covers.
Boland strikes the next ball as Rahul goes for the drive but the inside edge sees the ball crash into the stumps and India lose the first wicket and Rahul is out 13.
Cummins back in the attack and Jaiswal takes a single off the first ball before he survives a leg before appeal and then Rahul is beaten on the outside edge as 3 come off the over.
Boland in the attack now and he keeps it tight and gives 3 runs in the over.
Rahul is now after the bowling as he goes after Starc and hits him for 2 boundaries as 11 come off the over.
10:10 Starc smacked in opening over
Ind 22-0 (4 ovs) and 185 vs Aus 181 | Scorecard
Cummins continues and after two dots, Jaiswal plays and misses.
A dot later, he takes a quick single to the off side.
Overpitched ball and Rahul whips it off his pads for a four past mid-wicket as 5 come off it.
Starc continues and Jaiswal is beaten first ball.
He then lets the next one through to the keeper.
Back of length next on the 6th stump line and Jaiswal leaves it alone.
Jaiswal is then beaten next ball as the ball goes just past his outside edge.
The next ball comes into Jaiswal's body who is beaten on the inside edge.
A single to the leg side to end the over as one comes off it.
Cummins opens at the other end and he mixes his lengths here to keep Rahul guessing who is playing watchfully.
Cummins then gets one to shape in and Rahul gets the back down in the nick of time. A dot to end the over and that is a maiden.
With a four-run lead, Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul come out to bat while Mitchell Starc opens the attack for Australia.
And Jaiswal starts the over with four boundaries to give India a positive start.
09:42 India have 4-run lead on Day 2
Aus 181 (51 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
India dismissed Australia for 181 to take a slender four-run first innings lead as the two teams opted for an early tea on the second day of the fifth Test in Sydney on Saturday.
In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah's, India's pace trio of Siraj, Krishna and Reddy took 5 wickets in the 2nd session to dismiss Australia for 181.
India dominated the post-lunch session, taking the remaining five wickets, with Mohammed Siraj (3/51), Prasidh Krishna (4/42), and Nitish Reddy (2/32) stepping up in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah (2/33), who left the field for scans due to an unspecified injury.
For Australia, Beau Webster (57) scored a half-century on debut, but once he was dismissed, India swiftly dismantled the tail.
Earlier, resuming at 9/1, Australia lost Marnus Labuschagne (2) early.
Siraj then struck twice in four balls, removing Sam Konstas (23) and Travis Head (4), leaving the hosts at 4 for 39. Steve Smith (33) and Webster (28) added a quick 57 for the fifth wicket, but Prasidh sent Smith back just before lunch.
Siraj back in the attack and Lyon starts the over with two dots.
A dot later, Lyon whips the ball to mid-on and takes a single.
Boland then gets the edge and it falls wide of slips and runs to the third man boundary.
Siraj has crashed through Boland's defences and he is out for 9. Australia all out for 181. India take 4-run lead.
Krishna continues and he nearly gets through Lyon's stumps.
Bumper next and Lyon attempts a pull but doesn't connect.
Lyon then whips the next full ball to the leg side for a single.
Boland does well to play the ball down to slips.
He then takes a single to the leg side.
Lyon then whips the ball to square leg for a single as 3 come off it.
Reddy continues and only 3 runs come in the over as Lyon clears mid-on for three before Boland sees off the over safely.
09:17 Trail by 15 runs
Aus 170-9 (48 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Boland is the new man in. Ball drifts into the pads and Boland whips it to fine leg for a four!
Boland then plays and misses. Two dots to end the over as 4 runs and a wicket come off it.
Krishna back in the attack and Webster starts the over with a dot.
Webster is caught in the slips next ball as Jaiswal takes a good catch and he is out for 57.
Lyon is the new man in and the first ball he faces is full and on his pads and he whips it to backward square leg for a single.
Webster then takes a single to cover.
Lyon then safely plays out three balls as a wicket and 2 runs come in the over.
Reddy continues and he takes a wicket first ball. A back of length delivery Starc rises with the bounce and shapes up to fend it down on the off side only to edge it and Rahul takes good low catch as the ball keeps dying down. He is out for 1.
Starc is the new man in and Siraj continues as 2 runs come in the over.
Reddy continues and after a dot, Webster takes a couple. A dot later, he takes a single.
Cummins then creams the ball through covers for a four.
Cummins is out next ball as he pokes at one that is away from the body and he is caught in the slips by Kohli. He is out for 10. A wicket and 7 runs come in the over.
Siraj is back in the attack and he bowls a maiden.
Reddy back in the attack after drinks and Webster starts the over with 3 runs to cover point to bring up his maiden Test fifty.
A dot later, Cummins gets a single.
Three dots to end the over as 4 come off it.
08:48 Bumrah has gone to hospital for scans
Aus 151-6 (42 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
In not so good news for India, captain Jasprit Bumrah has left the ground and has headed to a hospital for scans. It could be a major turning point in this game for India's fortunes.
Time for drinks and India have done well to take out Carey in the first hour post lunch to regain the momentum slightly.
Krishna continues and Cummins guides the ball past point for a single.
Krishna then gets one to bounce sharply, the ball jumps over the batter and the keeper and they steal a bye.
Cummins then takes a single. A dot later, Webster takes a single to mid-off.
Krishna then appeals for a leg before as Cummins is hit on the pads as the ball nips back in. The umpire is unmoved. Kohli doesn't take the DRS. 4 come off the over.
Jadeja continues and Cummins starts the over with a single.
Webster then creams the ball to perfection for a boundary through covers.
Webster and Cummins take a single each before Webster plays two dots as 7 come off it.
08:37 Bumrah continues to stay off the field
Aus 140-6 (40 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
It's been 45 minutes since Bumrah has been off the field with Kohli taking charge.
Krishna continues and Webster leaves it alone.
The batter then plays the bounce well to play it to covers for a dot.
Webster then plays the ball to mid-off for a quick single.
Cummins then blocks the next ball before getting the next one to the keeper.
He then gets off the mark with a single to third man as 2 come off it.
Jadeja back in the attack and Webster drives the ball uppishly and it goes in the direction of backward point.
Three dots later, Webster takes a single to left of cover.
Jadeja comes around the wicket to Cummins who plays it down for a dot. Just a single comes in the over.
Cummins is the new man in and plays a dot as 4 runs and a wicket come off it.
Krishna continues and he comes around the wicket to Carey who starts with a dot.
Krishna then bowls a bouncer down the leg side and it flies past Pant for a four byes!
A dot later, Carey is beaten on the backfoot as Krishna bowls perfect line.
Krishna bowls a length ball and bears Carey's defence and he is bowled all ends up for 21. Australia lose their 6th wicket.
Krishna breaks the partnership.
Siraj continues and he starts with a wide half volley that Carey smacks through covers for a four!
Siraj now comes around the wicket and after two dots. Carey takes a single.
Webster then plays the ball to extra cover for a couple.
He ends the over with a nice easy couple for another couple to sweeper cover as 9 come off it.
Krishna continues and he comes around the wicket to Carey who starts with a dot.
Carey then plays the next ball to the leg side for a single.
A dot later, Webster and Carey take a single each before Webster plays a dot to end the over as 3 come off it.
Siraj continues and Carey lets the first ball go to the keeper.
Carey is then beaten before Carey takes a single to right of deep backward point.
Siraj then bowls a no ball before he gets one to nip back and the extra bounce beats Webster's inside edge.
Two dots to end the over as just two come off it.
Krishna continues as Webster starts the over with a couple to cover.
Webster then plays five dots as he is beaten and just the 2 come off the over.
08:03 Carey-Webster keep runs ticking after lunch
Aus 117-5 (33 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Siraj back in the attack and he starts with a full ball shaping in, Webster lets it go.
Webster blocks the next ball before he takes a single to sweeper cover.
Siraj gets the next one get across Carey who is beaten on the outside edge.
Carey then creams the next ball through covers for a four.
A dot to end the over as 5 come off it.
Bumrah is seen walking out of the field. Wonder what's up.
Krishna continues and Webster is beaten by the short one outside the off stump.
A dot later, Webster clips the ball to the leg side for a single.
Krishna comes around the wicket to Carey, the ball is angled into the batter and the ball takes his guard on the way to the keeper.
Two dots to end the over as a single comes off it.
Bumrah back in the attack and he comes around the wicket to Carey who is beaten first ball!
A dot later, Carey the ball through cover for a couple.
A dot later, Bumrah bowls it short and wide and Carey cuts it hard through backward point for a four!
A dot to end the over as 6 come off it.
Krishna to continue after lunch as Webster and Carey come out to bat.
After five dots, Krishna overpitches and times it to perfection down the ground to end the over with a four.
07:19 Smith out just before lunch
Aus 101-5 (29 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Australia are 101 for 5 at lunch on Day 2 of the 5th Test at the SCG on Saturday.
Australia trail by 84 runs.
India dominated the morning session with four wickets while Australia have scored 92 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah led India's fight in the morning with the early wicket of Marnus Labuschagne.
Siraj then got two wickets in an over, taking out Sam Konstas and Travis Head in the same over.
Steve Smith and debutant Beau Webster then counter-punched with a 50-run stand as they seemed to wrest back momentum after the first hour of play.
Krishna then bought back into the attack just before lunch got the big wicket of Smith for 33.
Australia will need Carey and Webster to fight on post lunch.
Siraj is back in the attack and after a dot, Webster takes a single to deep backward square leg.
A dot later, full and wide and Carey slaps the ball through covers for a four!
Two dots to end the over as 5 come off it. Lunch called and India have dominated the morning session.
Alex Carey is the new man in. Krishna comes around the wicket and he bowls it in that corridor and Carey lets it go to the keeper.
Carey then block. He then sways away from a bouncer.
Carey then slaps one to the fielder at point.
Krishna then gets Carey all worried as the ball is angled in but bounces on him. He does well fend it down to square leg for another dot.
Krishna back in the attack and he gets a full ball to move away, Smith gets the outside edge and is caught in the slips. Smith is out for 33, Krishna gets his first wicket and Australia lose their 5th.
Jadeja is in the attack now and after a dot, Webster paddle sweeps the ball for a couple to the leg side.
He then clips the next ball to square leg for another couple.
Three dots to end the over as 4 come off it.
06:52 Australia wrest back control
Aus 92-4 (26 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Reddy continues and he starts with a short ball, Webster stays back and guides it to third man for a four.
Webster then takes a single to the leg side.
A dot later, Smith pushes the ball down the ground for a four!
Smith brings up the 50-run partnership with Webster as he cuts the short ball past backward point for another four!
A dot to end the over as 8 come off it.
Siraj continues and Smith lets the first one go.
Smith then defends the next ball.
He then plays two more blocks and then plays the next one to cover. He defends the last ball firmly and that is a maiden.
Reddy continues and he has Smith hit on the pads and Kohli and Reddy appeal for the LBW but Bumrah is not interested in the review.
Smith then takes a single to the leg side.
A dot later, Webster defends the full ball.
Webster then gets the leading edge but falls short of the bowler.
Webster blocks the next two as just the single comes off it.
Siraj continues and he bowls one that bounces, Smith plays on the backfoot and slashes it over backward point for a four!
Smith then takes a single to the leg side. Leg bye called.
Webster blocks the next ball before he lets the next one go through to the keeper.
Two more dots to end the over as 5 come off it.
Nitish Kumar Reddy is in the attack now and he starts with a yorker that Webster keeps out.
Webster then takes a single to the leg side.
Smith then blocks the next one. Another dot later, Smith plays the next one to the leg side for another dot.
Width on offer next and Smith plays it to deep point for a single as two come off the over.
Krishna continues and after a dot, Webster drives the ball through cover point for a couple.
He then takes a single to deep backward point.
Smith then knocks it to the off side and scampers for a single.
Webster then clips the ball to the leg side for a single. A dot to end the over as 5 come off it.
06:27 Smith-Webster keep it at it
Aus 66-4 (20 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Smith and Webster working hard to wrest back control after India dominate early part of Day 2.
Bumrah continues and he starts with a dot.
Smith then blocks the next ball.
Bumrah bowls it full next and Smith defends again.
Smith plays the ball to the off side.
He then defends again before letting the last one go to the keeper and that is a maiden.
Krishna continues and after two dots, he bowls a full one on the pads and Webster flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple.
Webster then leaves the next one before Webster gets a bat-pad off a full ball,
He happily leaves the last ball of the over as 2 come off it.
Bumrah continues and Smith pads away the ball to short leg.
Smith leaves the next one before one jags back in and just over Smith's off stump! Wow!
Full ball next and Smith plays the ball in front but the ball goes off the thickish inside edge, and rolls to deep backward square leg for a single.
Webster leaves the next ball before playing the next ball to the off side for a single.
2 come off the over.
Krishna continues and after 5 dots, Webster goes on the backfoot and pulls the short ball over deep mid-wicket for a four. Just the four comes off the over.
06:08 Smith launches counter punch
Aus 58-4 (16 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Time for drinks now and the first hour of play on Day 2 clearly belonged to India.
The visitors have sent three Australian batters packing this morning. Bumrah got an early breakthrough as he had Labuschagne caught behind after winning the review.
Siraj then sent back Konstas and Head in the same over to put India on top.
Smith and Webster are now launching a fightback and the home side will need them to stay long to make a contest of this.
Bumrah back in the attack and he bowls a poor ball, down the leg side and Webster flicks it to fine leg for a four.
Webster then leaves the next one that is bowled full and one the off stump before he is beaten by one that shapes away.
A dot later, Webster lets the next one go as it swings back sharply.
Webster then takes a quick single to the off side as 5 come off it.
Krishna continues and Smith shoulders the first ball of the over.
A dot later, Smith is beaten on the outside edge. He is then bothered by something above the sightscreen.
Smith then pulls the next ball over deep mid-wicket for a six!
Smith then just creams the next ball through covers for a four as 10 come off it.
Siraj continues and after a dot, Webster gets a edge to the left of gully.
Webster then logs his first Test runs with a single through backward point.
Smith is then beaten by the perfect outswinger.
Full ball next and Smith pushes it down the ground for 3.
A dot to end the over as Siraj dives to stop the ball and 4 runs come off the over.
Prasidh Krishna in the attack now and he gets one to rear one sharply and Smith is hit on the gloves as he defends.
Smith then plays the next ball to the leg side for another dot.
Smith is jumping all around and defends.
Smith lets the next one go to the keeper.
Two more dots and that is a maiden.
05:52 Australia 4 down in no time
Aus 39-4 (12 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Webster is the new man in and he is welcomed with a tight ball, he is later on the flick and is hit on the pad. Two wickets and 4 runs come in the over.
Head is the new man in and after a dot, he gets off the mark with a drive down mid-on for a four!
Siraj then angles the next one across Head, who is squared up as he gets the outside edge and is caught at slips. He is out for 4 and Australia are in early trouble here.
Siraj continues and he starts with a peach as he gets one to shape away as Konstas is beaten first ball as he chases it.
Siraj strikes next ball as Konstas gets the outside edge and Jaiswal completes a sharp catch at slips and Konstas is out for 23.
Full ball, just in the off side channel, Konstas has a go at it and is done it as he is caught at slips. Australia lose 3rd wicket.
Bumrah continues and Konstas follows the ball and ramps it to third man for a four.
A dot later, Konstas blindly swings his bat, the ball hits his shoulder and goes to slip.
Konstas comes down the track and smacks in over the infield for a single.
Smith then blocks the next one.
4 byes to end the over as 9 come off it.
Siraj continues and after four dots, Konstas tucks the ball to backward square leg for a single. A dot to end the over as just the single comes off it.
Bumrah continues and Konstas comes down the track and smacks the ball past the bowler for a four!
A dot later, Konstas takes a single to fine leg.
Smith then plays out three dots to end the over as 5 come off it.
05:30 Labuschagne out for 2
Aus 20-2 (8 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Siraj continues and Smith lets the ball go.
Overpitched and Smith comes forward and pushes the ball past mid-off for 3.
Konstas then plays the ball to backward square leg and Smith runs half the length of the pitch but is sent back. Luckily the ball didn't hit the stumps.
Konstas is then beaten as the ball shapes away.
Konstas comes out of the crease and cuts it to third man for a single.
A dot to end the over as 4 come off it.
Smith is the new man in and he is being tested early with two peaches as he leaves one and then gets beaten as the ball nips back.
Smith gets off the mark with a quick single to the leg side.
Konstas blocks the final ball of the over as a wicket and 1 run comes off it.
Bumrah continues and he starts with a back of length ball and Labuschagne plays a dot.
Next ball, there is a big shout for caught behind as the ball nicks Labuschagne's outside edge ever so slightly. The umpire and the batter are unmoved. India take the review and they have the wicket as snicko shows there was a faint nick and Labuschagne has to walk back for 2. Australia now 2 down.
Siraj continues as Konstas is beaten as the ball shapes away and the batter faces some chirping from the Indian fielders.
A dot later, he lets the next one go.
Siraj then bowls it wide off the batter.
Konstas then gets a thick edge and the ball goes past gully and he gets a couple. A dot to end the over as 2 come off it.
Bumrah opens at the other end as Labuschagne blocks the first ball.
He then gets off the mark with a couple as he gets to the pitch off the ball and punches it through covers.
Labuschagne then gets squared up as the ball angles in.
He then lets the next one go to the keeper as he shoulders the back of length delivery. And again!
The next one angles in and it's full and Labuschagne plays it down for a dot. Just the 2 come off it.
Sam Konstas and Marnus Labuschagne come out to bat as Mohammed Siraj opens the attack on Day 2.
And Konstas starts off proceedings with two runs to deep backward square leg.
The next one shapes away and Konstas just lets it go.
After defending the next one, Konstas shoulders it as the ball shapes away again.
The next one is bowled on middle and leg and Konstas plays it down to mid-wicket for a dot. Two runs come off the opening over.
04:59 Australia batters will need to fire
Aus 9-1 (3 ovs) vs Ind 185 | Scorecard
Good morning and welcome to updates from Day 2 of the 5th and final Test at the SCG on Saturday.
There are clear blue skies in Sydney this morning.
India's bowlers will look to put India back in the contest after having the home team in early trouble with the wicket of Usman Khawaja at the stroke of stumps on Day 1.
This, after Day 1 witnessed a good serving of drama.
India went in without skipper Rohit Sharma but their batting woes continued as they were dismissed for 185 on the opening day.
Pacer Scott Boland led the way with four for 31 as Australia's bowlers revelled in seam-friendly conditions to restrict India's scoring and knock over wickets with a regularity that delighted a sell-out crowd of 48,000.
Only the suspicion of what Jasprit Bumrah, the outstanding bowler of the series and Rohit's replacement as captain, might do on the surface constrained the joy of home fans packed into the famous old ground.
They got a hint from the last ball of the three overs India managed to bowl at Australia before the close of play when Bumrah dismissed Usman Khawaja for 2.
Teenager Sam Konstas, unbeaten on seven, made it safely to stumps with Australia 9 for 1.
Australia lead the series 2-1 and will reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and a place in the World Test Championship final against South Africa with a victory in the finale.
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