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Updated February 18th, 2023 at 17:40 IST

India vs Australia, 2nd Test Day 2 Highlights: Australia lead by 62 runs at Stumps

Australia got bowled out on 263 runs in the first innings of the India vs Australia 2nd Test match in Delhi, as Day 1 ended with India scoring 21/0 in 9 overs. Team India will now look to continue closing in on the lead and reaching a strong position in the match. Stay tuned to the blog on republicworld.com for all live updates.

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5: 40 IST, February 18th 2023

3rd Innings

Australia 61/1 in 12 overs

AUS batting

Travis Head - 39 runs in 40 balls

Marnus Labuschagne - 16 runs in 19 balls

IND bowling

Ravindra Jadeja - 1/23 in 3 overs

Ravichandran Ashwin - 0/26 in 6 overs 


2nd Innings

India 262 in 83.3 overs

IND batting

Axar Patel - 74 runs in 115 balls

Virat Kohli - 44 runs in 84 balls

AUS bowling

Nathan Lyon - 5/67 in 29 overs

Todd Murphy - 2/53 in 18 overs


1st Innings

Australia 263/10 in 78.4 overs

AUS batting

Usman Khawaja - 81 runs in 125 balls

Peter Handscomb - 72 runs in 142 balls

IND bowling

Mohammed Shami - 4/60 in 14.4 overs

R Ashwin - 3/57 in 2 overs

5: 25 IST, February 18th 2023

2nd Innings

India 21/0 in 9 overs

IND batting

Axar Patel - 74 runs in 115 balls

Virat Kohli - 44 runs in 84 balls

AUS bowling

Nathan Lyon - 5/67 in 29 overs

Todd Murphy - 2/53 in 18 overs


1st Innings

Australia 263/10 in 78.4 overs

AUS batting

Usman Khawaja - 81 runs in 125 balls

Peter Handscomb - 72 runs in 142 balls

IND bowling

Mohammed Shami - 4/60 in 14.4 overs

R Ashwin - 3/57 in 2 overs

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5: 03 IST, February 18th 2023

 Australia lead by 62 runs at Stumps Day 2  

4: 49 IST, February 18th 2023

Labuschagne takes on Ravindra Jadeja and hits him for two fours in the over. 

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4: 40 IST, February 18th 2023

Usman Khawaja goes as Jadeja strikes, Australia are 23/1 

4: 30 IST, February 18th 2023

Travis Head hits first boundary of Australia innings off Mohammed Shami

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4: 22 IST, February 18th 2023

Khawaja and Head come out to open for Australia, R Ashwin opens for India

4: 11 IST, February 18th 2023

Debutant Kuhnemann bowled out Mohammed Shami on two runs, reducing India to 262/10 in the second innings. 

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4: 02 IST, February 18th 2023

Axar Patel was dismissed on an individual score of 74 runs in 115 balls after Cummins completed a splendid catch.

3: 53 IST, February 18th 2023

R Ashwin's dismissal by Pat Cummins in the 81st over reduced India to 253/8.

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3: 43 IST, February 18th 2023

Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin completed their 100-run stand for the 8th wicket. India's score stood at 252/7 after 80 overs.

3: 22 IST, February 18th 2023

Axar Patel registered his second half-century of the series in 94 balls in the 75th over of India's first batting innings. India was at 230/7 in 75 overs.

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3: 17 IST, February 18th 2023

Axar Patel completed the 73rd over in the 2nd over with a glorious four to Travis Head, reaching the individual mark of 43 runs. Ashwin hit a four in the next over and took India's total to 222/7 in 74 overs.

3: 11 IST, February 18th 2023

Team India found themselves at 210/7 in 72 overs with Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin batting on 36 runs and 26 runs respectively.

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2: 55 IST, February 18th 2023

India reached the 200-run mark in the 68th over, after earning four runs in byes in the last ball.

2: 37 IST, February 18th 2023

India were 179/7 in 62 overs in the 2nd innings, when tea was called on Day 2. India trail behind Australia by 84 runs.

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2: 37 IST, February 18th 2023

India's total reached 186/7 in 63 overs in the post-tea session.

2: 11 IST, February 18th 2023

Axar Patel not letting Kunhemann to settle, India are 179/7 in 61.5 overs

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1: 43 IST, February 18th 2023

After Kohli's departure, R Ashwin and Axar Patel look to steady Team India

 

1: 34 IST, February 18th 2023

R Ashwin looking to lift the pressure off Team India

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1: 24 IST, February 18th 2023

KS Bharat walks back as Lyon picks 5 wickets

1: 20 IST, February 18th 2023

Kunhemann strikes as Virat Kohli departs for 44

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12: 56 IST, February 18th 2023

Virat Kohli is now freeing his arms and has attacked Todd Murphy

12: 48 IST, February 18th 2023

After 4 early blows in the morning session, Jadeja and Kohli have started to build a partnership

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12: 39 IST, February 18th 2023

The Aussies are trying their best to dismiss Jadeja, but he is tackling them well

12: 33 IST, February 18th 2023

Jadeja hit another four off Nathan Lyon's over to take India's total to 104/4 in 40 overs.

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12: 22 IST, February 18th 2023

Ravindra Jadeja hit Todd Murphy for a glorious four in the final ball of the 37th over, taking India's total to 95/4.

12: 13 IST, February 18th 2023

Nathan Lyon set to kick off post-lunch session.

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11: 48 IST, February 18th 2023

2nd Innings

India 21/0 in 9 overs

IND batting

Ravindra Jadeja -15* runs in 36 balls

Virat Kohli - 14* runs in 42 balls


AUS bowling

Nathan Lyon - 4/25 in 2 overs

Matthew Kuhnemann - 0/6 in 11 overs

1st Innings

Australia 263/10 in 78.4 overs

AUS batting

Usman Khawaja - 81 runs in 125 balls

Peter Handscomb - 72 runs in 142 balls


IND bowling

Mohammed Shami - 4/60 in 14.4 overs

R Ashwin - 3/57 in 2 overs

11: 37 IST, February 18th 2023

Team India finish at 88/4 at Lunch, Day 2

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11: 22 IST, February 18th 2023

After an early fall of 4 wickets, Jadeja and Kohli would look to balance Team India innings

11: 07 IST, February 18th 2023

Peter Handscomb took a stunning catch at short leg, off Nathan Lyon's bowling to dismiss Shreyas Iyer. India were reduced to 66/4 in 25.2 overs with Iyer's wicket.

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10: 45 IST, February 18th 2023

Virat Kohli gets 4 off Kuhnemann.

10: 40 IST, February 18th 2023

At 3 down, Shreyas Iyer has come to the crease. India 55/3 

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10: 33 IST, February 18th 2023

Kuhnemann bowls a maiden to Rohit Sharma. India 21/0

10: 33 IST, February 18th 2023

Pujara walked back to the pavilion without opening his account in his 100th Test appearance for India. The score stood at 54/3 in 19.4 overs.

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10: 28 IST, February 18th 2023

Nathan Lyon dismantled Rohit Sharma's stumps in the second ball of the 20th over.

10: 14 IST, February 18th 2023

KL Rahul was given lbw out in the first ball of the 17th over. He scored 17 runs off 41 balls during his stay.

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10: 05 IST, February 18th 2023

KL Rahul survived a big lbw appeal in the 15th over. India were 45/0 after 16 overs in the second innings.

9: 58 IST, February 18th 2023

KL Rahul steps down and gets 6. Ind 41/0

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9: 47 IST, February 18th 2023

Both the openers are ticking the scorecard with singles and twos.

9: 40 IST, February 18th 2023

Both openers registered a single each in Pat Cummins first over of the day. 

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9: 25 IST, February 18th 2023

Ahead of the start of the second Day, Australia sufffer a major setback as David Warner has been ruled out of the Test due to a concussion. Matt Renshaw has been called up to replace Warner.

9: 23 IST, February 18th 2023

Live action from Day 2 of the IND vs AUS 2nd Test will get underway in less than 10 minutes.

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9: 06 IST, February 18th 2023

Courtesy of the three-wicket haul on Day 1, R Ashwin  became only the second Indian to take 100 wickets against Australia.

8: 48 IST, February 18th 2023

By notching up three wickets on Day 1, Jadeja completed the milestone of taking over 250 Test wickets, alongside scoring more than 2500 runs in Test cricket.

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8: 30 IST, February 18th 2023

Australia XI: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann

India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

8: 30 IST, February 18th 2023

Usman Khawaja's 81 and Peter Handscomb's unbeaten 72 took Australia to 263/10 in the first innings of the match, as Mohammed Shami led the Indian bowling attack with a four-wicket haul. While Aussie captain Pat Cummins also contributed with 33 runs, R Ashwin and R Jadeja grabbed three wickets each. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had then added 21 runs to India's total before the stumps were called. Australia heads into Day 2 of the match with a lead of 242 runs.

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Published February 18th, 2023 at 08:30 IST