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Floodlights went off at the Adelaide Oval not once but twice during the first day of the day/night pink-ball Test match.
Indian players look on as floodlights went off at the Adelaide Oval (X and AP)
The floodlights went off at the Adelaide Oval during the third session on day one of the second Test between India and Australia of the five-match series for the Boarder-Gavaskar Trophy on Friday.
The light went off not once but twice during the first day of the day/night pink-ball Test match.
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Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne were at the crease after Jasprit Bumrah sent back Usman Khawaja.
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Earlier, Mitchell Starc laid siege to India’s batting with the visitors crumbling under the onslaught to be all out for 180. After captain Rohit Sharma won the toss on an overcast day, the visitors were dismissed on the cusp of tea.
The menacing Starc, who gave Australia a dream start by removing Yashasvi Jaiswal with the first ball of the match, took 6-48. Scott Boland and Pat Cummins both grabbed two each.
Six wickets went down in the second session, including Rohit for three and the flamboyant Rishabh Pant for 21.
Pant should have gone for five, but Nathan McSweeney spilled a sharp chance in the gully after the dangerous Boland, in the side for the injured Josh Hazlewood, drew an edge.
But the 35-year-old seamer got his reward four balls later, beating Rohit’s bat to trap him lbw.
A big innings was needed from Pant, but he was unable to deliver with a vicious climbing ball from Cummins bouncing off the shoulder of his bat and into the hands of Marnus Labuschagne.
Starc was brought back for another spell and was hostile once again, taking care of Ravichandran Ashwin (22) and Harshit Rana (0) in the space of four balls.
With India in trouble, Nitish Kumar Reddy decided to take charge, clobbering two big sixes in one Boland over to reach his highest Test score of 42 before he and Jasprit Bumrah fell to Starc and Cummins respectively.
India came into the clash riding high after a 295-run victory at the first Test in Perth, but Australia have a formidable record in Adelaide, winning all seven pink-ball Tests they have played at the venue.
(With inputs from Agencies)
