India had been left reeling on the second day of the World Test Championship last at The Oval in London, with Australian pacers dominating the present. The Indian top-order didn’t stay as much as its repute because the likes of Rohit Sharma (15), Shubman Gill (13), Cheteshwar Pujara (14) and Virat Kohli (14) didn’t strike massive. Virat Kohli’s innings promised to be a gritty one with wickets falling on the different finish. But within the nineteenth over of the Indian 1st innings, Mitchell Starc produced a slanted supply that moved from a size and as Kohli tried to defend he edged on to the second slip, the place Steve Smith took an overhead catch. That left India four-down and Kohli was dejected.

Watch: Kohli’s Face After Getting Out Says It All As Australia Dominate

At Tea, India discovered themselves in a tough scenario with the early lack of their openers after Australia posted a commendable 469 of their first innings of the World Test Championship last, at The Oval on Thursday. Australia added 142 runs to their in a single day complete with the lack of seven wickets earlier than being bowled out one hour into the afternoon session. Mohammed Siraj cleaned up the tail and was the decide of India’s bowlers with 4 wickets.

India batted for 10 overs earlier than the tea break and had been dealt a twin blow as skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill fell to Pat Cummins and Scott Boland respectively. They had been at 37 for 2 at tea with Virat Kohli (4 batting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (3 batting) within the center, trailing Australia by 432 runs. Both Rohit (15 off 26) and Gill (13 off 15) regarded in good contact earlier than flattering to deceive. Rohit missed a ball from Cummins that was angled in earlier than Gill inexplicably determined to go away a supply from Boland on size solely to see his stumps being uprooted within the following over.

The situations are good for batting however India have an enormous problem at hand. After the lunch break, Alex Carey pushed Australia previous 450 with a 48 off 69 balls.

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