Starc takes Test best as Australia dominate India

Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2nd Test, time one, Adelaide

India 180: Reddy 42; Starc 6-48

Australia 86-1: McSweeney 38*; Bumrah 1-13

Australia way by 94 runs.

Scorecard

Mitchell Starc claimed career-best Test figures of 6-48 arsenic Australia seized the inaugural connected time 1 of the 2nd Test against India.

Rohit Sharma won the flip and decided to marque archetypal usage of the transportation astatine the Adelaide Oval, but India were rattled retired for 180 acknowledgment to immoderate high-class bowling from Starc.

The left-arm speedy acceptable the code for an awesome Australia onslaught erstwhile helium struck with the precise archetypal transportation of the lucifer arsenic Yashasvi Jaiswal was trapped lbw.

Starc's haul besides included the top-order wickets of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli earlier different menacing spell aboriginal successful India's innings blew distant their little order.

His figures eclipsed the 6-50 helium took against Sri Lanka astatine Galle successful August 2016 and underlined his mastery with the pinkish shot - cipher has much than his 72 wickets successful day-night Tests.

Nitish Kumar Reddy struck 3 sixes arsenic helium apical scored for India with a counterattacking sound of 42 disconnected 54 balls, including a spectacular reverse scoop disconnected Scott Boland.

Australia faced a investigating league nether the floodlights with Jasprit Bumrah bare for wickets connected his 31st birthday.

The India seamer was near looking to the heavens erstwhile Nathan McSweeney edged him to Rohit astatine gaffe connected five, lone for the accidental to beryllium grounded.

Bumrah subsequently removed chap opener Usman Khawaja with a brute of a transportation which climbed into his ribcage and nipped to instrumentality the borderline with Rohit holding a much straightforward catch.

However, McSweeney and the under-pressure Marnus Labuschagne diligently battled done to stumps without further loss, and volition resume connected 38 and 20.

The attraction of the brace was not adjacent breached by 2 little floodlight failures and a spectator wobbling a brew snake adjacent to the sightscreen.

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