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2nd Test updates: Starc ends Vihari’s resistance

08:17  India now 6 down: 

Ind 120-6 (48 ovs) and 283 (105.5 ovs) vs Aus 243 (93.2 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) Scorecard

Umesh is the new man in.

Lyon continues, comes around the wicket, bowls it wide outside off and Pant swings his arms, lucky for him the ball fall short off the fielder. Pant gets a couple.

After a dot, Pant gets a single.

Umesh sees off the over safely. 

Starc continues and he bowls an outswinger first up to Vihari.

Starc then gets some bounce and Vihari plays it down to the leg side and he takes a single. 

Pant then gets an inside edge and takes a single. 

After 2 dots, Starc gets a wicket! Extra pace and bounce, the inside edge goes on to his thigh pad and it balloons in the air. Vihari is caught at square leg and he goes for 28. 

Lyon continues and Vihari looks at ease against the offie.

He tries to come down the pitch. Vihari sweep and gets a single off the last ball of the over.

Starc continues and Pant starts with pushing it to the off side.

He then just defends. 

Starc then bowls a wide one and Pant lets it go.

A peach to end the over as Starc bowls a maiden.

Lyon continues and he bowls a beautiful over. Pant got an inside edge and nearly played on — just one comes off the over.

Starc starts from the other end and gives two in the over.


07:54  Vihari-Pant have huge task ahead: 

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Ind 113-5  (42 ovs) and 283 (105.5 ovs) vs Aus 243 (93.2 ovs) and 326 (108.3 ovs) Scorecard

Lyon starts the proceedings and after a dot, Vihari starts with a single to long on.

Pant then sees off the over safely as just one comes off the over.

Even as Australia scent victory in the 2nd Test at Perth, India, with Hanumaa Vihari and Rishabh Pant, will hope to give the hosts a fight on Day 5. 

Nathan Lyon will again be key for the Aussies, with the offie already having two wickets in his kitty from Monday night.


Source: Rediff