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India National Cricket Team vs Australian Mens Cricket Team Match Scorecard

Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head's over 50-run partnership pushed India on the backfoot on Day 2 of the ongoing 2nd Test after Jasprit Bumrah's twin strikes startled the hosts early in the day-night Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.

At the time of Tea, Australia's score read 191/4 with Travis Head (53) and Mitchell Marsh (2) standing unbeaten at the crease, hosts lead by 11 runs.

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The Indian pacer Bumrah struck early in the innings and dismissed opener Nathan McSweeney with a sharp delivery short of good length which straightened just enough to take an edge. Catch taken by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant saw McSweeney trudging back to the pavilion for 39 runs.

Morning's highlight was Jasprit Bumrah's scalp of the highly-anticipated wicket of Steve Smith for just two runs.

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Labuschagne (64), whose place in the team was debated prior to this game owing to his prolonged lean run with the bat, registered his 26th half-century and then launched himself into a flurry of boundaries in what were worrying signs for India.

But promising all-rounder Nitish Reddy cut short Labuschagne's innings as the batter tried to guide him through gully only for Yashasvi Jaiswal to hold on to the catch.

Looking to fight their way back into the game after Australia's dominance on the opening day, India got an early breakthrough through who else but Jasprit Bumrah four overs into play.

Playing in only his second Test after a forgettable debut in Perth, Nathan McSweeney had no answer to one of many excellent deliveries from Bumrah, which straightened a fraction after landing on the perfect length and all the batter could do was get a little nick while trying to defend after getting stuck on the crease.

McSweeney walked back after a hard-fought 39, a far better effort following his twin failures in the series opener, but Steve Smith's poor run of form continued as the former captain got out in the most unfortunate fashion after a brief stay at the crease.

Smith looked to flick a Bumrah delivery tickling down the leg side but only ended up edging it to the keeper Rishabh Pant who completed a neat catch diving to his left.

Unlike the first day, when they were guilty of bowling outside the off-stump way too often, the Indian pacers targeted the stumps in the initial phase of second day's play and they were also rewarded for it in the form of those early wickets.

Smith's dismissal, for two off 11 balls, brought into the middle Travis Head and Bumrah welcomed him with one that straightened off the deck and whizzed past the outside edge.

Head, however, moved on quickly from the close shave and got off the mark with a cracking boundary off the Indian pace spearhead, finding the gap between mid-off and extra cover.