IND vs AUS Live Score, 1st Test Day 2: Rahul vs Jaiswal lead India by 218 runs at Stumps

IND – AUS Live Score, 1st Test Day 2: After a lethal bowling spree, Indian batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave India a commanding lead of 218 runs at Stumps in the second innings in Perth and built a partnership of 172 runs. The duo will start India’s innings on day 3.

Both openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal And KL Rahul, He dominated India’s second innings game, building an unbeaten partnership of over 170 runs and extending the lead to over 200. While Rahul maintained his steady pace from the first innings, Jaiswal looks keen for a big improvement as the day draws to a close. While Jaiswal played on 90, Rahul remained steady with 62 runs.

Earlier in the day, Jasprit Bumrah got the 11th five-over of his international career in the 2nd over by dismissing Alex Carey off the first ball of the day. Harshit Rana played the role of facilitator by taking 3 wickets in the match and helped put the Australian batsmen under pressure.

While India managed to put Australia under pressure by taking 9 wickets for 79 runs, the last wicket pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood gave the Indian captain a serious headache. Eventually Rana broke the partnership by dismissing Starc, who settled well to end the Aussie innings with 104.

India had managed to take a healthy lead of 46 runs and the Indian batsmen were now hoping not to repeat the mistakes they made in the first innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Paddikal are both in the same team and they primarily want to get away from the target as soon as possible.