Over-by-over report: Play continues on the second day at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Join our writers for updates from Delhi
Hello everybody and welcome to the OBO for day two of the second Test between India and Australia. We’ll be under way at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi at 9.30am local time .
Honours went to the hosts on the opening day, but for the first time this series they didn’t have things all their own way. Australia built four handy partnerships after winning the toss and electing to bat, but none of them blossomed into the kind that can define a contest. 91/1 became 108/4, 167/4 became 168/6, and 227/6 became 263 all out.
Most of the work was shouldered by Usman Khawaja and his reverse-sweeps, and Peter Handscomb staying leg-side of the spinning ball. There was also a timely return to form with the bat for Pat Cummins, providing rare justification of his status at No 8. India were typically reliable with the ball. Mohammed Shami hit an excellent length for his four wickets, in the process perhaps making Australia rue their decision to select only one frontline seamer. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared the remaining wickets, continuing their stranglehold on Australia’s middle order.
It promises to be a cat and mouse day with India in no hurry to repeat their strategy of the first Test and bat long enough once to close out the game. Australia’s trio of spinners will be put through their paces on a surface offering uneven bounce but, so far, nothing spiteful.
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