Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane scored unbeaten half-centuries to leave the second Test against Australia in Perth tantalisingly poised at the end of the second day.<\/p>\n
India were 172 for 3, trailing Australia by 154 runs with Kohli on 82 and Rahane on 51.<\/p>\n
Australia resumed at 277 for six, with overnight batsmen Paine and Pat Cummins building a useful lower order partnership.<\/p>\n
The pair put on 59 before Cummins was clean bowled by a sharp delivery from Umesh Yadav to end his 66-ball knock. That sparked the Australian collapse, and were all out for 326 in their first innings.<\/p>\n
Up 1-0 in the four-Test series, India made a terrible start to their first innings. India lost both the openers Murali Vijay and KL Rahul for 8 runs on the board.<\/p>\n
At 8 for 2, India needed either a counter-attack or a stubborn resistance. They got a bit of both in the form of Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara.<\/p>\n
Pujara fell in a rather soft manner post tea when he gloved Mitchell Starc down leg-side to wicketkeeper Tim Paine after a 103-ball 24.<\/p>\n
The 74-run partnership had been broken after 33 overs, but India were still in a spot of bother at 82 for 3.<\/p>\n
The arrival of Rahane changed the momentum a little and gave the innings an impetus. He took on the bowling almost immediately, pulling and upper-cutting the pacers for boundaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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