India vs Australia, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia Test tour of India, 2017 Venue: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Date & Time: Mar 04-Mar 08, 09:30 AM LOCAL
Umesh 2-30(9 ov)
32.6
U Yadav to O'Keefe, no run, drags the length back. Looks to get the short leg into play. But the line goes outside off for a change. O'Keefe uses his entire frame in getting tall and pats it down
32.5
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, back to the leg-trap. All too easy for the batsman to help it along with a wrist roll on its head
32.4
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, bangs it in. And equally well dealt with. Handscomb spots it in time and pulls out of his pull to sit under it
32.3
U Yadav to O'Keefe, leg byes, 1 run, keeps slipping it on the hips. A failed glance doesn't make much of a difference for the pad-clincher yields the run
32.2
U Yadav to O'Keefe, no run, keeps trying to force matters on the leg-side. Is helped by the line sliding in as well. Chipped away in the air, on the bounce to mid-wicket
32.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, full, swinging in. Ends up on the bootlaces, fetched and dispatched with a tickle
30.6
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, wants the flamingo. Too quick for him. Has no clue about its whereabouts. Takes the brunt flush on his ribs. And then thinks of the single too. Oh dear
30.5
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, uses the depth of the crease with a trek inside and a tall stance in a dropping defence
30.4
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, pulls his length back a touch. Nudged with the softest of hands to short leg
30.3
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, the rib-tickler. Gets his angled blade up and drops it into the on-side
30.2
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, just the hint of space outside the off-pole to free his arms. Does just that and stabs it out to point
30.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, back of a length cutting back in. A skewed defence getting his bat up, somehow
28.6
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, nipping back in. With the reverse tailing it on leg. A hurried closed batted clip to short mid-wicket
28.5
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, draws him forward with the pitched up length. Gives the ball ample time to do its bit through the air. A sturdy defence, very watchful
28.4
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, a loud denial after dropping a tummy tickler onto the turf right under his nose
28.3
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, keeps pounding the testing channel around the top of off. Gets a vertical batted defence in response
28.2
U Yadav to Starc, 1 run, stands his ground, gets tall and lets the length delivery on the money get close to him. Knocks it into the wide gaps around mid-wicket
28.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, a massive sign of relief. The Aussies are off the 87-run jinx. Dabs a wide and short delivery with soft hands in imparting the direction to third man
22.6
U Yadav to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, such lovely hands from Junior Marsh. Didn't try to hit it too hard, just relied on timing and got the desired result; short of a length, sits up outside off, punched sweetly through cover
22.5
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, angled into middle and leg, clipped square on the leg-side
22.4
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, length ball, lining that off-stump channel, Handscomb blocks
22.3
U Yadav to Handscomb, FOUR, short and wide, Handscomb pounces on it, throws his hands and manages to get good chunk of it, raced away past backward point
22.2
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, kept low on off-stump, Handscomb just about manages to get his bat down in time
22.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, swinging in on leg-stump, turned to mid-wicket
20.6
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, real corker! Pitches just outside off and shapes just enough to beat the outside edge as Handscomb flirts in hope
20.5
U Yadav to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, plays with firm hands, draws an inside edge which sneaks past the leg stick before rolling behind square
20.4
U Yadav to Mitchell Marsh, no run, good length on off, Marsh defends
20.3
U Yadav to Smith, out Lbw!! Steven Smith is dead in front. He doesn't look keen on the review. Kohli is pumped up. He is having a chat with the umpires now. I reckon Smith was looking at the dressing room to try and figure out if he needs to go for the review. That's not allowed and not within the spirit of the game. Umpire Nigel Llong is not too happy with that. "You can't do that mate," he chirps as Smith makes his walk back to the pavilion. This delivery didn't rise. Not much you can do about it. Landed on a fuller length and just scooted onto smack Smith plumb in front of all three. He is a dead duck there. Knew it rightaway, but wanted to take his chances. Would have been out had he gone for the review. Excellent bowling this from Umesh Yadav. Smith lbw b U Yadav 28(48) [4s-3]
20.2
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, excellent batting this from Peter Handscomb! Just waits for the ball to come to him and deviates it behind point with an angled bat
20.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, 2 runs, full and tailing in around leg peg, easy pickings for Handscomb as he twirls his wrists to collect a couple of runs behind square
18.6
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, yet again, there's that variable bounce on this pitch, kept really low and forced Handscomb to stay inside the crease, blocked
18.5
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, walks towards the line of the delivery to smother any reverse on that, only he should know how he's managing to put bat on ball
18.4
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, short of length down leg, Saha leaps as high as he can, good save
18.3
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, whoopsy! That has hit Handscomb around the mid-riff. Seems to be in some pain as his skipper walks forward to console him. This pacy delivery skids on and beats him on the inside edge, sped in and struck him
18.2
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, a real waste of a delivery, saw Handscomb charging at him and erred in line, drifting down leg, past batsman's glance
18.1
U Yadav to Handscomb, no run, good length, zips in towards off peg, Handscomb is a very strong back foot player, watches it all along and kills it under his eyes
16.6
U Yadav to Smith, no run, asking questions again, attacking the stumps, Smith is prepared to look ugly for his team's cause, awkwardly blocked into the off-side
16.5
U Yadav to Smith, no run, another one darting in, kept a fraction low as well, Smith has inside-edged this one onto the pad. This is serious concentration from the Australian captain
16.4
U Yadav to Smith, no run, 144ks, kept low and another day it would have struck Steven Smith plumb in front. Umesh Yadav seems to have found his mojo here. Not quite a scooter, but kept really low, somehow Smith managed to get some bat on that. Such beautiful eyes I tellya
16.3
U Yadav to Smith, no run, gets across his off-stump and shows a straight bat in defence
16.2
U Yadav to Handscomb, 1 run, fullish and homing in towards off, Handscomb defends it right under his eyes, the ball dribbles away into the point region and Australia aren't missing out on any singles here. Every run is gold-dust
16.1
U Yadav to Smith, 1 run, good length delivery coming back in with the seam, Smith tucks it into the leg-side
14.6
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, out Lbw!! Shaun Marsh has been Umesh Yadav-ed, again! 7th time in Test match cricket. Now then, should Australia have gone for the review? Doesn't look all that close in real time, will confirm once the replays are out. Jagged in from round the wicket off a good length, Shaun Marsh was caught in two minds, wasn't fully forward neither back. Ends up leaving the ball assuming the impact would be well outside off. Wasn't to be. At least not for the umpire. Oh what? Replays are in. Impact outside off, wickets missing. Australia will feel they missed one there. Shaun Marsh lbw b U Yadav 9(19) [4s-1]
14.5
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, no run, curling in with the shiny side, but it doesn't hurry Shaun Marsh, a bit of extra pace on that would have had him in trouble, safely negated
14.4
U Yadav to Smith, 1 run, gets across and uses his rubber wrists to milk one into the mid-wicket pocket
14.3
U Yadav to Smith, no run, this one fizzes off the pitch and leaps a bit higher than Smith expected, he managed to keep it down with soft hands after his usual shuffly-wafty movements
14.2
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, 1 run, drags the length back slightly, allowing Marsh to hop back and tap it into the gap into the off-side
14.1
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, no run, real jaffa from round the wicket, angled it in and then got it to straighten off the seam, beating Shaun Marsh neck and crop, tantalizingly past the outside edge
10.6
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, no run, defends it right at his feet
10.5
U Yadav to Smith, 1 run, back of a length delivery outside off, guided to deep backward point
10.4
U Yadav to Smith, 2 runs, tucked off the hips through backward square
10.3
U Yadav to Smith, FOUR, dropped! It's a tough one for Kohli at wide slip. The ball went low to his left and was traveling quickly. These ones have to stick. Smith is poking at a back of a length delivery outside off, and ultimately opens the bat-face after knowing he had erred. Kohli just about gets there, diving across with his left hand. Fails to cling on
10.2
U Yadav to Shaun Marsh, 1 run, climbs at Marsh from a short of length, raps him on the glove. He is on the back foot, looking to fend it off. Didn't anticipate the bounce. The ball doesn't pop up
10.1
U Yadav to Smith, 1 run, loosener from Yadav to start his spell. He's strayed this short and wide. Smith slaps it to deep point
LATEST NEWS
LATEST PHOTOS
Sat, Mar 29 2025
Fri, Mar 28 2025
Thu, Mar 27 2025
Wed, Mar 26 2025
Tue, Mar 25 2025
Tue, Mar 25 2025