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Australia vs India 2nd Test Live Updates: Day 2 ends as India trails by 29 runs
Indian bowlers will be looking to perform better than what they did on the first day at the Adelaide Oval

Thanks for tuning in with us for the live telecast of Day 2 of the 2nd Test. Come back next day to catch live updates of Day 3.
The stumps have been called for Day 2, India managed to close in on Australia as they scored 128 runs. Rishabh Pant and Nitish Kumar Reddy will start batting on Day 3 as the team trails Australia by 24 runs.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has now also been dismissed as half the team has been out. Rohit Sharma got bowled out by Pat Cummins, Nitish Kumar Reddy steps on the field. India 104/5 after 21 overs, trail by 52 runs.
Shubman Gill has been another fall of wicket for Indian team as he got bowled out by Mitchell Starc, Rohit Sharma steps on the field. India 104/4 after 20 overs, trail by 53 runs.
Virat Kohli has not gone down from Indian lineup as he got caught out by Alex Carey, Rishabh Pant steps on the pitch. India 73/3 after 15 overs, trail by 84 runs
Indian team has seen another shock as Yashasvi Jaiswal got caught out by wicketkeeper Alex Carey, Virat Kohli comes to bat. India 46/2 after 9 overs, trail by 111 runs.
Indian team has seen fall of a wicket in their second inning early on as well. KL Rahul got dismissed by Pat Cumming during the 4th over. India 24/1 after 5 over, trail by 133 runs.
Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul have made their way to the crease, and it will be pacer Mitchell Starc to begin the proceedings for Australia.
Mohammed Siraj ends the innings with figures of 4/98 as he gets the wickets of both Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland. Australia have now been bundled out for 337 and have a healthy lead of 153 runs.
Jasprit Bumrah dismisses Australia skipper Pat Cummins for 12 runs as the hosts have now been restricted to 332/8 after 85 overs. The second session has concluded with the wicket as the hosts head to the dugout with a substantial lead of 152 runs.
Mohammed Siraj picks up his second wicket of the match and it comes in the form of the dangerous Travis Head who departs after playing an incredible innings of 140 runs off 141 deliveries.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj gets his first scalp of the innings, and it comes in the form of Alex Carey who departs after scoring 15 runs. Australia now stand on 282/6 after 77 overs and lead by 102 runs.
India’s nemesis strikes again as Travis Head reaches his century off just 111 deliveries in his hometown of Adelaide. In this wonderful knock, he has so far scored 10 boundaries and 3 sixes.
The veteran India spinner does the trick again for his side and dismisses Mitchell Marsh for 9 runs. Australia now stand on 208/5 after 63.4 overs and lead by 28 runs.
The second session has commenced here at the Adelaide Oval with Australia leading by 11 runs. Indian bowlers will be trying their best to not let the hosts take a big lead otherwise the match could very well go out of their reach.
It has turned out to be pretty even first session here at the Adelaide Oval on the second day. Australia scored 105 runs in the session while India picked up 3 wickets. The hosts head for lunch on 191/4, leading by 11 runs. Travis Head is batting on 53 while Mitchell Marsh is batting on 2.
Australia left-handed batter Travis Head reaches his half-century in just 64 deliveries. He has so far scored 4 boundaries and 2 sixes in his knock. Australia now stand on 191/4 and lead by 11 runs.
Young all-rounder Nitish Reddy gets the huge wicket of Labuschagne for 64 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a good catch in the slips as Australia now stand on 168/4 after 55 overs and trail by 12 runs.
This has been quite a gutsy knock from Marnus Labuschagne. The batter has played quite sensibly yesterday and today and has finally reached his half-century.
After the end of 45 overs, Australia stand on 122/3 with Labuschagne batting on 42 and Travis Head batting on 8. They still trail by 58 runs.
Bumrah gets his and India’s third wicket of the innings in the form of Steve Smith, who continues his woeful Test form and departs after scoring just 2 runs.
The Indian pacer finally breaks the developing partnership between McSweeney and Labuschagne by dismissing the former for 39 runs. The next batter set to come in is Steve Smith.
The Australia batters and the Indian team have both taken the field here at the Adelaide Oval. The first ball of the day will be faced by Marnus Labuschagne and it will be pacer Mohammed Siraj, who will begin the proceedings for India.
The all-important second day is set to begin here at the Adelaide Oval. Currently, Nathan McSweeney is batting on 38 off 97 deliveries while Marnus Labuschagne is batting on 20 off 67 deliveries. On the other hand, the Indian bowlers will be looking to improve on their performance from the first day.