IND vs AUS

WICKET! Hardik c Smith b Abbott 1 (India 49-5). CARNAGE! Steve Smith with one of the all time great slip catches. Abbott hits his hard length again, Hardik ...

They went to the Caribbean and Bangladesh on the team plane during the pandemic for white-ball tours, but not this. The two sides are out in the middle. Rohit then gets off strike easily with a gentle guide down to third with the angle of the left-armer bowling across him from over the wicket. 2nd over: India 19-1 (Rohit 10, Kohli 6) Cameron Green shares the new ball, and he starts with a lovely full outswinger that shapes nicely through the air. Starc found the perfect length, a hint of wobble, and beat the outside edge and the top of off stump by inches. The first regulation over of the match. Another gift from India with Rohit slashing at a wide length delivery with flat feet, thrashing an edge through to Smith at second slip who does superbly to react to the initial blow then hold on as the ball threatened to wriggle free. That is a beauty from Starc, thundering into the crease, landing the ball on a perfect line and length, finding a hint of movement into the right hander and beating the bat. Abbott hits his hard length again, Hardik holds his bat out to dry and Smith flies to his right at second slip like a dolphin gambolling in the ocean, clutching the ball at the farthest point of his reach. 12th over: India 64-5 (Kohli 28, Jadeja 8) Kohli hasn’t seen much of the strike during this top-order collapse, but he shows his eye is still in with a delicate late glance down to third for four. The player of the match from Friday is eight from 18 and has already ridden his luck on two occasions. Full, straight, angled in from over the crease, and Kohli plays around it to be trapped plumb in front.