Cricket live scores: Australia vs India Adelaide Test Day Two – Australia chase final Indian wicket before first bat of summer
Stumps report: Australia can ram home advantage after reckless Indian display
By Andrew Wu
Australia's batting newbies will have the opportunity to ram home the advantage delivered by their prized attack after India's batsmen failed to heed Virat Kohli's warning in the first Test.
After the trying tour of the Middle East, captain Tim Paine could not have asked for a better start to his reign on home soil.
Sure he could have won the toss and sat in the sheds as Australia's new top six piled on the runs but if he had been presented the day one stumps scoreline of 9/250 after Kohli called correctly at the toss he would have accepted without a moment's hesitation.
Though they tired late, Australia finished the day on a spectacular high when Pat Cummins nailed a direct hit run out from side on to remove century-maker Cheteshwar Pujara, an effort rivalling Usman Khawaja's one-handed blinder to dismiss Kohli as the play of the day.
It will take some grab to top Khawaja for the catch of the summer.
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Australia give a toss, and a shout, on day one
By Greg Baum
Australia had won the toss and would bowl, it was announced to media. It made no sense when a broiling sun was already beating down on Adelaide Oval and all except the hardiest patrons were retreating into the shady recesses.
It turned out to be fake news, but it prefaced a dyslexic sort of day of Test cricket on which nothing came out in a recognisable shape or form.
Having won the toss, India might have expected to bat all day, and half of Friday as well. Australia might have resigned themselves to it.
Instead, the Indian top order proved as substantial as a mirage.
By lunch, four had perished through extravagant drives, including the great Virat Kohli.
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Glut of white-ball cricket softens India for kill
By Malcolm Knox
Like men trying to change the tyres on a moving vehicle, Indias batsmen tried to relearn how to play Test cricket while playing a Test match. Their failure was both understandable and a resounding disappointment.
One after another, the touring top order threw away their wickets. For all the reams of paper and hours of effort in analysing how to dismiss Virat Kohli, Australia stumbled on the theory of poisonous dross. Loose half-volleys were enough to remove not only the Indian champion but also three of his top-order colleagues.
In the middle order, surprise recall Rohit Sharma slogged away his reprieve, while Rishabh Pant attempted vigorously to do the same.
Only Cheteshwar Pujara could remember enough of the first-class format to salvage some of the opportunity that had been wasted.
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Paine plays the right game on home soil
By Jon Pierik
While it was only day one of his captaincy on home shores, Tim Paine reinforced why he had been given the top honour as Australia overcame potential disaster and left India in trouble.
Test great Adam Gilchrist was among those who praised Paine for the manner in which he handled his bowlers and team on the opening day of the first Test in Adelaide.
In temperatures rising to 40 degrees, pacemen Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins were used in shorter spells while off-spinner Nathan Lyon was a major threat from the River Torrens end.
The absence of all-rounder Mitch Marsh could have hurt the home side in such demanding conditions but Paine ensured his three quicks maintained their pace and followed a plan of pushing the batsmen back then tempting them into flaying at fuller balls outside off stump.
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