Australia's pacers leave India reeling on 56-4 at lunch

December 06, 2018 07:59

India 56-4 (27 ovs) vs Aus | Scorecard

Australia's fast bowlers chipped away at the wickets in the morning session to leave India reeling on 56 for four at lunch on Day 1 of the first Test at Adelaide on Thursday.

Rohit Sharma was unbeaten on 15 from 23 balls, while Cheteshwar Pujara battled his way to 11 from 62 balls in a tough morning session for the visitors.

Josh Hazlewood picked up two wickets, while Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins claimed one wicket each.

Having elected to bat, India suffered an early jolt when opener KL Rahul was caught in the slips off Josh Hazlewood before Murali Vijay was caught behind off Mitchell Starc for 11.

Cummins then delivered India a big blow in the form of captain Virat Kohli, who was brilliantly caught by Usman Khawaja at gully for 3.

Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane played a poor shot to give his wicket away, as he was caught in the slips off Hazlewood for 13.

Earlier, India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first in the series-opening Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval.

India confirmed that specialist batsman Rohit Sharma would take the number six spot vacated by the injured fast-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya, with spin bowling all-rounder Hanuma Vihari missing out.

Australia named their 11 on Wednesday, handing a debut to opener Marcus Harris and dropping vice-captain Marsh in favour of specialist batsman Peter Handscomb.

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