India's Assistant Coach Ryan ten Doeschate Believes in a Comeback

India can get back into the contest in Adelaide on the second day with a few tweaks, according to Ryan ten Doeschate. The visitors trailed by 94 runs with nine wickets in hand at stumps on the first day of the Day-Night Test match.

Ten Doeschate praised young allrounder Nitish Reddy for his solid contribution with the bat in the opening Test, which gave India the confidence to move him to No.7 and accommodate R Ashwin for the Adelaide Test. "We're so chuffed with him," he remarked. "He is obviously playing his first pink-ball game. There's a little bit of work to do. He's very raw… He's done everything a young player could do in a very short space of time and we think he's got a very high ceiling."

Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc was pleased with the efforts of Nathan McSweeney and Marnus Labuschagne in the final session. Both batters had come into this Test match under a bit of pressure and managed to blunt the Indian attack to add 62 off 133 deliveries by stumps.

Starc set up Australia's near-perfect day with a fantastic display with the ball, picking up his first five-wicket haul in the format against India. He dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal off the very first delivery of the Test. "He had a good Test match last week. So, yeah, nice to get him early. And then we'll have to work on him in the second innings," Starc said.