India strike four times in the morning session

India had a good start with the ball on day two with both Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj testing the batters early. On the green-pitch with high seam movement, the sun being out made little difference to how difficult batting would prove to be. After the late strike on day one, Bumrah was at it again early on day two when he had Marnus Labuschagne nicking behind, adjudged on review.

Sam Konstas took the adventurous route out against Bumrah, reverse-lapping him for boundary or walking down to drive him down the ground. It enabled Australia to punch back but the counter could not last long. Siraj too found his rhythm outside off, moving the ball away from a good length. It eventually got the better of Konstas who edged to gully. Siraj's attacking lengths allowed Travis Head to clip one off his pads but in the same over he had him nicking to the slip cordon leaving them precariously poised at 39/4 inside the first hour.

However, on his home ground, Steve Smith managed to survive a few plays and misses while also leaving the ball well. He had some release shots on offer when Prasidh Krishna came on to bowl. India's third frontline pacer was not consistent with his lengths like Bumrah or Siraj, and that enabled Smith to both pull and drive crucial boundaries. In Beau Webster, he also found a more than adequate partner to counter India's change-up bowling options as the runs began to trickle in. The duo added 57 runs for the fifth wicket as the wicket started to ease out a little more as the sun shone.

But against the run of play, as Steve Smith was approaching the milestone of 10000 Test runs he fell for 33, edging Prasidh Krishna to second slip. It gave India a much-needed fillip as they picked up four wickets even as Australia scored 92 runs.

Brief scores: Australia 101/5 (Steve Smith 33; Jasprit Bumrah 2-27, Mohammed Siraj 2-28) trail India 185 by 84 runs.