‘Darr ka mahool’ – Nathan Lyon, Axar Patel shine on Day 2 of Delhi Test as Australia take charge

An action-packed day 2 of the second Test between India and Australia in Delhi ends with the Australia taking a lead of 62 runs at the end of the day. The visitors bowled out India for 262 runs with a lead of just one run in the first innings and are currently at 61 for 1 after the stumps.
Starting the day with 21 runs without loss, India went on to lose wickets at regular intervals as Australia’s Nathan Lyon shattered the Indian batting line-up in the first session. The right-arm spinner took a five-wicket haul and also completed 100 wickets against India in Tests.

The hosts were reduced to 66 for 4 before Virat Kohli and Ravindra took the charge and added 59 runs for the fifth wicket. Jadeja got out after scoring 26 runs off 74 balls. Todd Murphy bowled LBW. A couple of overs later, Kohli got also got dismissed by the debutant Matthew Kuhnemann. The 34-year-old scored 44 runs off 84 ball hitting four boundaries.

Axar and Ashwin added 114 runs for the eighth wicket

India kept losing wickets and the score was reduced to 139 for 7. After that, Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin did a tremendous job adding 114 runs for the eighth wicket. Ashwin got out 37 runs off 71 balls hitting five boundaries. Meanwhile, Axar Patel, scored his second consecutive half-centuries in the Test series scoring 74 runs off 115 balls with nine fours and three sixes.

India got bowled with just one run behind Australia’s first-inning total. Lyon was the anchor of the Australian bowling taking 5 wickets by conceding 67 runs. Murphy and Kuhnemann shared 2-2 wickets each, while the skipper Pat Cummins scalped 1 wicket.

Coming to bat in the third innings, Australia got an early shock as Jadeja dismissed Usman Khawaja who was the top scorer of the first innings, for 6 runs. Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne are currently on the crease. Head is unbeaten scoring 39 off 40 balls with five fours and a six. Meanwhile, Labuschagne is batting on 16 runs from 19 balls hitting three boundaries.

Let’s have look at the reactions of the netizens after Day 2 

Australia finished the day with 62 runs lead.
Attacking display till now by Aussies has shocked everyone, tomorrow's play will decide the result of the game.

We have to bundle them up under 250 anyhow or it will be really difficult for us to chase down the target.#INDvsAUS

— Sagar (@fcbsagarrrr) February 18, 2023

#BorderGavaskarTrophy2023 #INDvsAUS #notout #Kohli
Hope Indian players won't play again like Aus did in 1st test.
Terrible approach against spinners, don't make such tracks if you can't bat on them properly. KL Rahul should be thrown out immediately and play Kishan in next test

— Manoj Girdhar (@manojgirdhar85) February 18, 2023

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Miss the fearless Rishabh Pant, who always gave Australian spinner Nathan Lyon a tough time @RishabhPant17 #INDvsAUS #BorderGavaskarTrophy2023 pic.twitter.com/EfsYUXLm57

— Manibharathi (@jarvis_vfx) February 18, 2023