Last Updated: February 18, 2023, 17:44 IST
Travis Head hits a six on day 2 of the second Border Gavaskar Test at New Delhi.
India had been bowled out for 262 which meant the visitors had eked out a one-run lead over the hosts despite a brave innings from Axar Patel which had threatened to take the game away from the Aussies in the first place.
Australia batted with aggressive intent in their second innings despite losing Usman Khawaja as they had built up a crucial 62-run lead over India at Stumps on Day 2 of the second Test match in Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023.
India had been bowled out for 262 which meant the visitors had eked out a one-run lead over the hosts despite a brave innings from Axar Patel which had threatened to take the game away from the Aussies in the first place.
Axar (74 off 115) led the Indian fight-back, scoring a boundary-laden half century. The all-rounder smacked as many as nine fours and three sixes.
He was aptly complemented by Ashwin (37 off 71) as the duo looked set to give India the lead.
However, a Pat Cummins strike tilted the match in Australia’s favour as Ashwin was caught by Matthew Renshaw. An over later Axar too perished followed by Mohammed Shami (1) as India trailed by one run.
Meanwhile, Travis Head (39 off 40 balls) and Marnus Labuschagne ( 16 off 19 balls) hung on after losing the wicket of Khawaja at the score of 23. Both shared a quick-fire stand with Head giving the charge to Ashwin. Both shared a stand worth 39 runs to push India onto the back-foot.
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