• Axar Patel scored a blistering half-century on Day 2 of the Delhi Test.

  • Nathan Lyon grabbed five wickets for Australia.

Twitter reactions: Axar Patel help India fight back against Australia on Day 2
Axar Patel during the second Test against Australia (Image Source: Twitter)

Resuming their innings on 21 runs, India failed to carry the momentum on Day 2 of the second Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi and finished one run behind Australia as they were bowled out for 262. Axar Patel was the only batter for the hosts to hit a half-century. He scored resilient 74 runs to help India fight back after a shaky start.

Axar smashed nine fours and three sixes in his innings and was well supported by Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored a decent 37 runs off 71 deliveries. Meanwhile, Nathan Lyon took a fifer for Australia and helped his team dominate the hosts on Day 2 of the game. Lyon single-handedly cleaned up India’s top order and bagged the wickets of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara. The 36-year-old later also went to get rid of Shreyas Iyer and Srikar Bharat.

Apart from Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy picked two scalps each for Australia.

Returning to bat after bundling out India, the visitors opted for a bazball approach and scored quick-fire 61 runs for the loss of one wicket in 12 overs. At stumps, Travis Head was unbeaten on 39, while Marnus Labuschagne scored 16 not out. However, the highest run-getter for Australia in their first innings, Usman Khawaja, was dismissed cheaply by Ravindra Jadeja as Iyer pulled off a stunner to send the Aussie opener back to pavilion.

Australia now lead India by 62 runs and will look to build on to the good start when they come back on Day 3 to resume their second innings.

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