5th Test: Pacers Star As India Take Four-run Lead After Bowling Out Australia For 181
Sydney Cricket Ground: Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj picked three wickets each as excellent bowling performance led India to a four-run first-innings lead after bowling out Australia for 181 on day two of the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.
What would even please India more is they took the last five wickets after captain Jasprit Bumrah, who picked 2-33 in ten overs, left the field to go to hospital for scans over an unspecified injury. Krishna, playing his first match of the series, stepped up to break two crucial partnerships to pick 3-42.
While Siraj finished with 3-51, Nitish Kumar Reddy showed his utility with the ball to pick 2-32 as all Indian pacers were amongst the wickets to take a very narrow lead. For Australia, debutant Beau Webster was the top-scorer with an impressive 57. Read More...
