INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
and in deep trouble Monday after day three of the second Test.At stumps in Melbourne, Australia were 133 for six with Cameron Green on 17
and Pat Cummins on 15 in their second innings as the visitors zeroed in on levelling the series after losing the first Test by eight
field.It was a setback for India, who were already missing injured regulars Mohammed Shami and Ishant Sharma
I thought the bowlers came out really strong and bowled in all the right areas
Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each.Australia needed some of their big names to stand tall in the run chase
Opener Matthew Wade did well with a fighting 40 off 137 balls before being trapped lbw by the spin of Jadeja.But Steve Smith, Marnus
Labuschagne and Joe Burns all failed.Burns lasted just 10 balls, caught by Rishabh Pant off Yadav for four to follow his first-innings
duck.Even if David Warner fails to recover from a groin strain for the next Test in Sydney, it will be hard for selectors to again justify
Ashwin.At the other end, the usually flamboyant Wade dug in but Smith again went cheaply, bowled by Bumrah for eight.After Wade departed,
Travis Head was the last recognised batsman but he became a victim of paceman Mohammed Siraj on debut, slashing a ball to Mayank
Agarwal.Captain Tim Paine fell to Jadeja for one, leaving Green and Cummins to knuckle down in a 34-run partnership and take the Test into a
Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 24,995 socially-distanced fans with an 82-run advantage after taking charge Sunday with a gutsy
response to their embarrassing 36 all out in Adelaide.But Australia quickly made inroads.Rahane, captain in place of Virat Kohli who has
returned home for the birth of his first child, rode his luck on day two, when he was dropped on 73 and 104.But after adding eight to his
overnight 104, brilliant awareness from Labuschagne saw him run out.Jadeja, back in the team after missing the first Test injured, dabbed
the crease with India in trouble at 64 for three.Jadeja brought up his 15th Test half-century before misjudging a Starc bouncer, then Lyon
and Josh Hazlewood mopped up the tail
