India vs Australia 2nd Test, Day 2 Stats Review: Lyon's brilliance, Axar's feat and other stats
Australia gain advantage despite India's lower order heroics.
A topsy-turvy day of Test cricket ended in favour of Australia as they lead India by 62 runs with nine wickets in hand ahead of Day 3 of the second Test match in Delhi.
Speaking about how the day panned out, the Indian top order succumbed to Nathan Lyon’s spin dominance as they were left reeling at 66/4. However, the duo of Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja added valuable 59 runs for the fifth wicket with a cautious batting display.
Todd Murphy did the damage, as he broke the good-going partnership by trapping Jadeja in front of the stumps and from there India lost quick wickets as they were reduced to 139/7. Yet again the lower middle order chipped in with handy contributions from the likes of Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin.
The duo added 114 runs for the eighth wicket helping India reduce the deficit to one run. Patel registered his third Test fifty in grand fashion. For Australia, Nathan Lyon was the pick of the bowlers for his spell of 5/67.
Australia started the second innings with aggression as they took on Ashwin and Jadeja, but lost the wicket of the first innings star Usman Khawaja. Australia scored 61/1 in 12 overs at the close of Day 2.
Meanwhile let us look at the stats and numbers from Day 2 of the 2nd Test between India and Australia:
3 - Nathan Lyon became the third bowler after Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin to complete 100 wickets in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
8 - Nathan Lyon has 8 five-wicket hauls in Border-Gavaskar Trophy, only behind Anil Kumble’s tally of 10.
Most five-wicket hauls in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
10 - Anil Kumble
8 - Nathan Lyon
7 - Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev
6 - Ravichandran Ashwin
1 - Nathan Lyon now has the most five-wicket hauls vs India in Tests, surpassing Muralitharan’s tally of 7
20 - Virat Kohli was dismissed by Matthew Kuhnemann on his debut. This is the 20th instance of Virat Kohli getting dismissed by a debutant across formats.
79 - Axar Patel averages 79 in Border-Gavaskar Trophy, batting at eight or below
Highest batting averages in Border-Gavaskar Trophy while batting at eight or below:
79 -Axar Patel
54 -Parthiv Patel
49 -Damien Fleming
2 - Nathan Lyon equals Ashwin for joint second-most leading wicket-taker in Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Anil Kumble tops the list with 111 wickets.
114 - Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin registered 114 runs for the eighth wicket.
Highest eighth wicket partnerships for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
129 – Sachin Tendulkar/Harbhajan Singh.
114 – Ravichandran Ashwin/Axar Patel
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