Australia vs India 2014/15 - 2nd Test, Day 2: Facts and figures
India were bowled out for 408 in their first innings on day two of the second Test at Brisbane. Josh Hazlewood was the star for Australia, picking up a five-wicket haul in his very first Test match. Starting the day on 311 for 4, Ajinkya Rahane was the first to go, caught behind off the bowling of Hazlewood for 81.
Rohit Sharma, once again, failed to convert a good start and was dismissed for 32, caught brilliantly by Steve Smith to give Shane Watson his first wicket of the match. Captain MS Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin then put on a crucial 57-run partnership for the seventh wicket before Ashwin became Hazlewood’s fourth victim for 35. Dhoni fell soon after in an unfortunate manner while trying to leave a delivery, and that completed Hazlewood’s five-for.
Coming out to bat, David Warner and Chris Rogers gave the Australians a good start before the former was dismissed for 29 off the bowling of Umesh Yadav. Rogers and Shane Watson then put on 51 for the second wicket before Watson was caught for 25 by Shikhar Dhawan off the bowling of Ashwin. Rogers was the third wicket to fall for the Australians on the stroke of tea, for 55 off the bowling of Umesh Yadav.
Shaun Marsh got a reprieve in the final session when he was dropped on 32 by Ajinkya Rahane, but couldn't make the most of that chance and was out on the same score to give Yadav his third wicket of the day.
Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh added 13 for the fifth wicket before bad light brought an early end to proceedings on day two, with Australia still trailing India by 187 runs.
Here are a few stats from the second day of the Test match:
4- MS Dhoni overtook Ian Healy to climb to fourth spot in the list of wicket-keepers with most dismissals in international cricket. He now has 629 dismissals in 389 international matches.
3 - Josh Hazlewood became the third Australian fast bowler to pick up 5 wickets on Test debut against India. Jason Krejza and Brett Lee are the other two.
57 - Number of runs added by MS Dhoni and Ravichandran Ashwin in India's first innings.
6 - Number of catches taken by Brad Haddin in the first innings against India, thereby equalling the record for the number of dismissals by an Australian wicketkeeper in a Test innings.
6 - Number of fifties that Australian opener Chris Rogers has now scored.
1 - Number of fifties Shane Watson has scored in his last 11 Test innings. He was dismissed for 25 on Thursday.
3 - This was the third time in a row that Nathan Lyon conceded more than 100 runs in an innings in this Test series. This is also the fourth time in the last five innings that he has given away more than 100 runs.
8 - Steven Smith became the 8th Australian captain to score fifty or more in his debut innings as a Test skipper.
10 - Number of half-centuries that Steve Smith has scored in Test cricket now.
147.8 - The fastest ball bowled in the ongoing Test was clocked at 147.8 km/h, and it was delivered by India’s Umesh Yadav.
164 - Number of runs conceded by the two Mitchells - Johnson and Starc - without picking up a wicket in the 38 overs that they bowled together in India's first innings at Brisbane. The third Mitchell in the playing XI, Mitchell Marsh, didn't bowl on Thursday.
2 - Number of times all ten Indian batsmen have been dismissed "caught" in Australia. The last time it happened was 22 years ago at Perth.