Australia v India 2014/15 - 2nd Test, Day 2, Tea: Umesh Yadav and R Ashwin peg back Australia to 121/3
Brisbane, Dec 18 - Two wickets from Umesh Yadav and one from Ravichandran Ashwin helped India reduce Australia to 121 for three at tea on day two of the second Test at the Gabba on Thursday.
Australia came out all guns blazing with David Warner (29), last match's centurion in both innings, once again looking dangerous.
The hosts got off to a quick start, reaching 47 for no loss as Warner peppered the boundaries with some aggressive batting.
But a leading edge proved to be the downfall for the left-hander, giving India some reprieve in the process.
Shane Watson (25) and opener Chris Rogers (55) were in no mood to hand the initiative back to India and took on the bowlers.
The duo shared a 51-run stand for the second wicket and scored at a fair clip, threatening to take the game away from the visitors.
But an overzealous Watson tried to take on Ashwin and was caught brilliantly by Shikhar Dhawan at mid-on.
Rogers kept the scoreboard ticking and was joined by new captain Steven Smith (batting 6), forging a 23-run stand before gloving an Umesh Yadav delivery down the leg side to MS Dhoni.
Earlier, a five-for for debutant pacer Josh Hazlewood helped Australia bowl India out for 408 at the stroke of lunch.
India, who were in the driving seat at stumps on day one, added 97 runs more runs to their overnight score but lost six wickets in the process.
The visitors were put on the back foot almost immediately with Ajinkya Rahane (81) being dismissed in the third over of the day. His overnight partner Rohit Sharma (32) didn't survive much longer either and was sent packing six overs later.
After adding just 17 runs, India had lost both their overnight batsmen and had relinquished their strong position.
A 57-run partnership for the seventh wicket between captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (33) and Ravichandran Ashwin (35) stabilised the situation for India. But Ashwin's wicket once again opened the floodgates as the visitors surrendered rather meekly in the end.
Dhoni looked good for a while but edged a Hazlewood delivery to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin while trying to leave the ball.
India's tail failed to put up a fight and fell without much trouble for the Australian bowlers.
India
Murali Vijay c Haddin b Lyon 144
Shikhar Dhawan c Haddin b M Marsh 24
Cheteswar Pujara c Haddin b Hazlewood 18
Virat Kohli c Haddin b Hazlewood 19
Ajinkya Rahane c Haddin b Hazlewood 81
Rohit Sharma c Smith b Watson 31
MS Dhoni c Haddin b HazlewoodA 33
Ravichandran Ashwin c Watson b Hazlewood 35
Umesh Yadav c Rogers b Lyon 9
Varun Aaron c sub b Lyon 4
Ishant Sharma not out 1
Extras (b4, nb 1,w 2,lb 1) 8
Total (all out in 109.4 overs) 408
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Dhawan, 13.4 overs), 2-100 (Pujara, 33.3), 3-137 (Kohli, 44.2), 4-261 (Vijay, 71.5), 5-321 (Rahane, 85.4), 6-328 (R.Sharma, 91.2), 7-385 (Ashwin,102.3), 8-394 (Dhoni,104.2), 9-407 (Aaron,107.6), 10-408 (Yadav,109.4)
Bowling
Mitchell Johnson 21-4-81-0
Josh Hazlewood 23.2-6-68-5
Mitchell Starc 17-1-83-0
Mitchell Marsh 6-1-14-1
Nathan Lyon 25.4-2-105-3
Shane Watson 14.4-6-39-1
David Warner 1-0-9-0
Steven Smith 1-0-4-0
Australia
Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Yadav 55
David Warner c Ashwin b Yadav 29
Shane Watson c Dhawan b Ashwin 25
Steven Smith batting 6
Extras ( w 2, nb 4) 6
Total (for three wickets in 24.5 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Warner,8.3 overs), 2-98 (Watson,19.4), 3-121 (Rogers,24.5)
Bowling
Ishant Sharma 6-0-35-0
Varun Aaron 8-1-46-0
Umesh Yadav 6.5-0-35-2
Ravichandran Ashwin 5-2-6-1
Match Details
Toss: India chose to bat
Test debut: Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Ian Gould (England)
TV umpire: Simon Fry
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)