Melbourne Test: India 277 for 5 against Australia at stumps

In Cricket, India were 277 for 5 against hosts Australia at stumps on Day 2 of the second Test at Melbourne. Stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane smashed an unbeaten century. Rahane with a superb 104 and Ravindra Jadeja with 38 were at the crease when stumps were drawn, after Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and  Rishabh Pant got out earlier on Sunday.

Rahane added 52 runs with Hanuma Vihari for the fourth wicket. Nathan Lyon broke the partnership by removing Vihari for 21.Rishabh Pant then joined the skipper in the middle and runs started coming quickly for India.Pant scored 29 runs off 40 deliveries with the help of three boundaries before being dismissed by Mitchell Starc. Rahane then stitched a 100-plus partnership with Ravindra Jadeja to take India's lead past 50.

For Australia, Starc and Cummins both picked up two wickets apiece while Lyon also chipped in with a wicket. But the star of Adelaide, Josh Hazlewood remained wicketless in the ongoing second Test. The visitors lead by 82 runs. After losing the toss Saturday, India bowled out the hosts for a paltry 195 runs in the first innings. India trail 0-1 in the series after going down by eight wickets in the opening day-night test in Adelaide.