On Saturday, India finished Day 2 on a shaky note in the final Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at The Gabba in Brisbane. India is currently 307 runs behind in the first innings, as rain forced early stumps. Meanwhile, we take a look at the records scripted during the day.
undefined
Tim Paine's unique love story against India: Paine scored a half-century in this Test. Meanwhile, it was the second instance in his Test career that he had scored twin 50s in a series, with the first being in 2010-11, against India.
undefined
T Natarajan records a best: Natarajan finished with figures of 378, as it was the second-best Indian figures by a debutant left-arm seamer in the format. The best happens to be RP Singh, who claimed 489 against Pakistan in 2005-06. Also, along with Washington Sundar (389), he became a part of the two Indian Test debutants to claim three or more wickets in the debut Test, while the first instance was Mantu Banerjee and Ghulam Ahmed, against the Windies in 1949.
undefined
Nathan Lyon's love affair against Rohit Sharma: Rohit fell for 44 to Lyon in this innings. Meanwhile, it was the former's sixth instance to fall to the latter in the format, which is the most in Rohit's Test career against a bowler.
undefined
Match summary: Winning the toss and electing to bat, Australia has posted 369, with Marnus Labuschagne and skipper Tim Paine being the top scorers, while three of the Indian bowlers claimed three wickets. India is going steady in its first innings, despite being a bit shaky, with opener Rohit Sharma being the top scorer.Brief scores: 369 (Labuschagne 108, Paine 50; Thakur 394, Sundar 389, Natarajan 378) leads India 622 (Rohit 44; Lyon 110) by 307 runs.
undefined