First Test: Starc takes four wickets as India shot out for 244
Adelaide, Dec 17: India's tail-enders contributed precious little as the first innings folded at 244 early on the second day of the first Day/Night Test against Australia here on Friday.
Mitchell Starc (4/53 in 21 overs) and Pat Cummins (3/48 in 21.1 overs) dismissed the last four batsmen for an addition of only 11 runs to the overnight score.
In fact, India lost seven wickets for 56 runs starting with Virat Kohli's run-out engineered by a poor judgement call from vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane.
On Friday, Ravichandran Ashwin (15) got one to rear up from length as Cummins got his second wicket and India's seventh in the first over of the day.
Wriddhiman Saha (9) also didn't trouble the scorers getting out on his overnight tally chasing a wide delivery from Starc.
Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah hit a boundary each but that was just a tail-ender's bravado as the innings folded in just 25 balls on the second day.
If one goes by how pink ball matches at Adelaide have panned out, India have scored at least 75 runs less than what should have been a fighting first innings total.
In the end, Kohli's dismissal cost them dearly.
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K’taka Govt. appoints additional 8 officers to SIT probing Prajwal Revanna sex scandal case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Saturday announced that it has appointed 8 additional officers to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the alleged sex assault involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
The newly appointed officers are SP C.A. Simon, PI Ravganesh Jarnadhan, CPI Sridhar B.S, ASI Allabaksha, Head Constable Saraswati, and Constables S.N. Mamata, Jafar Sadik, and Harish Babu. This decision follows the appointment of 18 personnel to the team last week, with ADGP BK Singh leading the investigation.
