The home side has bossed it, and they enter this second innings with their noses ahead – maybe more. Credit to India, too, whose spinners have consistently confounded the men in gold; they’ve gone a long way to ensuring India’s dominance this series. Bayed by a full, enthusiastic house, India will need 243 to confirm a very dominant series win. Australia will need to be perfect with the ball to stop it. The opening exchanges will provide messrs Cummins and Coulter-Nile to underline their burgeoning credentials; they’ve been very good this series.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2017 07:30 UTC