On day two of the World Test Championship final at the Oval today, Australia finished on 469 and promptly destroyed India's top order, including Virat Kohli. India was 318 runs behind at stumps with a score of 151-5. No one among India's top four scorers scored more than 15 runs for the first time in test history.
They might have been 87-5, but Australia's skipper Pat Cummins overstepped by overturning an Ajinkya Rahane back-pad leg-before judgement. At the time, Rahane was 17 years old. In his first test in 18 months, he stumbled to an undefeated 29. After sustaining injuries to his left elbow and chest, Srikar Bharat joined him on 5. Even though Australia's innings ended within an hour of lunch, it was intrigued by the way the pitch was playing—sideways movement and varying bounce, which its seamers have historically exploited better than India's. In the span of five balls, Rohit Sharma, and Shubman Gill were out.