Nagpur: Marnus Labuschagne is nearing his half-century and Steve Smith is also solid at the crease as two-down Australia have made a mini comeback. Their score read 76 for 2 after 32 overs at lunch.
Earlier, Mohammed Shami cleaned up David Warner with a beauty after Mohammed Siraj got the better of Usman Khawaja as Australia were reduced to 2 for 2 in 2.1 overs. Australia
skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy that is taking place at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. India have handed Test debuts to Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat.
Meanwhile, right-arm off-spinner Todd Murphy has made his Australia debut