Ravindra Jadeja was the star for the Indian cricket team with two wickets in the first session while Steve Smith showed his class with a composed knock on his home turf as Australia reached 249/5 on day 2 of the Sydney Test against India on Friday. The first session was once again affected by two rain breaks and it seemed to have harmed Australia more than India. In the first 11 overs of the match on day 2 which began 30 minutes early to make up for the rain delay on day 1, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne made steady progress and the scoring rate was hardly over 2. When the first rain delay took place, Labuschagne grew in confidence.
The right-hander struck boundaries at will and he entered the 90s. Marnus Labuschagne was looking good for a century but on 91, Ravindra Jadeja got a ball to bounce a tad extra and the batsman could only edge it to Ajinkya Rahane at first slip. The wicket not just broke the 100-run stand, but it also exposed the fragile lower-middle…
