Gavaskar said India need to put their "head down" and try and get as close as possible to Australia's total. Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant were in the middle when stumps were called.

For some reason, with 20 minutes still left after Jaiswal’s exit, India had sent Akash Deep, who surprisingly didn’t last long after Boland’s well-directed short one at the body was stabbed to leg gully to cap a below-par day for him.

"[Virat] Kohli sahab looking absolutely switched on today which means a run out is inevitable before the end of day's play," Many Pilani said.

Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was run out for 82 after a terrible mix-up with senior partner Virat Kohli in the final session of Day 2 at the MCG. Jaiswal missed a well-deserved hundred at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

India's Virat Kohli was fined 20% of his match fee and given a demerit point by the ICC for inappropriate physical contact with Australian debutant Sam Konstas during the Boxing Day Test. Kohli accepted the sanctions,

Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas bumped shoulders while moving across the pitch in the face-off that was initiated by the travelling star.

Sunil Gavaskar said the International Cricket Council did not do Virat Kohli any favours by handing him a 20 per cent fine for shouldering Sam Konstas on Boxing Day. Several former Australian cricketers accused the ICC of being lenient towards Kohli,