Australia's left-handed opener Usman Khawaja was precise in his footwork and pristine in strokeplay to hit an unbeaten fifty. But India bounced back with triple strikes to leave Australia at 94\/3 in 25 overs at lunch on day one of the second Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On a pitch which gave spinners plenty of turn, bounce and grip, Australia survived a fiery opening spell from Mohammed Siraj for a 50-run opening partnership. But India came back courtesy Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami to get three wickets at the end of first session on day one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After Shami conceded four byes down leg on the first ball of the session, he had Warner trapped lbw. But the left-handed batter immediately took a review and was saved as replays showed the inside edge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Khawaja, on the other hand, was off the mark with a nice glance on an overpitched delivery off Mohammed Siraj. He then made use of fuller balls from Shami by hitting two boundaries through the vacant space in the off-side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Warner was kept on a tight leash by Ravichandran Ashwin bowling from round the wicket. Though he was using his feet to counter the ace off-spinner, Warner was still all at sea as Ashwin found turn, bounce and grip. But he managed to get off the mark on his 21st delivery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While Warner punched Siraj through the gap at cover, Khawaja was delightful in dancing down the pitch to loft Ashwin over mid-off for six. Though Shami and Siraj asked tough questions of the openers, Khawaja and Warner managed to get a couple of boundaries as the 50-run partnership of the opening stand came.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But shortly after that, Warner's 44-ball vigil ended as Shami, coming in from round the wicket, got the left-handed batter forward and found some movement to draw the outside edge and keeper KS Bharat took the catch to his left.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Khawaja was proficient in sweeping as well as bringing the reverse-sweep and slog-sweep, taking boundaries off Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Marnus Labuschagne began with an eye-catchy leaning drive off Shami and then whipped off Ashwin as well as swept off Jadeja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But in the 23rd over, Ashwin struck twice in three balls. Labuschagne was first to fall, as Ashwin got an off-break delivery to spin in and beat the right-hander's inside edge to trap him lbw in front of middle stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He then closed the over by trapping Smith with a slider which the right-handed batter tried to meet by coming forward, but gave a low catch behind to Bharat. Khawaja got to overturn an lbw decision off Jadeja and reached his fifty in the final over before lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: Australia 94\/3 in 25 overs (Usman Khawaja 50; Ravichandran Ashwin 2\/29) against India<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He then closed the over by trapping Smith with a slider which the right-handed batter tried to meet by coming forward, but gave a low catch behind to Bharat. Khawaja got to overturn an lbw decision off Jadeja and reached his fifty in the final over before lunch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n