Marnus Labuschagne roared back to form with a gritty 64 and Travis Head slammed an unbeaten 53 as Australia edged into the lead in the day-night second Test against India on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In front of a big Adelaide Oval crowd, the hosts resumed on 86-1 in reply to India's 180 after weathering a torrid two hours on Friday for the loss of Usman Khawaja (13).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By the break on day two they had reached 191-4 with the dangerous Head accompanied by Mitchell Marsh on two.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Three wickets fell in an action-packed opening session, two to Jasprit Bumrah and one to Nitish Kumar Reddy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India got an early breakthrough with Nathan McSweeney throwing away the hard work he had put in under lights on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Playing on his home ground, he added just one to his overnight 38 before being beaten by Bumrah's sheer pace, nicking to wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was the third consecutive time he has fallen to Bumrah after suffering the same fate in Perth last week on debut.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bumrah and Pant combined to remove Steve Smith (2) four overs later, with the former Australia skipper shaking his head in disbelief after falling into a similar trap.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the other end, Labuschagne kept his focus, stroking successive boundaries off Harshit Rana as he rediscovered the magic that has eluded him for some time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He came into the game under pressure and with calls mounting for him to be dropped.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the tenacious number three, who resumed on 20, silenced the doubters by reaching his 21st Test 50 off a patient 114 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the landmark behind him he began playing more freely, slamming 17 off one Rana over before a brilliant catch from Yashasvi Jaiswal at gully ended his reign.<\/p>\r\n\r\n