Australia vs India 2018-19, Second Test: 5 Talking Points from Day 1 

#2 India storm their way back in Session 2

India did manage to get somewhat of a hold back in the game, strengthened further by Handscomb's dismissal at the beginning of the third session

As mentioned above, Finch's fall was the first and much-needed break for the Indian bowlers. Early on, the new-ball bowlers strangely found it beyond them to pitch the ball in the right areas, with the exception of Shami who remained unfortunate to not feature in the "wickets" column in the initial stages itself.

Replacing Finch was Usman Khawaja, who continued his non-satisfactory run from the second innings at Adelaide, making just 5 off 37 balls before he edged Umesh Yadav to Pant.

Three overs later, Marcus Harris the other opener also departed to the hut, Hanuma Vihari's bounce doing the trick by tempting him to play it straight into Rahane's hands at first slip.

The Aussies scored 79 runs in the second session, but as opposed to their unbeaten session one, this time it was at the expense of three quick wicket losses - two of which were the set batsmen.

With that, India did manage to get somewhat of a hold back in the game, strengthened further by Handscomb's dismissal at the beginning of the third session.