India had won the first Test of the five-match series, at Perth, by 295 runs. Australia are now hosting them for the second Test match, a day-night affair, at Adelaide. Rohit Sharma, back to lead India after missing the first Test, won the toss and opted to bat.

Rohit was among the three changes India made to their playing XI. Shubman Gill, who had missed the Perth Test due to an injury, also returned, as did R Ashwin. India left out Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, and Washington Sundar. Australia, too, were forced to replace the injured Josh Hazlewood with Scott Boland.

Why are Australia wearing black armbands?

The Australian team took field in black armbands to commemorate two former international cricketers, Ian Redpath and Phil Hughes.

The last Australian to play Test cricket as an amateur, Redpath made 4,737 runs from 66 Test matches between 1963-64 and 1975-76, and still holds the record for scoring most runs in an over in first-class cricket by an Australian (32, in 1969-70). He passed away on December 1, at 83.

Hughes had a wonderful start to his international career, hitting two hundreds in his second Test and a hundred on ODI debut. Unfortunately, he passed away after being struck on the neck during a cricket match, three days before his 26th birthday, in 2014, sending the cricket fraternity into mourning. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the tragic incident.

The Test match began in dramatic fashion, with Mitchell Starc trapping Yashasvi Jaiswal leg-before with the first ball. At the time of writing, India were 61-1 with KL Rahul (30) and Shubman Gill (29) at the crease.

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