Australians have set high standards in all departments of the game. But Day Two of the one-off Test against India on Friday was not theirs. They were a frustrated lot as the Indians out-batted them with four batters scoring half-centuries for the second successive Test. It was also atypical of the Australians to be found wanting on the field. Vice-captain Tahlia McGrath, at mid-off, let go two consecutive fours off Smriti Mandhana inside the first hour of the day. 

A similar effort was seen from Annabel Sutherland at backward point, unable to stop a cut by Deepti Sharma, though the shot was not powerful enough to go to the boundary early on in the left-hander’s innings before tea.