Steve Smith and Beau Webster put up a counter-attacking partnership and threatened to take away the momentum India had built early in the session but Prasidh Krishna brought the visitors right back by dismissing the former.

Prasidh Krishna quickly turned the tide by removing Steve Smith from the crease after he had scored 33 runs bringing the visitors back into the game.

Australia’s star batter of a generation Steve Smith fell just short of an illustrious career milestone and a Jasprit Bumrah-led India took the advantage on the second day of the fifth and final test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

It was Test cricket from a different age on Day 1 of this final Test. The batters were hanging on for dear life, grinding it out and waiting for the rare loose deliveries, Australia's virtuoso pacers were relentless.

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaksar believes that despite India's batting struggles on Day 1 opf the Sydney Test, the Jasprit Bumrah-led side can still pose a big threat to Australia for the match. India's top-order continued to struggle against Australia even after Rohit Sharma was rested for the match.

Virat Kohli's weakness outside off was exposed all the way back in 2014 when James Anderson made him his bunny in England. And then, Kohli went on the kind of run that players can only dream of for the next five years and this included a bumper series back in England.