Australia opener David Warner smashed 145 on day one of the Adelaide Test and dedicated his stirring century to late Phillip Hughes, who died on November 27 following a freak batting accident. Day 2 will be all about how India apply themselves on the field - first to clean up Australian tail and then to face fiery Mitchell Johnson and company. Catch all the live updates here: (Live Scorecard | Live Updates )
Watson ducks under a bouncer from Ishant at the Adelaide Oval.
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Australia, who won the toss, lost some late wickets and reached the close at 354 for six with Steve Smith leading the way on an unbeaten 72. Brad Haddin was out for a duck in the day's final over. While Australian batsmen batted beautifully against Indian pacers and spinners, there was also concern when skipper Michael Clarke retired hurt on 60 with a back problem.
Warner was at his pugnacious best smashing 19 boundaries during his knock of 145 off 163 balls before being holed out in the deep off debutant Test leg-spinner Karn Sharma, who became the first Indian in 24 years to earn his Test cap outside the subcontinent. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was impressed with the way Karn kept his head up despite being hunted by the Aussie batsmen.
Gavaskar believes India can save this game only if they restrict Australia to 420 or less in their first innings. Onus will be on Indian bowlers on Day 2. Ishant Sharma, who was the best bowler of the day (1/56), will have to shoulder the responsibility. Varun Aaron (2/95) and Mohammed Shami (2/83) rounded off frustrating starts with late wickets. But Aaron was seen limping just before stumps.
An emotional tribute to late Phillip Hughes before the start of the Adelaide Test.
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First day of the opening Test was the day of tributes to Hughes. Players and fans paid moving tribute to the life of Hughes on Tuesday by doing what they said he would have wanted: going out and playing cricket.
Virat Kohli, captaining India with regular skipper MS Dhoni out with a wrist injury, offered his own personal tribute to Hughes. "I knew Phillip, he was one of the guys I spoke to more than most. He asked for my bat in a home game in Jaipur and I wish I'd given it to him."
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