Australia vs India, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

History and momentum on Australia's side. The hosts have never lost at this venue after taking the lead. Meanwhile, India have never won at the Gabba. A much cooler day at the Gabba with the temperature hovering around 30 degrees C.

The cracks have begun to show up on the Gabba pitch. It won't be easy batting on this. What do we have here? Virat Kohli is striding out with Pujara. Dhawan isn't there. That's a surprise. Sanjay Manjrekar tells us that Dhawan was injured in the nets - that's why he hasn't come out to bat. Cloudy conditions today - should help seam and swing bowling.

India, who were already setback by the injury to Dhawan, suffered another massive blow as Virat Kohli was out bowled by Mitchell Johnson.

Johnson went one better soon after as he had Ajinkya Rahane edging to Nathan Lyon at gully to leave the Indian side in tatters. When the talented Rohit Sharma departed for a duck two balls later, India found themselves in familiar territory, yet again.

Josh Hazlewood, too, came to the party as he went on to trap India captain MS Dhoni in front of the wickets as India slumped to 87/5.

R Ashwin and Cheteswar Pujara were involved in a promising stand that lifted India's faltering hopes, but an umpiring error soon saw Ashwin return to the pavillion to leave India neck-deep in trouble.

Pujara, too, departed soon after, surprised by a sharp Josh Hazlewood bouncer, as India saw most of the hopes of salvaging something from the game disappear in double quick time.

Coming back to bat at the fall of R Ashwin's wicket, Shikhar Dhawan batted with aggression to give the Indians some quick runs. He brought up his fifty soon after resumption of play after lunch, only his 2nd in Tests, as India stretched its lead past the seventy-run mark.

The left-hander continued to attack the Australian bowlers and helped India stretch their lead past the hundred-run mark. Umesh Yadav's unpredictable batting helped, too, as India went past 200.