Earlier, Mitchell Starc produced a sensational bowling efficiency, claiming career-best figures of 6/48 to bowl India out for 180.
In reply, McSweeney (38*), and Labuschagne (20*), battled by means of difficult circumstances underneath lights, the place the pink ball supplied important motion. Nonetheless, India’s pacers did not persistently assault the stumps, managing only one breakthrough.
Within the remaining session, Jasprit Bumrah almost dismissed McSweeney, squaring him up and drawing an outdoor edge. Rishabh Pant dived to his proper however may solely get his fingertips on the ball, and Rohit Sharma did not seize the rebound because it struck his wrist, granting McSweeney a reprieve on three.
Bumrah finally struck, dismissing Usman Khawaja, who edged a size ball to the slips whereas fending defensively. Labuschagne endured a shaky begin, taking 19 balls to get off the mark earlier than discovering his rhythm with a flicked boundary off Mohammed Siraj.
McSweeney, in the meantime, grew in confidence, enjoying fluent pulls and punches, together with back-to-back boundaries off Nitish Kumar Reddy. The duo added an unbroken 62-run partnership for the second wicket, steering Australia into a powerful place on the shut of play.
