India stare down the barrel at 164 for five after Jaiswal's horrendous run-out

A familiar collapse unfolded after Yashasvi Jaiswals inexplicable runout as India stared down the barrel at 1645 against a menacing Australia on day two of the fourth Test on FridayJaiswal who was quite fluent during his 118ball stay that yielded 82 runs was way short of his crease after a mixup with Virat Kohli 36 while attempting a quick single handing Australia the breakthrough that could prove decisiveIndia are still 310 runs behind Australias first innings score of 474 and would need another 111 runs to avoid a followon that should never have been a consideration on a placid batting trackIt was 153 for 2 at one stage and in four overs another three wickets fell with Gautam Gambhirs plan of sending a night watchman in Akash Deep turning out to be one of the many poor calls that the head coach has taken in this gameIn a space of barely five minutes cricket showed its fickle nature as Jaiswal pushed towards midon and called for a quick single with an assured Kohli 36 at the other end Kohli took a step and half before retreatingPat Cummins swooped the ball and threw at the strikers end with a frustrated Jaiswal seen telling his idol my callThis moment will be one for posterity as Kohli looked down and perhaps felt that he could have at least said a loud No to allow Jaiswal to sprint backThe runout broke his concentration and for the first time after 85 balls he poked a delivery bowled in the corridor of uncertainty and it was the endScott Boland repeated the dismissal that has been a norm for quite a while now Akash Deep didnt have the technique to survive and the day ended in Australias favour just like it startedThe JaiswalKohli pair had added 102 runs and looked comfortable just like they did in the Perth second innings The ball hardly did anything after Rohit Sharma 3 played a poor shot and KL Rahul got a ripper from Pat CumminsJaiswal was in regal form as he cut pulled drove and lofted the Australian bowlers stamping his authority as the next megastar of Indian battingKohli at the other end endured boos for Thursdays runin with debutant Sam Konstas and battled his demonsThis was after Steve Smiths 34th Test hundred ensured a very good total for hostsStarting the day at 311 for 6 Smith added 112 and 44 runs with Cummins 49 and Mitchell Starc 15 respectively leaving the visitors searching for backup plansJasprit Bumrah 499 in 284 oves was once again brilliant despite the first spell thrashing from Konstas but Mohammed Sirajs ordinary showing 0122 in 23 overs was the primary reason for batters not being under any pressureSmith who was unbeaten overnight on 68 off 111 balls took another 56 deliveries in the second morning to complete a Test ton which placed him on even keel with the legendary Sunil Gavaskar 34The century came with a push drive through the vacant cover region and celebrations were pretty muted with a just vigorous head nod for his teammates in the dugoutSmith who had a torrid run till the second Test of this series played both days in contrasting styles On Thursday he was ready to be patient and waited for deliveries at the expense of looking uglyOn Friday the same batter was walking down the track to force the bowlers to alter their length He was ready to pull and hook getting two sixes off Bumrah and Siraj respectivelyDespite a significant drop in temperature and some nip in the air Indians failed to make use of the seminew Kookaburra with lines going all awry and length being short enough to be punished Cummins was allowed to settle down and hit seven boundariesThe Indian ploy of playing two spinners backfired with Ravindra Jadeja 378 in 22 overs and Washington Sundar 149 in 15 overs never looking penetrativeFor a change Siraj didnt try and sledge an inform batter something that he did in Adelaide with some disastrous resultsBut that didnt soften the Australian supporters who constantly booed him and Kohli as and when the ball went to themWith agency inputs