TEST 1
ADELAIDE
Day 1
Pink-ball Test. Ball two. Mitchell Starc castles Prithvi Shaw, setting the tone for the match. Ominous signs for the touring side. Men around the bat. Virat Kohli steps out to hit Nathan Lyon straight for four. An indication of how Indian batsmen would play Lyon for the rest of the series. They used their feet to neutralise the off-spinner. Kohli, on 74, called for a single and then was sent back by his deputy Ajinkya Rahane. Kohli departs with India at 188/3. Captain gone, momentum arrested, seeds of doubt sown.
Day 2
Jasprit Bumrah drops Marnus Labuschagne on 12 at backward square-leg. Sets in motion a catching crisis for India.
Day 3
More a session than a moment, this. India edge everything and fold for 36, their lowest Test total ever. Mohammed Shami retires hurt after being struck on his bowling arm; first of a series-defining slew of injuries for India. Rock bottom.
TEST 2
MELBOURNE
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