Starc and Co. deliver pink ball masterclass: Australia v India, 2nd Test review

We review the the second Test between Australia and India at Adelaide. Australia drew level with a handsome 10-wicket win. Support 81allout on Ko-Fi Talking Points: Mitchell Starc: the pink ball master Australia's bowling depth to the fore in day-night Test India's selection hedges come back to bite them Is it time to go back to picking five specialist bowlers? Travis Head: a right royal headache for India Australia thrive on a pitch with true bounce Has the Harshit Rana experiment run its course? The Nitish Reddy puzzle: he is offering lower-order runs with the bat but little with the ball Ashwin's fine spell on a pitch that offered nothing for him Pat Cummins' deadly bouncers Participants: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan ( @sidvee ) Mahesh Sethuraman ( @cornerd ) Ashoka Kartikeya Date ( @cricketingview ) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy books republished by 81allout: War Minus the Shooting by Mike Marqusee Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related: Australia square the series - Kartikeya Date - Cricketing View substack Sanjay Manjrekar: Kohli has 'serious technical issue' that he can't find solution to - ESPNcricinfo Travis Head brings the South Australia feelgood factor to make India suffer - Geoff Lemon - Guardian Give it up for 2024: Test cricket has had few better years - Sidharth Monga - ESPNcricinfo 81allout podcast archives from the 2020-21 series: Preview | Adelaide | Melbourne | Sydney | Brisbane | Interview with journalist Bharat Sundaresan