Twitter reacts as Lyon leads Australia to a brilliant fightback in Dharamshala

The stage was set for Day 2 of the Dharamshala test to be the defining day of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, but with the amount of momentum shifts we have had in this amazing 4 match series, we should have known better.

India started off the day fighting against some brilliant new ball bowling by Cummins and Hazlewood and lost only Vijay in the first session. Runs were hard to come by but it felt like the Indian top order was laying a solid foundation for the middle order to cash in during better batting conditions.

But the runs refused to flow, pressure piled up but still it looked as if everything was going according to plan for India. True surface, ball coming onto the bat and not much spin for the bowlers meant that India could run away with the game, especially with 8 wickets in hand. But the post tea session changed it all, and no matter how much you thought that Day 2 would be the defining day, it just silently passed the baton to Day 3.

Nathan Lyon suddenly started to extract a lot of bounce and spin from the surface and the Indian batsmen couldn’t cope up with his trickery. Pujara and Nair both gloved one to short leg and Rahane fell for a straighter one. And then Ashwin did not judge the flight well and was adjudged leg before wicket. India lost 4 in the final session and the match now hangs in the balance, slightly tilting towards Australia, as India have to bat last.

This is how Twitter reacted to Lyon pegging back India once again:

https://twitter.com/sanjaymanjrekar/status/845955383181094912

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/845951545028022275

https://twitter.com/DennisCricket_/status/845947151620308992

https://twitter.com/sharebossindia/status/841989898563280896