Bumrah was absolutely delighted to see Reddy play that shot against Boland, who took the wickets of Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma earlier. Even on the bowler’s best day, Nitish played him like a school kid, and Bumrah enjoyed more than anyone, and his reaction while having the fist bump said it all.

Reddy's breezy cameo had three sixes and as many fours in a 54-ball 42 before Mitchell Starc took his wicket and finished India's innings on 180 in the first innings. Ravichandran Ashwin played an important knock as well, making a run-a-ball 22 to take India to a competitive total after early departures.

At the time of writing this, India and Australia are having a dinner break, and the action will resume with Australia's first innings.

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