Australia suffer astonishing collapse to lose second Test to India

ByReuters

Updated 07/03/2017 at 13:35 GMT

India beat Australia by 75 runs in the second test to level the four-match series at 1-1, with home off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin taking 6-41 on the fourth day on Tuesday.

Indian captain Virat Kohli reacts as he walks back to the pavilion for tea break during the fourth day of the second Test match between India and Australia at The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on March 7, 2017

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Australia, who won the opening test at Pune by 333 runs, were all out for 112 in their second innings as they chased 188 for victory on a difficult surface at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

A superb bowling performance from Nathan Lyon in the first innings (8-50) and Josh Hazlewood in the second (6-67) had put Australia into a terrific position to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

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