BEATEN! Oh my word what a ball, seaming and leaving the defensively positioned bat of the right handed Jurel. What a ball.

Solid defence. There is a bat-pad in place, but Juriel played the ball well short of him.

That was another vicious ball into the body that he fends at, the ball flying just backward of short leg.

There are three slips, a gully and a point, plus the bat pad.

CLOSE! McSweeney couldn’t get his left hand up at gully in time – it was so fast and flew through the cordon. It’s FOUR.

Solid defence from Jurel this time.

A yorker, punched into the off side for no run.

Solid defence from Pant to the first couple as Lyon comes around the wicket, drifting the ball into Pant.

Now he leaves as Lyon just dangles a tempter outside off.

Lyon gets lovely shape that’s drifting to the leg side as it hits the pads. A half-hearted appeal draws no interest.

Jurel is the new man in.

CLOSE! That’s a beauty, just moving in a little bit and catching the inside edge before hammering into the pad.

Jurel is defensive to see out the over.

KL Rahul is adamant that he did not hit that.

He definitely hit his pad with his bat, there was only one sound.

Rahul is not happy as he walks off, 26 off 74 balls, India 4-47.

Interesting call.

I think that’s a very hard one to tell what exactly happened.

I am surprised that there was enough evidence there to overturn the on field decision of not out.

Is the fact that he hit his pad obfuscating the fact that he did feather it?

“I just think there’s enough doubt there not to give the decision,” Michael Hussey says in the Fox box.

“I don’t think he had any choice other than to give it out,” Tom Moody on ABC.

BEATEN! Starc is bowling as if he has a hand injury – really, really well. That one has flown across the face of Rahul’s bat.

EDGED! TAKEN! No movement from the umpire!

There was absolutely a noise as it went past the bat. Could it be bat on pad?

The Aussies have reviewed.

There’s a spike as the ball passes the bat!

But is that the bat hitting the pad?

KL Rahul is shaking his head.

3-1 from his opening five overs.

BIG APPEAL! Pant is rapped on the pad, I think it was going down leg on first viewing…

But Australia will review.

I think this is high and wide down leg.

It is both those things.

That is a very, very bad review.

Yorker from Starc, Pant clips it away to midwicket but there is no run.

Pant fends to midwicket again, another solid defensive shot.

GOT HIM! Right in the upper thigh, a decent shot from Starc that Pant will be feeling for a little bit.

Pant drives expansively through cover and will take three runs.

Rahul defends the last.

Rahul fends a rising ball into the off side for no run.

Outside off, Rahul gets a stride in and lets the ball fly through to the keeper. Cummins completes his follow through with a smile on his face.

Solid defence from Rahul this time as Cummins straightens his line.

Wide from Cummins, a tempter that Rahul resists and plays inside the line, comfortably.

Another one that’s left outside off.

And another to end a maiden over for Cummins.

Over the wicket, left-hander Pant leaves the ball as it flashes across his face.

Pant drives, one handed such with the venom which he thrashed at that ball, but beating a diving point and he gets three out to deep point.

Rahul drives to point this time, straight to point though and there is no run.

EDGED! Just short of third slip! No chance for Marnus to dive forward there, soft hands from KL Rahul saves him there.

Rahul clips off his pads for a single to fine leg.

Pant fends the last of the over.

Every wicket of Kohli will be key in this series.

It always is when India play.

But I do have a sneaky he won’t be the key factor in this series.

He bowls outside off, KL Rahul plays a straight bat inside the line and lets it go by a long way.

BEATEN! That one was a bit closer.

Another one outside off, played inside the line by KL Rahul.

FOUR! Three slips and a gully, and a backward point – they were interested as Rahul drives, gets the ball off the outside edge and down to the boundary.

BEATEN! What a ball to finish from Pat Cummins, moving through the air and drawing a wry smile from KL Rahul.

His story to return from a car crash to the highest level of the sport is remarkable.

Australia will want him to get out as quickly as possible.

BEATEN! What a ball to get first up! Swinging a touch away, beating the outside edge by a whisker. Lovely ball.

Now he leans back, Hazlewood dropping just a touch short and Pant picking up that length quickly to get well out of the way.

Pant drops the ball short, takes off for a quick run that KL Rahul says no to straight away. Pant opens his arms in disappointment at his batting partner, but it looked a wise no-call for me.

Lovely ball from Josh Hazlewood!

Extra bounce from Hazlewood outside off, Kohli fends it off the stickers, it flies to Usman Khawaja at first slip and Kohli has to go.

Glenn McGrath had predicted Hazlewood would get the former skipper, but thought it would be caught behind instead.

He’s out for 5 from 12 balls

India are rocking at 3-32.

Solid defence from Kohli.

The different striking points of these two batters will be causing some thoughts in the bowlers minds, if they can rotate the strike well.

For one ball at least…

Three slips, a gully, Kohli gets off strike straight away, clipping off the inside portion of the bat to square leg for a quick single.

Kohli is rotating the strike early in his innings, can KL Rahul reciprocate?

Not this time, solid defence first up.

Cracking shot from KL Rahul! A lovely cover drive, leaning into the off side, splitting the fielders at cover. Beautiful balance. Not enough for four though, they run three as the ball slows up dramatically in the vast expanse of this outfield.

That’s a decent shot too! This time from Kohli, punching back past Cummins towards the boundary. Another three runs.

OH WOW! What happened there? Rahul steps back, lets the ball hit the toe of the bat on its way through to Carey! That looked very odd.

FOUR! A flashing cover drive from KL Rahul, with fast hands, to get the ball to the cover point boundary. First boundary of the day, and it’s a beauty.

It’s great to have cricket back, Old Timer, and a pleasure to have you with us enjoying it.