<p>India's tail-enders contributed precious little as the first innings folded at 244 early on the second day of the first Day/Night Test against Australia here on Friday.</p>.<p>Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins sent the visitors packing for a paltry 11 runs with the duo claiming two wickets each in 19 balls since start of the day’s play.</p>.<p>Continuing from 233/6, Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin prepped for a long day ahead, but Cummins nailed Ashwin on the third ball of the day. What followed was the Indian tail falling like nine pins</p>.<p>Mitchell Starc (4/53 in 21 overs) and Pat Cummins (3/48 in 21.1 overs) dismissed the last four batsmen. </p>.<p>In fact, India lost seven wickets for 56 runs starting with Virat Kohli's run-out engineered by a poor judgement call from vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane.</p>.<p>On Friday, Ravichandran Ashwin (15) got one to rear up from length as Cummins got his second wicket and India's seventh in the first over of the day.</p>.<p>Wriddhiman Saha (9) also didn't trouble the scorers getting out on his overnight tally chasing a wide delivery from Starc.</p>.<p>Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah hit a boundary each but that was just a tail-ender's bravado as the innings folded in just 25 balls on the second day.</p>.<p>If one goes by how pink ball matches at Adelaide have panned out, India have scored at least 75 runs less than what should have been a fighting first innings total.</p>.<p>In the end, Kohli's dismissal cost them dearly. </p>
<p>India's tail-enders contributed precious little as the first innings folded at 244 early on the second day of the first Day/Night Test against Australia here on Friday.</p>.<p>Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins sent the visitors packing for a paltry 11 runs with the duo claiming two wickets each in 19 balls since start of the day’s play.</p>.<p>Continuing from 233/6, Wriddhiman Saha and Ravichandran Ashwin prepped for a long day ahead, but Cummins nailed Ashwin on the third ball of the day. What followed was the Indian tail falling like nine pins</p>.<p>Mitchell Starc (4/53 in 21 overs) and Pat Cummins (3/48 in 21.1 overs) dismissed the last four batsmen. </p>.<p>In fact, India lost seven wickets for 56 runs starting with Virat Kohli's run-out engineered by a poor judgement call from vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane.</p>.<p>On Friday, Ravichandran Ashwin (15) got one to rear up from length as Cummins got his second wicket and India's seventh in the first over of the day.</p>.<p>Wriddhiman Saha (9) also didn't trouble the scorers getting out on his overnight tally chasing a wide delivery from Starc.</p>.<p>Umesh Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah hit a boundary each but that was just a tail-ender's bravado as the innings folded in just 25 balls on the second day.</p>.<p>If one goes by how pink ball matches at Adelaide have panned out, India have scored at least 75 runs less than what should have been a fighting first innings total.</p>.<p>In the end, Kohli's dismissal cost them dearly. </p>