LIVE: Australia rocked by Indian double-strike

Australia is in bother on the primary morning of the Boxing Day Take a look at, with India claiming three early wickets.

Joe Burns (zero), Matt Wade (30) and Steve Smith (zero) all fell within the opening 70 minutes to depart Australia Three-38.

“I feel Burns and Wade are quantity sixes,” former Australian spinner Kerry O’Keeffe stated on Fox Cricket.

“They’re each going one and two, abruptly you are two-for and Steve Smith’s in.”

India misplaced one in all their evaluations after unsuccessfully difficult an LBW name from umpire Paul Reiffel, who turned down an attraction in opposition to Marnus Labuschagne. Replays confirmed the ball going excessive of the stumps.

“Within the high 5, there’s one good leaver, Marnus Labuschagne,” O’Keeffe added.

“The opposite 4 prefer to really feel bat on ball, and that could be a drawback, day one Melbourne, the place there’s seam.

“Your greatest pal is the depart.”

Smith was dismissed for simply his third duck in a Take a look at in Australia, caught at leg-slip off the bowling of Ravi Ashwin.

“It was like a lapse in focus from Steve Smith,” Shane Warne stated on Fox Cricket.

“He knew he had a leg-slip and males across the bat.”