Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara came to the crease on the start of Day 2 against Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with India in a position of strength. Very soon, the Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli got his half century. It was his 10th 50+ score in the calendar year which is the highest. He was later caught at third man by Aaron Finch after he scored 82. This score also made sure that Kohli broke the record of set up by Rahul Dravid way back in 2002. Kohli now holds the record of scoring most runs on overseas soil in a calendar year. There was a little injury scare as Kohli suffered from stiff back, something that was a problem in South Africa as well earlier in the year. On the other hand, the ever so reliable Cheteshwar Pujara scored his second century of the series. He got his 100 from 208 balls, which was the third most balls played by an Indian to score a 100 in Australia. The current Indian coach Ravi Shastri has played the most number of balls in Australia to score the slowest 100 for India. Rohit Sharma's comeback Test produced goods for him as he made 50. Kohli declared at 443 leaving Australia to survive 7 overs after bowling for almost 2 days.

At the end of day's play, Australia were 8/0 trailing by 435 runs.

Team India: Virat Kohli (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.

Team Australia: Tim Paine (capt & wk), Marcus Harris, Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood.

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