2nd test

This, as the malaprop-prone American baseball coach Yogi Berra once said, is like déjà vu all over again.

Here we are but a single Test into the Ashes series and to the dismay of visiting supporters, and the contrasting merriment of Australians, England's tour appears to be unravelling before their eyes like a cricket jumper inadvertently snagged on a dressing room nail, just as it did four years ago.

Australia, 1-0 ahead in the series after its 333-run triumph in the first Test in Pune, scored only 197 runs on the second day at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium but took a vital lead of 48 by the close of play with four wickets in hand.

The pitch is providing inconsistent bounce and turn for the bowlers. India was bundled out for 189 in its first innings and a bigger first-innings lead will only boost Australia's confidence.