Twitter reacts as India crumble under pressure and Virat Kohli "marks absent for Day 2"

BySrijith Gopal, SportsCafe Editor

02/24/2017

India's day couldn't have gone any worse. First, the Indian batting order was exposed as skipper Virat Kohli got out for a duck and Pujara flopped. K.L.Rahul stuck around a little while but was removed by O'Keefe who went on to pick 6 wickets as Australia ended day 2 with a lead of 298.

What a day of action we have had on Day 2 in Pune! India got the Starc wicket in just five balls but found themselves 44/3 with the top order failing for the first time in ages. After a recovery by Rahul and Rahane, India were routed by O'Keefe losing the last 7 wickets for just 11 runs.

Brief scores: Australia 260/10 & 143/4 in 46 overs ( Smith 59, R.Ashwin 4/32 ) lead India 105/10 ( K.L.Rahul 64, Steven O'Keefe 6/35 ) by 298 runs with 6 wickets in hand

Knocked down like dominos!

What a collapse from India!

4-94

5-95

6-95

7-95

8-98

9-101

10-105https://t.co/VI8uG5iJmf #INDvAUS
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 24, 2017

The wicket that shocked millions !

Virat Kohli out for DUCK...

Yes you read that correctly!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) February 24, 2017

A new low for India! :(

India is doing a Pakistan here.#IndvAus
— Jaanvi 🏏 (@ThatCricketGurl) February 24, 2017

O'Keefe - the destroyer!

W 1 W . W . . . . . . . 1 W 1 . . . W 1 . . 1 W

Steve O'Keefe, take a bow! What a spell #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/77O33mOFwI
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) February 24, 2017

Indians did not see that coming!

India 105 all out. Steve O'Keefe has figures of 6/35. Asking for a spinning track from Day 1 can also backfire sometimes
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) February 24, 2017

#ThrowbackFriday

Reminds me of November. 11 people trying, but very difficult to get even one hundred #INDvAUS
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) February 24, 2017

Shane Warne taking a dig at Vaughan!

.@MichaelVaughan You're very quiet !!!!
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 24, 2017

Every Indian right now!

Renshaw should take that break now#IndvAus
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) February 24, 2017

India had a shabby day in the field!

Vijay looks like he's trying to catch raindrops in a thunderstorm! #INDvAUS
— Bhartendu Singh (@thebhartendu) February 24, 2017

#IndvAus it's really a awkward day whr ishant teaching indian team how to catch
— Prakash (@Prakash_letmein) February 24, 2017

Pitch Curator in Joker's voice: I’m an agent of chaos, and you know the thing about chaos? It’s fair.”

Bitch please 😂😂 #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/qymJcG0oYo
— Star Lord 🌟 (@ImCaRakesh) February 24, 2017

Virat Kohli's bad day continues!

Or, maybe it will be easier for Virat to learn to say no to his bowlers. Still, needs a better angle/view to do that. #IndvAus
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) February 24, 2017