Pant leads India’s fightback in Sydney

SYDNEY: An explosive Rishabh Pant slammed the second-fastest Indian Test half-century on Saturday to drive the tourists to a 145-run lead with four wickets left after an intense day two of the decisive fifth Test against Australia in Sydney.

At the close, India were 141-6 with Ravindra Jadeja on eight and Washington Sundar six after they dismissed Australia for 181 in reply to their first-innings 185.

Australia lead the series 2-1 with India needing to win at the Sydney...