Australia, India left frustrated as rain ends day two early in fourth Test at Gabba in Brisbane

On Friday, India’s Shardul Thakur took a wicket with his first delivery of the Brisbane Test. On Saturday, Pat Cummins did it with his second. Nathan Lyon, backed by a roaring crowd in his 100th Test, waited only 17 deliveries to take the 397th of his career.

In the morning session, India took three in the space of 14 deliveries to fight its way back into the contest. Its bowling attack in this match is the least-experienced Australia has faced in a home Test in 140 years: 11 Test wickets between five of them before this game.

With better catching from their colleagues on day one, they might have taken 10 in a day.

Cameron Green, on the other hand, is four Tests and 216 deliveries into his Test bowling career and hasn’t managed a single…