Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald believes that the home team's bowlers did not make any mistakes at the Optus Stadium on the second day but the pitch dried up very quickly, which helped the Indian batsmen.

India's openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (90 runs) and KL Rahul (62 runs) disappointed the host team by making an unbeaten partnership of 172 runs. Due to this, the visiting team has completely taken control of the match and now it has taken a lead of 218 runs.

On the first day of the Perth Test, 17 batsmen were dismissed and returned to the pavilion. On the second day, only three tail-enders of Australia were dismissed. During the press conference, Australia's head coach McDonald said that today the pitch looked quite dry. It dried up quite quickly. We thought that maybe the ball would swing a little more. So I think if you want to say that we were a little surprised, then yes we were. Because there was not much seam movement or swing in the wicket on the second day.

He further said that the bowlers were bowling seam like yesterday. So I think the conditions must have played some role in this. If you look at the seam and swing, it was less than yesterday. Yesterday was a difficult day. I thought KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal played well.

Yashasvi and Rahul troubled him.

India dominated the Australian team on the second day of the Perth Test. The biggest reason for this was KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal. After bowling out Australia for 104 runs, the Indian team came out to play the second innings.

Andrew McDonald Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul's patient half-century innings and an unbroken 172-run partnership for the first wicket helped India make a great start on the second day and take a total lead of 218 runs. Australia's bowlers failed miserably against these two batsmen.