Mukesh Kumar took 6 wickets. (Photo: PTI)
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the India A team toured Australia where they will have to play two first-class matches. Their first match will be played against Australia A in Mackay. There are 3 players in this match, who are part of Team India’s squad in the 5-match test series. But until the end of the second day none of them could leave their mark. On the other hand, some players wreaked havoc with the ball and bat in Australia, who have not been given any chance by the Indian team.
Mukesh returned with lethal bowling
India’s start in Australia was not good. Batting first, the entire team collapsed for just 107 runs. India seemed to be in trouble after going out with such a low score. But fast bowler Mukesh Kumar returned with lethal bowling. He gave Australia A an early blow on the first day and sent opener Sam Konstans to the pavilion in the first over. Mukesh’s charm continued on the second day too.
The Australia A team started batting with a score of 99 with the loss of 4 wickets. He started the day by breaking the 51-run partnership by dismissing Beau Webster. Then he gave her 2 more shocks, one after the other. Mukesh also took 2 wickets in the end. In this way, this right-arm fast bowler took a total of 6 wickets for 46 runs in 18.4 overs. Due to their lethal bowling, the Australia A team, which at one point looked strong, were all out for 195 and were able to take a lead of just 88 runs. Let us tell you, he didn’t get a place in the Australian Test series.
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India in a strong position thanks to the innings of Sudarshan and Padikkal
Apart from Mukesh, Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikkal also had a great time in Australia. Team India has not given either of them a chance. After trailing by 88 runs, the Indian team also did not get off to a good start in the second innings. India A had lost 2 wickets for just 30 runs. After this both together made a tremendous partnership of 180 runs.
During this period, Padikkal scored 80 runs in 167 balls, while Sudarshan scored 96 runs in 185 balls and is close to scoring a century. Both batsmen are currently present in the crease and will start batting tomorrow on the third day. While India A scored 208 runs with the loss of 2 wickets and took a lead of 120 runs. Even in the first innings, both of them scored the most runs among batsmen. Sudarshan scored 21 runs, while Padikkal played a 36-run innings.
selected players fail
Abhimanyu Easwaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna are part of the Australia series team. Easwaran failed in both innings. He scored 7 runs in the first inning and 12 runs in the second. Apart from him, all-rounder Nitish was out without opening the account in the first innings, while taking 1 wicket in the bowling. On the other hand, Prasidh Krishna bowled somewhat well and took 3 wickets.
