Yet one more high order collapse noticed India A fail to make inroads over Australia A on day two of the second unofficial Take a look at at Melbourne Cricket Floor in Melbourne on Friday.
From 25/1 to 56/5, India A misplaced 5 wickets for 31 runs together with wickets of KL Rahul (10), Ruturaj Gaikwad (11), and Abhimanyu Easwaran (17).
Sai Sudharsan fell for 3 and Devdutt Padikkal may solely rating one off 19 balls as Australian bowlers ran by means of the highest order.
Openers Easwaran and Rahul added 25 runs for the primary wicket earlier than the previous was caught at gully off Nathan McAndrew, who additionally had Gaikwad struck in entrance. Beau Webster then had Sudharsan caught at slips and later eliminated Padikkal as properly.
Rahul negotiated the early seam motion and regarded set after enjoying 43 balls however received out off the very first ball of spin, off Corey Rocchiccioli, in a weird vogue as he determined to not play the ball which ricochet off his pads and hit the stumps.
Dhruv Jurel, who bailed his crew out within the first innings, and Nitish Kumar Reddy survived the final 45 minutes and took India A to 73/5 at stumps, with a lead of 11 runs.
India-A vs Australia-A Day 2 Highlights
Earlier, India A bowled out the host for 223 however conceded a 63-run lead because of late strikes by Rocchiccioli (35 off 28 balls) and McAndrew (26 not out).
Prasidh Krishna’s four-for gave India an opportunity to restrict the lead when it lowered Australia A to 167/8 however Rocchiccioli hit three fours and two sixes, and McAndrew discovered the fence twice to inflate the benefit.
India had begun the day bowling in beneficial circumstances. Khaleel Ahmed struck early to take away in a single day batter, Sam Konstas. Mukesh Kumar and Krishna too joined with a wicket every.
Nevertheless, Jimmy Peirson (30 and Marcus Harris (74) joined palms so as to add 68 runs for the sixth wicket as circumstances improved to bat regardless of rain interrupting practically one hour of play. Krishna struck once more to take away the duo who took the house crew previous India A’s 161.