Team India will play a 5-match Test series in November in Australia. Before that unofficial test matches are being played between Team India A and Australia A. Team India A is led by youngster Ruturaj Gaikwad. The first match is being played at the Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay.
Team India has successfully prevented Australia from taking a huge lead by wrapping up 200 runs in this match. Australia’s first innings ended on 195 runs. So Australia has got a lead of 88 runs. From Team India, Mukesh Kumar gave the highest number of 6 hits to attack Australia.
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Australia A Struggles with Batting
Not a single batsman of the Kangaroos could reach 40 runs in front of the bowlers of Team India. The two in the top order could not even crack a pumpkin. Four scored 30+ runs for Australia. Captain Nathan McSweeney contributed the most with 39 runs. Cooper Connolly scored 37 runs. Todd Murphy and Beau Webster both added 33 runs each. Marcus Harris added 17 runs while Fergus O’Neill added 13 runs. Both Sam Konstas and Cameron Bancroft failed to open an account. While the other three could not even reach double figures.
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Mukesh Kumar Shines for Team India
Mukesh Kumar took these 6 wickets for 46 runs in 18.4 overs. Prasidh Krishna showed the way out of the field to the three. While Nitish Kumar Reddy took 1 wicket and provided good support to Mukesh and Prasidh. Before that, the batsmen of Team India were disappointed in the first innings.
Team India scored 107 all out in 47.4 overs in the first innings. After restricting the Kangaroos to 195, how many runs did the Indian batsmen challenge in the second innings? Cricket fans will be paying attention to this.
Team India A Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Ishwavaran, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar.
Australia A Playing XI: Nathan McSweeney (captain), Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Phillip (wicketkeeper), Fergus O’Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett and Jordan Buckingham.
Fans are eager to see if Team India A can overcome this challenge and put up a strong total to pressure Australia A in this unofficial Test match.
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