Australia A beat India-A by 6 wickets in the second unofficial test. With this, Australia won the series 2-0. The host team won the first match of the series by 7 wickets.
India-A set a target of 168 runs to win against the Kangaroos in the second Test, a score Australia-A chased down with the loss of just 4 wickets. Sam Konstas played an unbeaten innings of 73 runs for Australia-A in the second innings.
On the third day of the match, India's second innings ended in 229 runs. Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings of 68 runs. Apart from that, Tanush Kotia added 44 runs, Nitish Reddy 36 and Ishtan Krishna added 29 runs. Corey Rocchioli took 4 wickets from Australia.
The famous Krishna took 2 wickets in the first over Team India got off to a great start to defend the score of 168. The famous Krishna dismissed Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft in the first over of the innings. Mukesh Kumar then bowled Australian captain Nathan McSweeney and Tanush Kotian bowled Oliver Davies to give India two more wins. However, the Indian bowlers could not take a single wicket after this.
The famous Krishna dismissed Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft in the first over of the innings.
Sam Constas' half century At one point Australia's score was 73 runs for 4 wickets. After this Sam Constas and Beau Webster had a match winning partnership. Together, the duo added 96 runs off 123 balls to lead the team to victory. Sam Konstas scored 73 runs off 128 balls. He also hit 7 fours and 1 six in the innings. While Beau Webster scored 46 runs off 66 balls. He hit 6 fours in the innings.
The Indian team was all out for 229 runs On the second day on Friday, India-A scored 73 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the second innings. After this Dhruv Jurel once again took charge of the innings and played a brilliant innings of 68 runs. Apart from that, Tanush Kotia added 44 runs, Nitish Reddy 36 and Ishtan Krishna added 29 runs. Corey Rocchioli took 4 wickets from Australia.
In the second innings for India-A, Abhimanyu Iswaran scored 17 runs, Rituraj Gaekwad 11, KL Rahul 10, Sai Sudarshan 3 and Devdutt Padikal 1 were out. Beau Webster got 3 wickets and Nathan McAndrew got 2 wickets for Australia-A.
India scored 161 runs in the first innings Team India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, scored 161 runs in the first innings. Dhruv Jurel also scored a half-century in the first innings and played a brilliant innings of 80 runs. In reply to this score by India-A, Australia-A scored 223 runs and took a lead of 62 runs.
KL Rahul also failed in Australia After flopping in the first match against New Zealand, KL Rahul was sent to Australia to play for India-A. Indian batsman KL Rahul failed at the opening position. He was dismissed by Scott Boland for 4 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, he got out strangely after scoring 10 runs. Here spinner Corey Rocchioli leaves the ball on the pad line without playing the shot and is clean bowled.
India-A and Australia-A Playing-11-
India-A: Abhimanyu Iswaran, Rituraj Gaekwad (captain), Sai Sudarshan, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Khalil Ahmed, Ishtan Krishna and Mukesh Kumar.
Australia-A: Marcus Harris, Sam Konstas, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (capt), Beau Webster, Oliver Davies, Jimmy Pearson (wicketkeeper), Michael Nesser, Nathan McAndrew, Scott Boland and Corey Rocchioli.
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