India A vs Australia A 1st Unofficial Test: The first official test between India A and Australia A is going on, where on the second day of the match, Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar bowled strongly and took six wickets against the Kangaroo team. The Australian batsmen had no success in front of their bowling and within no time the entire team was reduced to just 195 runs in the 63rd over.
Mukesh's line-length became a weapon
Mukesh Kumar certainly doesn't have much speed, but he kept the Kangaroo batsmen in constant trouble with his line and length. Mukesh gave a strong start to his team and did not even allow opener Sam Konstas to open the account. Apart from this, he also showed the way to the pavilion to Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly and wicketkeeper Josh Philip.
SIX WICKET HAUL FOR MUKESH KUMAR 🫡
– Mukesh Kumar took 6 wickets for just 46 runs against Australia A in the first match of the tour, brilliant performance to kick start the A series. pic.twitter.com/z5W8Zot88u
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 1, 2024
He completed his five-wicket haul by dismissing Brendan Doggett and later took another wicket by dismissing Todd Murphy. Apart from Mukesh, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna managed to take three wickets in the match, while all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy took one wicket for 14 runs.
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Nathan McSweeney scored the most runs
Captain Nathan McSweeney had an important contribution in taking Australia's score close to 200, who scored the maximum 39 runs for his team. His innings, which came on 131 balls, included four fours. Apart from them, Cooper Connolly scored 37 runs, while Beau Webster and Todd Murphy scored 33-33 runs.
On the second day, McSweeney and Connolly added 51 runs for the fifth wicket, which was the only fifty-run partnership of the innings. Australia got a lead of 88 runs on the basis of first innings. Like the first innings, Indian captain Ruturaj Gaikwad could not do anything special in the second innings and became the victim of Fergus O'Neil after scoring five runs.
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