Australia A vs India A: Ruturaj Gaikwad-led IND A all out for 107 against AUS A in 1st unofficial Test
GH News October 31, 2024 05:06 PM
New Delhi: The Australia tour has started off very badly for India A. India As team was bowled out for just 107 runs in the first innings of the first unofficial Test match against Australia A. Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first against India A captained by Ruturaj Gaikwad. Indias innings folded in the second session.
Three batters reached double digits:
India As batting failed completely. Only 3 batters of the team were able to reach double figures. Devdutt Padikkal played the biggest innings of 36 runs. Navdeep Saini who came at number 9 contributed 23 runs. Apart from this 21 runs came off Sai Sudarshans bat. India A lost 9 wickets at the score of 86. From here Navdeep Saini somehow took the team past 100 runs.
6 wickets fell in making 15 runs:
At one point India As score in the match was 71 runs for 3 wickets. After this wickets fell like autumn. 9 batsmen returned in reaching 86 runs. All-rounder Nitish Reddy who was included in the Indian team for the Border Gavaskar Trophy could not even open his account. Earlier captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was out on his very first ball. Backup opener Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 7 runs for the Test series while Ishan Kishan played an innings of 4 runs.
Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets:
Fast bowler Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets for Australia A. He gave away 15 runs in his 11-over spell and took 6 wickets. 30-year-old Doggett has no experience of international cricket. This is also the best spell of his career. Before this Doggett had never taken 6 wickets in an innings in his first-class career. Jordan Buckingham also dismissed two batsmen.