On the first day of the first unofficial Test being played between India-A and Australia-A, India A team was all out for 107 runs. In the match played in Mackay, Queensland, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl. Devdutt Padikkal scored the highest 36 runs for India-A. Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets for Australia. Till stumps, Australia-A has scored 99 runs after losing 4 wickets. Nathan McSweeney is unbeaten on 29 and Cooper Connolly on 14. Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna got 2-2 wickets for India. Only three batsmen could touch the double digit. India A’s batting failed completely. Only 3 batsmen of the team could reach the double digit figure. Devdutt Padikkal played an innings of 36 runs. Navdeep Saini, who came at number 9, contributed 23 runs. Apart from this, 21 runs came from Sai Sudarshan’s bat. India A lost 9 wickets at a score of 86. From here Navdeep Saini somehow took the team past 100 runs. 6 wickets fell for 15 runs In the match, India A’s score was once 71 runs for 3 wickets. After this India was reduced to 107 runs. 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 For Australia A, fast bowler Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets. He conceded 15 runs in a spell of 11 overs and took 6 wickets. 30-year-old Doggett has some 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. Doggett dismissed Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna.
