Australia A defeated India A by 6 wickets in the second unofficial Test. With this, Australia won the series 2-0. The hosts won the first match of the series by 7 wickets. India A had set a target of 168 runs for victory in front of the Kangaroos in the second Test, which Australia A achieved by losing only 4 wickets. Sam Constas played an unbeaten innings of 73 runs in the second innings for Australia A. India’s second innings was reduced to 229 runs on the third day of the match. Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant innings of 68 runs. Apart from him, Tanush Kotian scored 44, Nitish Reddy scored 36 and Prasidh Krishna added important 29 runs. Corey Rocchioli took 4 wickets for Australia. Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets in the first over. Team India got a great start while defending the score of 168. Prasidh Krishna dismissed Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft in the very first over of the innings. After this, Mukesh Kumar gave India two more successes by bowling out Australian captain Nathan McSweeney and Tanush Kotian by bowling out Oliver Davis. However, after this the Indian bowlers could not take a single wicket. Sam Constas’s half century
At one time Australia’s score was 73 runs for 4 wickets. After this Sam Constas and Beau Webster made a match winning partnership. Both of them together added 96 runs in 123 balls and gave the team victory. Sam Constas scored 73 runs in 128 balls. He also hit 7 fours and 1 six in the innings. Beau Webster scored 46 runs in 66 balls. He hit 6 fours in the innings. Indian team was all out at 229 runs
On the second day on Friday, India-A lost 5 wickets in making 73 runs in the second innings. After this Dhruv Jurel once again handled the innings and played a brilliant innings of 68 runs. Apart from him, Tanush Kotian scored 44, Nitish Reddy scored 36 and Prasidh Krishna scored important 29 runs. Corey Rocchioli took 4 wickets for Australia. In the second innings for India-A, Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 17, Rituraj Gaikwad 11, KL Rahul 10, Sai Sudarshan 3 and Devdutt Padikkal were out after scoring 1 run. Beau Webster got 3 and Nathan McAndrew got 2 wickets for Australia-A. India scored 161 runs in the first innings. After losing the toss and batting first, Team India scored 161 runs in their first innings. Dhruv Jurel also scored a half-century in the first innings and played a brilliant innings of 80 runs. In response to this score of India A, Australia A scored 223 runs and took a lead of 62 runs. KL Rahul failed in Australia too. After being a flop 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 in a strange way for 10 runs. Here he was left without playing a shot on the pad line ball of spinner Corey Rocchioli and was clean bowled. India A Vs Australia A Playing XI- India A- Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Sai Sudarshan, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Tanush Kotian, Khaleel Ahmed, Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar. Australia A- Marcus Harris, Sam Konstas, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (captain), Beau Webster, Oliver Davies, Jimmy Peirson (wicketkeeper), Michael Neser, Nathan McAndrew, Scott Boland and Corey Rocchioli.
