In the practice match, India defeated Australia PM-11 by 6 wickets. However, even after the match was over, the Indian team played its full (46) overs. This pink ball match, which was to last for two days, could not start on the first day on Saturday due to rain. After which both the teams played a match of 46-46 overs on Sunday. In Canberra, the Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl. Batting first, the Prime Minister’s XI was all out for 240 runs in 43.2 overs. Sam Constas played an innings of 107 runs. Harshit Rana took 4 wickets for India. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 42.5 overs. Shubman Gill, who was returning from a thumb injury, scored the highest 50 runs. Charlie Anderson took 2 wickets for PM-11. Sam Constas scored a century Opener Sam Constas scored the highest 107 runs for Australia. PM-11 had lost 2 wickets for 22 runs at one time. After this, Jack Clayton and Constas added 109 runs for the third wicket. Clayton played an innings of 40 runs on 52 balls. Sam Constas scored a century on 90 balls. He completed his century by taking a run on the last ball of the 35th over. He hit 14 fours and 1 six in the innings. Akash Deep got Constas caught out by Saini on the last ball of the 38th over and sent him to the pavilion. Harshit Rana took 4 wickets Harshit Rana took four wickets in this match. He gave 44 runs in 6 overs. He took 2 wickets in the 23rd over. Harshit bowled out set batsman Jack Clayton on the fourth ball. After this, Harshit dismissed Oliver Davis on a score of zero on the last ball of the same over. Harshit got captain Jack Edwards caught by Prasidh Krishna on the first ball of the 25th over. Edwards faced 6 balls and scored 1 run. After this, Sam Harper was dismissed on a score of zero. Shubman Gill’s fifty The Indian team, which came out to chase 241 runs, got a great start. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul together added 75 runs. India’s first wicket fell in the form of Yashasvi, he played an innings of 45 runs. Rahul retired after scoring 27 runs. After this, Shubman Gill, who came to bat, played an innings of 50 runs in 62 balls. He added 92 runs along with Nitish Reddy. Nitish was dismissed by spinner Lloyd Pope on 42 runs. Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 3 runs Rohit Sharma could not play in the first Test held in Perth. Against PM-11, Rohit Sharma came to bat after the second wicket and was dismissed on a score of 3 runs. India’s fourth wicket fell in the form of Ravindra Jadeja. He scored 27 runs in 31 balls. Both teams for the match
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Reddy, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaspreet Bumrah, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Harshit Rana, Sarfaraz Khan, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal. Australia Prime Minister’s XI: Jack Edwards (captain), Matt Renshaw, Jack Clayton, Oliver Davies, Jayden Goodwin, Sam Harper (wicketkeeper), Charlie Anderson, Sam Constas, Scott Boland, Lloyd Pope, Hanno Jacob, Mahil Beardman, Aidan O Connor, Jame Ryan. Australian Prime Minister met the players of both teams before the match, see photo
