New Delhi. The magic of fast bowler Mukesh Kumar's bowling is making waves in Australia. Mukesh Kumar, playing for India A, sent six batsmen of Australia A to the pavilion alone. At one time, Australia A team was moving towards a big lead, then Mukesh spread magic with his fast bowling and bundled out the entire Kangaroo team for 195 runs. India A had scored 107 runs in the first innings. Australia A took a lead of 88 runs in the first innings. Just as Australian fast bowler Brendan Doggett had dismissed 6 Indian players in the first innings, in the same way Mukesh also single-handedly took 6 wickets in the Australian innings.
After the havoc of Mukesh Kumar, with the help of half-centuries from young batsman Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikal, India A took a lead of 120 runs in the second innings on the second day. India A had a bad start in the second innings too when captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was out after scoring five runs and opener Abhimanyu Easwaran was out after scoring 12 runs. India took two wickets 8. Lost for 30 runs in 5 overs. After this, Padikal and Sudarshan took the team to 208 runs for two wickets. Gaikwad, who could not even open the account in the first innings, was caught by Cameron Bancroft at second slip off the ball of Fergus O'Neil. Born in Gopalganj district of Bihar, Mukesh is playing for Bengal in domestic cricket.
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Easwaran, who got a place in the senior team in the upcoming Test series against Australia as cover for captain Rohit Sharma by scoring four consecutive centuries in first-class cricket, was run out. After this Sudarshan and Padikal made an unbroken partnership of 178 runs. Sudarshan scored 96 runs in 185 balls while Padikkal is unbeaten after scoring 80 runs in 167 balls. India A now has a lead of 120 runs while two days are left in the match. The second and last unofficial Test will be played in Melbourne from November 7.
Mukesh ends Australia's innings by dismissing Todd Murphy
Earlier, playing at 99 runs for four wickets, Australia's Nathan McSweeney (39) and Cooper Connolly (37) added 51 runs for the fifth wicket. Mukesh, who took two wickets on the first day, broke this partnership by dismissing Connolly. Josh Philip became his fourth victim while Nitish Kumar Reddy sent McSweeney to the pavilion. Mukesh ended Australia A's innings by dismissing Brendan Doggett and Todd Murphy.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 1, 2024, 3:02 pm IST
