Trouble Down Under! India A Bundled For Just 107 Runs in First Unofficial Test Against Australia A

Last Updated:October 31, 2024, 11:06 IST

Australia A’s Brendan Doggett would run riot over India A with his magical spell of 6/15 in 11 overs in the first innings, completely dismantling the batters.

Australia A’s Brendan Doggett proved to be India A’s kryptonite in the first innings of the first unofficial Test (X)

Not the most promising of starts for the Indians ‘Down Under’ as India A were bundled out for a mere 107 runs in their first innings of the first unofficial Test against Australia A on Thursday.

A precursor to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, each country’s next-in-line faces off at the Great Barrier Reef Arena, for their first four-day Test.

Having lost the toss, India were sent out to bat first, and waht would ensue would be nothing short of a collapse.

Australia A’s Brendan Doggett would run riot over India A with his magical spell of 6/15 in 11 overs, completely dismantling the batters.

The likes of seasoned domestic cricket campaigners such as Abimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan all would fall for measly single digit scores as Doggett and Buckingham would wreak havoc with the new ball.

Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal and an unexpected cameo from Navdeep Saini would be the difference for India, who barely limped to 100 runs, before being bundled out once and for all at 107 runs.

It remains to be seen how India A will retaliate with the ball.

For Australia, this series will give them a chance to find the next Test opener after Steve Smith opted to move back to the middle order. Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris and Nathan McSweeney among the favourites.

India Playing XI

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar

Australia Playing XI

Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (c), Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Philippe (wk), Fergus O’Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett, Jordan Buckingham