The India A facet suffered a horror collapse on Thursday, the opening day of the second unofficial Take a look at in opposition to Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
After placing the India A facet into bat, Australia Take a look at seamers Michael Neser and Scott Boland skimmed via the top-order inside 16 balls. KL Rahul, dropped from India’s second and third Checks at New Zealand not too long ago, joined the India A squad earlier this week for some sport time.
Whereas Rahul was listed for a middle-order spot, captain Rohit Sharma’s potential absence within the first Border Gavaskar Trophy Take a look at in Perth meant the Karnataka batter was moved as much as the opening spot, forward of India A captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.
Rahul fell for 4 off as many deliveries after he was lured right into a ahead push by Boland, who extracted outside-edge to the wicket-keeper. Boland had earlier marked Rahul as one of many targetted Indian batters for the summer season. “I used to be fortunate to bowl to him in a Take a look at over in India a few years in the past but it surely’ll be good to play in opposition to him in our yard. He’s a world-class participant however somebody I believe we are able to get on prime of fairly early and hopefully keep on prime of him for many of the summer season,” Boland was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo forward of the sport.
Contending with Rahul for a gap spot within the Perth Take a look at is Abhimanyu Easwaran, who fell for a three-ball duck within the opening over to Neser. Neser was in line for a first-over hat-trick when he bumped out Sai Sudharsan first ball and practically clipped Ruturaj Gaikwad off the subsequent supply.
Jurel cracks fifty
Although Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel batted India to Lunch, the previous fell early within the second sesson as Neser bagged his fourth wicket. Solely Wicket-keeper Jurel, who changed Ishan Kishan within the XI, stood tall in opposition to the probing seam and bounce from the Australia A quicks.
India have been lowered to 103 for seven earlier than Jurel introduced up his half-century off 118 deliveries with a six in his maiden First Class innings in Australia.
