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In the second unofficial test, Australia defeated India by six wickets.
India A team is currently on Australia tour before the start of Border-Gavaskar series. A two-match unofficial test series was played between the two teams. In the second Test, Australia A won by 6 wickets against Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India A. With this, the hosts whitewashed India A 2-0. India faced a clean sweep for the second time in the last 15 days. Earlier, New Zealand defeated India 3-0 in the Test series in India.
Team India had to face defeat by 7 wickets in the first unofficial test. India A had set a target of 168 runs to win against the Kangaroos in the second test, this score was achieved by Australia A by losing only 4 wickets. The hero of the second innings for Australia A was Sam Konstas who played a brilliant inning of 73* runs.
IND A vs AUS A Highlights: Indian bowlers could not take wickets after a good start in the second innings.
Team India got a great start by defending the target of 168. Prasidh Krishna gave two successes to India by dismissing Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft in the very first over of the innings. After this, Mukesh Kumar bowled Australian captain Nathan McSweeney and Tanush Kotian brought India back into the match by bowling Oliver Davis. However, after this the Indian bowlers could not take even a single wicket.
Earlier, after losing the toss and coming to bat first, Team India had scored 161 runs in its first innings. Dhruv Jurel had also scored a half-century in the first innings and played a brilliant inning of 80 runs. In response to this score of India A, Australia A scored 223 runs and took a lead of 62 runs.
India’s second innings ended at 229 runs. Dhruv Jurel managed to leave his mark in the second innings also and played a brilliant inning of 68 runs. Apart from them, Tanush Kotian added 44, Nitish Reddy added 36 and Prasidh Krishna added important 29 runs. Corey Rocchioli was Australia’s most successful bowler with 4 wickets.
