On the first day of the first unofficial Test between India A and Australia A being played at the Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay, fast bowler Mukesh Kumar wreaked havoc with his pace bowling. The Bengal fast bowler broke the back of the Australian batting order by taking two wickets on the first day and four more wickets in his account on the second day. Mukesh finished his spell with impressive figures of 6/46 in 18.4 overs.
Mukesh bowled very well and prevented the Australian batsmen from scoring runs. He made good use of the conditions and continued to trouble the batsmen with his seam movement. Mukesh Kumar Agamo Border is part of Team India as a traveling reserve for Gavaskar. In such a situation, this kind of performance will boost their confidence before this important series.
Mukesh Kumar broke the back of Australian batsmen by taking six wickets
Mukesh Kumar did not allow Australian opener Sam Konstas to open his account. Apart from this, leading batsmen Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly and wicketkeeper Josh Philip were also out on Mukesh’s bowling. Apart from Mukesh, fast bowler Prasidh Krishna also dismissed three batsmen. All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy scored only 14 runs in 7 overs and took one wicket.
Talking about the match, India A team is behind by 88 runs on the basis of first innings. Talking about the second innings of Team India, a better start was expected from the opening batsmen of the Indian team, but captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who returned to the pavilion on a golden duck in the first innings, was out after scoring only 5 runs in the second innings also.
Apart from this, Abhimanyu Easwaran was run out after scoring 12 runs. Till the time of writing the news, Team India had scored 188 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. For India, Devdutt Padikkal is batting with 74 runs while Sai Sudarshan is batting with 84 runs.