Abhinav Mukund and Shreyas Iyer in action vs Australia A.
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India A managed a slender lead of 53 runs after the 3rd day. Catch all the highlights here.
(All times in IST)
17:40 And that’s it for the day. India A 267/6 with a lead of 53.
17:18 Naman Ojha departs after a well-made 30. India A 259/6.
16:55 Aussies looking for more inroads to expose the tail. India A 235/5.
16:27 WICKET! Mukund and Iyer fall in the space of four deliveries. India A 210/5.
16:13 Iyer and Mukund settling in well as they look to end the day on a good note. India A 182/3.
15:40: FIFTY! Abhinav Mukund completes his half-century with the help of two fours and a six. He took 135 balls to reach the landmark. India A 135, 165/3 (53.3 overs), trail Australia A by 49 runs.
Abhinav Mukund acknowledges the applaud after completing a fifty against Australia A.
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15:03: TEA! That’s the end of session number two. Abhinav Mukund is batting solidly on 47 off 125 balls. Shreyas Iyer (2*) is the new man at the other end. India A 135, 140/3 (47 overs), trail Australia A by 74 runs.
14:55: WICKET! Karun Nair falls for 31. His knock off 34 balls has been ended by Gurinder Sandhu. He was caught by captain Usman Khawaja. India A 135, 134/3 (45.5 overs), trail Australia A 349 by 80.
13:44: WICKET! That’s a massive wicket for Australians. Stephen O’Keefe rattles Virat Kohli’s stumps as Indians lose their second wicket. Kohli faced 94 balls in his 45-run knock that included five fours and a six.
13:20: FIFTY PARTNERSHIP! Virat Kohli and Abhinav Mukund have added 57 runs for the second wicket. India A reach 76 for one in 30 overs.
12:03: LUNCH! That the end of first session on Day 3. Virat Kohli is batting on 26 off 45 balls and Abhinav Mukund is on 12 off 49 balls. India A reach 51 for one in 20 overs and trail by 163 runs.
Cheteshwar Pujara fails to make his ground vs Australia A.
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10:55: WICKET! Cheteshwar Pujara fails to replicate his first match performance where he scored a half-century. He has been run out by Stephen O’Keefe on 11. India A 19/1 in 6.5 overs, trail by 195 runs.
10:20: Pragyan Ojha finishes with four for 107 as he gets the last man Andrew Fekete for 10. Australia A bowled out for 349 with a healthy lead of 214.
Baba Aparajith picked up a five-wicket haul.
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You’re always playing catch-up when you get bowled out for just 135 in the first innings. India ‘A’ weren’t different. Aussie opener Bancroft looked in prime touch and along with skipper Usman Khawaja (33) gave the visitors a 111-run opening stand.
The fortunes of India ‘A’ looked in dire straits before Pragyan Ojha spun his magic. The left-arm spinner strike thrice and made a dent in the Aussie middle-order. Things would have turned even better for the Indians had their fielding not let them down.
India’s Test skipper Virat Kohli, who’s playing this match in order to get some game time under his belt, dropped two catches of Callum Ferguson.
Ferguson (54) paired up with Bancroft and added 107-runs. Bancroft played the spinners well and notched up a delightful 150 before falling to Aparajith. The young off-spinner then got on a roll and picked up four more to complete a five-wicket haul.
Australia ‘A’ ended the day of 329/9 – a lead of 194 runs. On Day 3, India ‘A’ would need the stalwarts Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli to stand up and deliver.
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