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On the first day of the first unofficial Test between India A and Australia A, India A came out in full force with a score of 107 runs. In a match played at Mackay, Queensland, Australia, the toss was won and a decision was made to bowl.
Devdutt Padikkal scored the highest 36 runs for India A. Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets for Australia until they lost 4 wickets before Australia A scored 99 runs. Nathan McSweeney is unbeaten on 29 and Cooper Connolly is unbeaten on 14. For India, Mukesh Kumar and Prasidh Krishna took 2-2 wickets.
The captains of both teams at the time of the throw.
Only three batters reached double-digit touches
India A’s batting failed completely. Only three hitters on the team reached double figures. Devdutt Padikkal scored an innings of 36 runs. Navdeep Saini, ranked No. 9, contributed 23 points. Apart from this, Sai Sudarshan also scored 21 runs with the bat. India A lost 9 wickets at the score of 86 runs. From here, Navdeep Saini somehow led the team past the 100-run mark.
6 wickets bowled in 15 runs
India A’s one score in this match was 71 runs for 3 wickets. Since then, India’s winning streak has been reduced to 107 matches. To reach 86 runs, nine batsmen returned.
All-rounder Nitish Reddy, who plays in the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, has not even opened his account. Earlier, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was out on his first ball. In the Test series, stand-in opener Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 7 runs while Ishan Kishan played an innings of 4 runs.
Nitish Reddy bowling all-rounder.
Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets
Fast bowler Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets for Australia A. He scored 15 runs and took 6 wickets in 11 overs.
The 30-year-old Doggett has some experience in international cricket. This was also the best spell of his career. Docgett had never taken 6 wickets in an innings before this in his first-class career. Jordan Buckingham also dismissed two batters. Doggett dismissed Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna.