1st innings Highlights of 2nd Test Pink Ball Match between India and Australia
Mitchell Starc’s impressive six-wicket haul helped Australia bundle out India for 180 on Day 1 of the second Test in Adelaide. Opting to bat first, India kept on losing wickets regularly. Nitish Kumar Reddy was the highest scorer with 42 runs. Apart from him, KL Rahul and Shubman Gill also scored 37 and 31 runs respectively.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc took six wickets while Scott Boland and Pat Cummins took two wickets each. This was Starc’s 15th five-wicket haul in Tests for Australia. Earlier, India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the Day-Night second Test in Adelaide.
Few pointers regarding the India vs Australia 2nd Test:
- India were 180 all-out in 44.1 overs.
- Mitchell Starc finished with figures of 6/48.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy was the last Indian to fall after scoring 42 in 54 balls.
- Rohit Sharma fell early in the second session to Scott Boland
- India 82/4 in 23 overs at Dinner.
- Starc then got another big breakthrough by sending back ViratKohli.
- Starc provided the breakthrough again by sending back Rahul for 37 off 64 balls.
- KL Rahul and Shubman Gill then shared a 69-run partnership.
- Mitchell Starc dismissed YashasviJaiswal with the first ball of the match.
- India have dropped Washington Sundar and RavichandranAshwin returns.
- Rohit Sharma won the toss and India are batting first.