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Live Cricket Score India A vs Australia A, 2nd unofficial Test at Chennai Day 1 Aus A 43/0: Aus A finish Day One on top

Catch the live cricket scores and updates from the 2nd unofficial Test between India A and Australia A.

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of the second unofficial Test between India A and Australia A from the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. According to PTI,  India A captain Cheteshwar Pujara was not exactly happy with how the Chepauk strip fared in the first unofficial ‘Test’ match where it was slow two-paced track and is hoping that a better pitch will be on offer during the second ‘Test’. The second unofficial Test between India A and Australia A will attract far more attention as compared to the first, given that India Test skipper Virat Kohli has decided to turn out for India A.

STUMPS – Australia A’s day! A superb day for Australia A, despite losing the toss and having to bowl first, Australia A are at top by the end of play on Day One. Their bowlers were superb and picked up wickets at regular intervals to never allow Indians to get away. Then have put up a good stand to set the platform. If India A do not pick up early wickets, they might have hunting leather tomorrow. Do join us for the play tomorrow. Take care!

Live cricket score Australia A 43/0 | Overs 13 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 24(44) Usman Khwaja 13(38): Australia A complete a superb day at the office. They bowled out India A for a score of 135 and then have put up a fine opening stand. They will look to play more tomorrow and build a huge lead.

Live cricket score Australia A 14/0 | Overs 5 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 7(14) Usman Khwaja 4(18): No wickets for India A as Australia A are playing rather well. Varun Aaron has bowled a good spell so far but no reward for him yet.

Live cricket score Australia A 0/0 | Overs 1 | Batting: Cameron Bancroft 0(6) Usman Khwaja 0(0): India A start the session with the ball with Shardul Thakur who bowls a maiden to Bancroft to start with. India will want to take a few wickets before stumps today.

Live cricket score India A 135 | Overs 68.5 | Batting: Shreyas Gopal 5(16): India A have been bowled out for a score of 135. They will be disappointed with the way they batted in this innings after electing to bat first. Karun Nair was the top scorer for them with a hard fought 50. India will want to take a few wickets before stumps today. OUT! Shardul Thakur c Ferguson b Fekete 4(8)! OUT! Pragyan Ojha b Sandhu 0(1)

Live cricket score India A 125/8 | Overs 67 | Batting: Shardul Thakur 0(3) Shreyas Gopal 0(11): India A have lost a couple of wickets in a jiffy.Turns out that Baba was out hit wicket and Aaron did not last more than a ball. OUT! Baba Aparajith  hw Sandhu12(24)! OUT! Varun Aaron lbw Sandhu 0(1)

Live cricket score India A 119/6 | Overs 64 | Batting: Baba Aparajith 7(17) Shreyas Gopal 0(3): And just when India would have wanted Karun Nair to carry on, he is out. He just got to his fify but is out of the bowling of Andrew Fekete. OUT! Karun Nair ct Burns b Fekete 50(153)

Live cricket score India A 110/5 | Overs 59 | Batting: Baba Aparajith 0(1) Karun Nair 48(142): A wicket at last for Australia A. Naman Ojha’s patience have given up on him and which has left him out for a 84-ball 10. Baba Aparajith is the new man in for India A. Ashton Agar was the man who made the breakthrough. OUT! Naman Ojha st Wade b Agar 10(84)

TEA! Session India A: India will be relieved that they have not lost any wicket in the session. Yes, they might not have scored that many runs but it was important they saw through to Tea without any more wickets. They might look to up the scoring rate though.

Live cricket score India A 101/4 | Overs 56 | Batting: Naman Ojha 6(78) Karun Nair 43(131): Runs continue to elude India A as Australia A continue their impressive bowling performance. Naman Ojha has shown tremendous patience for his knock so far.

Live cricket score India A 86/4 | Overs 47 | Batting: Naman Ojha 3(62) Karun Nair 34(93): India A are building towards the 100-run mark. The runs are not coming that freely for India A. Karun is nearing his fifty.

Live cricket score India A 69/4 | Overs 39 | Batting: Naman Ojha 3(42) Karun Nair 19(65): Both the batsmen are content to play through and are not quite after the bowling right now. India will need runs too along with occupation of the crease. Australia A continue to keep the lid on the runs.

Live cricket score India A 58/4 | Overs 32 | Batting: Naman Ojha 0(18) Karun Nair 11(47): Karun Nair and Naman Ojha are out to bat for India A. They have a huge task on their hands right here. Let’s see how they go about things in the second session of play.

LUNCH! Session Australia A: What a session for Australia! Despite losing the toss, Australia A have India A on the mat. India A started well but have lost a couple of wickets twice at the wrong time to be in this position. They need a stand to get back into this game. Join us in a while for the second session of play.

Live cricket score India A 56/4 | Overs 29 | Batting: Naman Ojha 0(12) Karun Nair 9(35): Australia A are right on top. The pair of Naman Ojha and Karun Nair ensure India A do not lose any further wickets in the session. They have a lot of work to be done later in the day.

Live cricket score India A 53/4 | Overs 26.2 | Batting: Naman Ojha 0(5) Karun Nair 6(28): Australia A continue to take wickets, this time it is the big wicket of Virat Kohli just before lunch. Ashton Agar comes into the attack and has Kohli trapped in front of the stumps for a score of 16! More trouble for India as Shreyas Iyer departs for a 3-ball one. O’Keefe goes through him to reduce India to 55 for four. India A are in serious trouble here. OUT! V Kohli lbw Agar 16(42), OUT! S Iyer b O’Keefe 1(3)

Live cricket score India A 44/2 | Overs 18 | Batting: Virat Kohli 14(24) Karun Nair 0(2): Kohli has got going right away without wasting much of time. He is into double figures and looking positive. Mukund at the other end has departed after looking good. He was caught behind by Matthews Wade of the bowling of O’ Keefe. OUT! A Mukund c Wade b O’ Keefe 15(49)

Live cricket score India A 23/1 | Overs 12 | Batting: Virat Kohli 0(6) Abhinav Mukund 9(33): Text commentator’s curse? Cheteshwar Pujara departs as India lose their captain for a score of 11. Virat Kohli is the new man in for India A. M Stoinis was the wicket taker for Australia A. OUT! Cheteshwar Pujara b Stoinis 11(36)

Live cricket score India A 18/0 | Overs 10 | Batting: Cheteshwar Pujara 11(35) Abhinav Mukund 4(28): No success for the Australian bowlers so far. The wicket seems to be a good one for batting as both Indian openers are content on surviving the first hour to cash in later in the day. Stephen O Keefe has already come onto bowl.

Live cricket score India A 2/0 | Overs 2 | Batting: Cheteshwar Pujara 1(6) Abhinav Mukund 0(7): Kohli loves to surprise and so he does by not opening the batting and Abhinav Mukund has come out to open the batting with Pujara. Gurindher Sandhu and Andrew Fekete open the bowling for Australia A.

Toss – India A have won the toss and will bat first! We will get you the teams in a bit!

India A XI: Cheteshwar Pujara(c), Virat Kohli, Abhinav Mukund, Karun Nair, Naman Ojha(w), Shreyas Iyer, Baba Aparajith, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Shardul Thakur, Pragyan Ojha.

Australia A XI: Usman Khawaja(c), Cameron Bancroft, Joe Burns, Peter Handscomb, Callum Ferguson, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Agar, Steve O’Keefe, Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Fekete.

 

 

Virat Kohli’s move to play for India A against Australia A has made this match one which will be followed by people around the country. After drawing the first unofficial Test, India A will be hoping to make more impact and get off the mark with a win. READ: Rahul Dravid praises Virat Kohli for his move to play against Australia A

Australia A all-rounder Ashton Agar today said his side is excited about taking on India Test skipper Virat Kohli when he turns up for India A in the final four-day cricket match starting here tomorrow but insisted that there is no specific plan to tackle the star batsman. as per PTI. ALSO READ: India A vs Australia A 2015, 2nd unofficial Test Preview

Squads:

India A: Cheteshwar Pujara(c), Abhinav Mukund, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Naman Ojha(w), Karun Nair, Baba Aparajith, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Vijay Shankar, Varun Aaron, Amit Mishra, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Gopal.

Australia A: Usman Khawaja(c), Cameron Bancroft, Travis Head, Joe Burns, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade(w), Steve O’Keefe, Sean Abbott, Gurinder Sandhu, Andrew Fekete, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Boyce, Ashton Agar, Callum Ferguson, James Pattinson, Adam Zampa.

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