Published: Dec 04, 2014, 10:44 AM (IST)
Edited: Dec 04, 2014, 11:51 AM (IST)
Dec 4, 2014
Cricket Australia XI were severely on the back foot against the Indians on Day One of the second Tour match at Adelaide. Jordan Silk, who went to lunch unbeaten on 55, was out soon after play resumed to give Varun Aaron his second wicket.
Karn Sharma, who was expensive all day, soon picked up his first wicket as he had Alex Keath caught by Cheteshwar Pujara for a well-made 19. That brought Sebastian Gotch and Jake Doran together. The pair buckled down and batted well to deny the Indian bowlers any wickets for a period of around 12 overs. However, they were unable to score too many runs either.
Karn soon had Doran out caught by Virat Kohli for a well-made 25 off 42 balls. New batsman Evan Gulbis did not last very long, and was bowled by Aaron for just one, as the Indians went for the kill. Josh Lalor walked out to join Gotch, and batted positively for his 31-ball 21. He was dismissed caught by Shami while trying to go down the ground off Ravindra Jadeja.
Earlier, CA XI were 101 for the loss of three wickets at Lunch. Silk had helped the hosts recover after they were reeling at 34 for three at one point. The Indians made a great start to the match and picked up two wickets in the first 3 overs of the match. Ryan Carters and Ashton Turner were the first two batsman to depart and Matthew Short followed shortly after.
Mohammed Shami took two wickets, while Aaron took one. All the bowlers bowled reasonably, except Karn who was on the expensive side. After the loss of three early of three early wickets, Jordan Silk and Alex Keath combined to lead the CA XI recovery.
Brief scores:
CA XI 205 for 8 (Jordan Silk 58, Sebastian Gotch 40*; Varun Aaron 3 for 35) vs Indians.
