Published: Feb 17, 2023, 05:26 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 18, 2023, 06:43 AM (IST)
India vs Australia 2nd Test Day 1 Highlights: Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian bowling was sharp from the very first over and generated many close openings to get early breakthroughs. The opening duo of David Warner and Usman Khawaja did manage to weather the storm for a while but not for long as Mohammed Shami dismissed Warner in the 16th over.
Aussies were only recovering from this when India’s marquee spinner Ravi Ashwin dismissed both Labuschangne and Smith in the same over in a span of 3 balls. Post lunch Shami strikes again and this time it was Travis Head. Indian bowlers were creating lots of pressure.
However, Usman Khawaja kept on progressing the scoreboard from one end he even completed his half-century. He was joining a crucial stand with Peter Handscomb when Jadeja grabbed his 1st wicket of the match and sent Khawaja back after a brilliant knock of 81.
Once again there was a batting collapse for the Aussies and their innings fell down. Peter Handscomb’s unbeaten 72 and Pat Cummins’ cameo knock of 33 helped Aussie put 263 on board. Mohammed Shami was the leading wicket-taker for India with 4 wickets. Ashwin and Jadeja grabbed 3 wickets each.
Rohit and Rahul came to open the innings for Team India and weathered the storm and managed to not lose any wickets. India is batting on 21 runs at stumps day 1 without any loss.
IND vs AUS 2nd Test Playing 11
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Srikar Bharat(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Australia Playing 11: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Matthew Kuhnemann
