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AUS A vs IND A Day 1 Highlights: Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Keep India A In Hunt After Doggett-Induced Collapse

Aakash Saini

Brendan Doggett picked up six Indian wickets on Day 1 [Source: @cricketcomau/x]Brendan Doggett picked up six Indian wickets on Day 1 [Source: @cricketcomau/x]

Australia A claim early advantage over India A after fast bowlers from both sides traded blows on Day 1 of the four-day tour match at the Great Barrier Reef Arena. Earlier in the match, Australia A captain Nathan McSweeney had won the toss and opted to field first.

Here’s the timeline of how AUS A vs IND A panned out in Mackay:

AUS A vs IND A Highlights: Padikkal Reforms India A After Top-Order Setback

Australia A paceman Jordan Buckingham got rid of both India A openers inside the first eight overs of the match. The speedster canned India A skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad for a first-ball duck before nicking Abhimanyu Easwaran towards wicketkeeper Josh Philippe.

Brendan Doggett removed Sai Sudharsan for 21 as India A slipped to 32-3 inside the opening hour of the innings. Fortunately for the visitors, number four batter Devdutt Padikkal attained some stability for his team by biding his time to score 36 valuable runs. His 39-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Baba Indrajith (9 off 46 balls) also turned out to be the biggest of the India A innings.

AUS A vs IND A Highlights: Brendan Doggett Wrecks India A In Dramatic Collapse

With India A finding some stability at 71-3, Australian spinner Todd Murphy broke the brewing partnership between Devdutt Padikkal and Baba Indrajith by getting rid of the latter. Thereafter, fast bowler Brendan Doggett scythed through the rest of the India A middle and lower order, thus inducing a dramatic collapse within the visitor’s camp.

After snapping Sai Sudharsan in his opening spell, Doggett added the likes of Ishan Kishan, Devdutt Padikkal and Nitish Kumar Reddy to his tally of victims to claim astonishing figures of 6-15 from 11 overs. His devastating spell reduced India A from 71-3 to 86-9 in the space of an hour.

Tailenders Navdeep Saini (23 off 43) and Mukesh Kumar (4*) hung around for a while to steer India A past the 100-run mark until the visitors had their entire innings collapse for 107 in 47.4 overs.

AUS A vs IND A Highlights: Kumar, Krishna Keep India A In Hunt In Bowler’s Day Out

In response, hosts lost Australia’s BGT contender and prodigious batting talent Sam Konstas for a three-ball duck to visiting seamer Mukesh Kumar. Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris also fell in quick succession to Kumar’s new ball partner Prasidh Krishna in quick succession as Australia A slipped to 26-3 in 11.3 overs.

Still 81 runs away from India A, captain Nathan McSweeney (29* off 110 balls) steered his team closer to the visitors with a comforting 47-run partnership with Beau Webster (33 off 44 balls). Mukesh Kumar seized Webster in the final hour of play as Australia A reached 99-4 in 39 overs by stumps on Day 1.