Ruturaj Gaikwad's India A team bowled out for 107 by Australia A in 1st unofficial Test

New Delhi: The Australia tour got off to a disastrous start for India A, as they were bundled out for a mere 107 runs in the first innings of the opening unofficial Test match against Australia A. Winning the toss, Australia elected to bowl first against India A, led by Ruturaj Gaikwad. The Indian team's batting lineup crumbled in the second session, unable to withstand the pressure from the Australian bowlers.

Three batters reached double digits:

India A’s batting failed completely. Only 3 batters of the team were able to reach double figures. Devdutt Padikkal played the biggest innings of 36 runs. Navdeep Saini, who came at number 9, contributed 23 runs. Apart from this, 21 runs came off Sai Sudarshan’s bat. India A lost 9 wickets at the score of 86. From here Navdeep Saini somehow took the team past 100 runs.

6 wickets fell in making 15 runs:

At one point, India A’s score in the match was 71 runs for 3 wickets. After this, wickets fell like autumn. 9 batsmen returned in reaching 86 runs. All-rounder Nitish Reddy, who was included in the Indian team for the Border Gavaskar Trophy, could not even open his account. Earlier, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was out on his very first ball. Backup opener Abhimanyu Easwaran scored 7 runs for the Test series while Ishan Kishan played an innings of 4 runs.

Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets:

Fast bowler Brendan Doggett took 6 wickets for Australia A. He gave away 15 runs in his 11-over spell and took 6 wickets. 30-year-old Doggett has no experience of international cricket. This is also the best spell of his career. Before this, Doggett had never taken 6 wickets in an innings in his first-class career. Jordan Buckingham also dismissed two batsmen.