IND vs AUS / India 151 for 5 at the end of the second day - Australia 469 all out

The Indian team is trailing by 318 runs on the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. He needs 119 more runs to follow on. Team India has lost five wickets in scoring 151 runs at stumps. Ajinkya Rahane returned unbeaten on 29 and wicketkeeper KS Bharat on 5 runs. Ravindra Jadeja 48, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara 14-14 and captain Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 15 runs.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 08, 2023, 10:48 PM
IND vs AUS: The Indian team is trailing by 318 runs on the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final. He needs 119 more runs to follow on. Team India has lost five wickets in scoring 151 runs at stumps. Ajinkya Rahane returned unbeaten on 29 and wicketkeeper KS Bharat on 5 runs. Ravindra Jadeja 48, Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara 14-14 and captain Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 15 runs. For the Kangaroos, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Scott Boland, Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon took one wicket each.

Earlier, the Australian team was all out for 469 runs in the first innings. Mohammad Siraj got four wickets for India. Shami and Shardul Thakur got two successes each.

This match is being played at The Oval ground in London, England.

This is how India's wickets fell in the first innings

First: Indian captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed on the last ball of the sixth over. He was made LBW by Pat Cummins. Rohit wanted to play the good length ball in front, but the ball fell below the knee and hit the pad.

Second: Shubman Gill could not understand Boland's in-swing ball and the good length ball went on to scatter Gill's balls. Gill was bowled on the fourth ball of the seventh over.

Third: Pujara could not understand the incoming ball of Cameron Green and left it, but the ball took off stump. Earlier, Gill was also dismissed like this.

Fourth: Kohli is out. Virat could not handle Mitchell Starc's bouncer and the ball touched the gloves and went to Steve Smith standing at second slip, Smith made no mistake in catching the catch.

Fifth: Lion bowled the third ball of the 35th over on a good length, which was going outside the off stump, lifty batsman Jadeja went to defend this ball, but the ball took the outside edge of the bat and went into the hands of Steve Smith standing at slip .

Kangaroo all out on 469, lost the last 7 wickets in scoring 108 runs

Steve Smith completed his century in the very first over of the second day. Travis Head also crossed the 150-run mark. Head was caught out after adding 34 runs to the first day's score. After the fourth wicket fell on 361 runs, the team's 7th wicket also fell on 402 runs.

Alex Carey and Pat Cummins shared a 51-run partnership for the 8th wicket. Carry was LBW for 453 runs and the team was all out till 469. In this way Australia lost their last 7 wickets in scoring 108 runs. After batting 85 overs on the first day, Australia batted 36.3 overs on the second day.

This is how Australia's wickets fell in the first innings.

First: Siraj bowled a wobble seam ball. Khawaja could not understand this ball and the ball went into the gloves of wicketkeeper KS Bharat kissing the outer edge of the bat. Siraj showed Khwaja the way to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the fourth over.

Second: Shardul Thakur dismissed David Warner on the fourth ball of the 22nd over. Thakur bowled a bouncer ball of short pitch length, which was going towards Warner's leg stump. Warner pulls but the ball takes the edge of the bat and goes backwards. Wicketkeeper Bharat took the catch by diving to his right.

Third: Mohammed Shami bowled Marnus Labushen on the first ball of the 25th over. Labushen could not understand Shami's inswing ball and the ball scattered the balls while blowing the off-stump.

Fourth: Siraj achieved success on the short ball. Head wanted to push the first ball of the 92nd over in the direction of fine leg, but the ball took the edge of the bat and went over the gloves of wicketkeeper Bharat.

Fifth: Shami bowled a full length ball outside the off stump. Green went to play the ball going outside, but the ball took the edge of the bat and went to Shubman Gill standing at second slip, which Gill did not make any mistake in catching.

Sixth: Shardul bowled Steve Smith on the first ball of the 99th over. Shardul's good length out swing ball got the slow play on wickets.

Seventh: Starc pushed Siraj's ball in the direction of mid-off and wanted to take a single, but before Starc could complete the run, Akshar ran him out on a direct throw.

Eighth: Alex Carey wanted to sweep Jadeja's straight ball, but missed and the ball hit the pad. Captain Rohit Sharma took DRS after the umpire rejected the initial appeal, on which the third umpire called Carry out.

Ninth: Mohammad Siraj took the third wicket. He bowled Nayan Lion. Nathan wanted to play Siraj's ball at mid-on, but missed the hit and got bowled.

Tenth: Siraj's good length ball was played by Pat Cummins in the direction of extra cover, which was caught by Rahane. This is Rahane's 100th catch in Tests.

Now see the session-by-session condition of the second day's game...

Second: Mixed performance of both the teams The second session of the day was mixed. India dominated in the beginning of the session and the Kangaroos towards the end. In this session, 84 runs were scored and 5 wickets fell. Australia lost 3 wickets in this session to score 47 runs, while India got two wickets for 37 runs. Experienced batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli remained at the crease.

First: Fast bowlers brought back Team India

The first session of the second day has been in the name of India. In the first session, the Kangaroo team lost four wickets in scoring 95 runs. The first day's centurions Travis Head 163, Steve Smith 121, Cameron Green 6 and Mitchell Starc were dismissed for 5 runs. Shami, Siraj and Thakur took one wicket each from India.

Smith scored 31st century, 9th against India

Steve Smith scored his 31st Test century. He played an inning of 121 runs on 268 balls. 19 fours were included in this innings. Smith scored his 9th century against India. In this matter, he has equaled Joe Root of England. He came equal to Ricky Ponting in terms of scoring the most centuries against India in all three formats. Both scored a total of 14-14 centuries for India.

Head scored 5th century

Travis Head played an innings of 163 in 174 balls. He also hit 25 fours and a six in his innings. This was the fifth century of Head's Test career.

Double Century Partnership at Smith-Head

After losing the third wicket for 76 runs, Travis Head and Steve Smith took over Australia's innings. Both shared a 285-run partnership for the fourth wicket on 408 balls. Siraj broke this partnership by taking the wicket of the head.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland.