IND vs AUS / Second day's play ends- India ahead by 145 runs: Score 141/6 in second innings

IND vs AUS: The Indian team is 145 runs ahead of Australia in the 5th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In Sydney, Team India scored 141 runs for 6 wickets till the end of the second day's play. Ravindra Jadeja returned unbeaten on 8 and Washington Sundar on 6 runs. The Kangaroos started playing on Saturday with a score of 9/1 and lost the last 9 wickets in scoring 172 runs. In this way, India has got a lead of 4 runs in the first innings.

For the Indian team, Rishabh Pant played an innings of 61 runs in 33 balls. Nitish Reddy was dismissed after scoring 4 runs. He was caught by Scott Boland at the hands of Pat Cummins. He sent Virat Kohli (6 runs), Yashasvi Jaiswal (22 runs) and KL Rahul (13 runs) to the pavilion. Rishabh Pant (61) was caught by Pat Cummins and Shubman Gill (13 runs) was caught by Beau Webster.

Beau Webster, playing his debut match from the Australian team, scored the highest 57 runs. Steve Smith scored 33 and Sam Constas scored 23 runs. Indian bowlers Prasidh Krishna and Mohammad Siraj took 3-3 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Nitish Kumar got 2-2 wickets. On the first day of the match on Friday, the Indian team was all out for 185 runs in the first innings. The home team is currently ahead 2-1 in the 5-Test series.

Second day's play over

By the end of the second day's play, India has scored 141 runs in their second innings after losing six wickets. On the basis of the first innings, Team India had a lead of four runs. In such a situation, the total lead of the Indian team has become 145 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, India scored 185 runs in their first innings. In response, Australia's first innings ended at 181 runs.

By the end of the second day's play, Ravindra Jadeja is unbeaten on eight runs and Washington Sundar is unbeaten on six runs. The Indian team had a good start. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul added 42 runs for the first wicket. Rahul became the victim of Boland after scoring 13 runs and Yashasvi became the victim of 22 runs. Shubman Gill became the victim of Webster after scoring 13 runs. Virat Kohli was once again caught out in the slip while trying to touch the ball outside the off stump. He could score six runs. Boland once again hunted Kohli. Pant played a courageous innings of 61 runs with the help of six fours and four sixes in 33 balls. At the same time, Nitish Reddy failed for the third consecutive innings. He could score four runs. From Australia, Boland has taken four wickets so far, while Cummins and Webster got one wicket each.