In the Prime Minister’s XI’s one-off tour match against India, the visitors secured a significant victory ahead of the second Test match against Australia in Adelaide. The administrators announced that a 50-over match will take place at Canberra’s Manuka Oval on December 1st after the weather ruined the first day of play.
Rohit Sharma chose to field first and called the toss properly to start the game. Mohammed Siraj got the first blood early in the game as he dismissed Matt Renshaw, starting the PM XI’s innings. After Jayden Goodwin only contributed four runs to the total score, he also left early. Jack Clayton and Sam Konstas, the opener, then put together a strong 109-run partnership in 100 deliveries.
Clayton walked back with a 40 off of 52 balls, but his partner followed up with a spectacular century. In his inning of 107 runs, Konstas had a strike rate of 110.30 and hit 14 boundaries and one six. Harshit Rana, meanwhile, caused chaos in the middle overs by quickly taking four vital wickets and removing Clayton, Oliver Davies, Jack Edwards, and Sam Harper.
Hanno Jacobs maintained composure towards the finish of the innings by playing a brilliant knock while wickets were falling from the other end. Two tall sixes and four boundaries were part of his 60-ball 61. The opposition was ultimately destroyed by the potent Indian bowling assault, which claimed 240 runs in 43.2 overs. For India, Akash Deep took two wickets while Rana got a four-fer. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar all claimed wickets in the meanwhile.
KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal responded by chasing after the ball to give the tourists a strong start. In the first overs, neither hitter tried any creative shots and both began slowly, showing respect for the Pink ball. After a 59-ball 45, the youthful Jaiswal was sent to the dressing room after playing some beautiful strokes that he was unable to turn into a significant score. Rahul, on the other hand, was undefeated and retired without being out after scoring 27 more runs.
Shubman Gill, who had a fractured right hand before the first Test, came back, which was wonderful news for India.
With seven boundaries throughout his innings, the Punjabi-born player produced a stunning comeback with a fifty and appeared to be at ease during his middle-field stint. Rohit Sharma, the captain, had a poor day at bat when he was caught in slips after only three runs.
In addition, Lloyd Pope dismissed Nitish Kumar Reddy after he played a brilliant knock and was eight runs short of a brilliant fifty. With their outstanding batting contributions, Sundar and Jadeja helped India win comfortably before the Pink Ball Test by regularly finding the gaps. With six wickets and 19 balls remaining, the Men in Blue prevailed. Washington Sundar (42) and Devdutt Padikkal (4) both returned to the dressing room undefeated as India’s final score was 257 for the loss of five.
It will be a Pink Ball match as India now faces Australia in the Day-Night Test at the Adelaide Oval, which is scheduled to start on December 6.
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