India A vs Australia A Day 3 Live Updates : India A lost both Hanuman Vihari & Ajinkya Rahane with only a small lead. Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuman Vihari could not convert starts to big ones. Vihari, Rahane scored 28 each and Ashwin went out just for 8.
On the 3rd day, Indians started on a shaky note with 3 early jolts. Both Indian openers failed to impress once again. Shaw could only score 19 and Shubman Gill managed 29. Cheteshwar Pujara failed to open his account this time.
Hanuman Vihari & first innings centurion Ajinkya Rahane are currently spending much needed time on crease before the start of the Test Series on Dec-17th.
Earlier Australia A declared their first innings on 306 / 9 in the morning.
Overnight centurion Cameron Green stayed unbeaten on 125. India had declared their first innings on 247/9
India A vs Australia A Day 2 Report – Cameron Green hits century as AUS A lead by 39 runs at stumps: Cameron Green remained unbeaten on 114 for Australia A on the second day of the three-day practice match against India A as the hosts ended the day on 286/8 in Sydney at the Drummoyne Oval on Monday. Riding on Green’s knock, Australia A managed to end the day with a lead of 39 runs.
Earlier, resuming on 237/8, the Ajinkya Rahane-led India A side added 10 more runs to their overnight total before declaring their innings on 247/9. Rahane remained unbeaten on 117. Coming to bowl, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin were seen at their best as the duo dismantled the top-order of Australia A and it was only Marcus Harris (35) who could show some fight in the middle. Australia A lost wickets at regular intervals with Umesh dismissing Will Pucovski (1) and Joe Burns (4), while Ashwin sent Harris (35) and Nic Maddinson (23) back to the pavilion. Mohammad Siraj also got one wicket as he clean bowled skipper Travis Head (18), reducing the hosts to 98/5.
However, Cameron Green and Tim Paine then got together at the crease and both batsmen frustrated the visitors by mixing caution with aggression. Green was the more aggressive of the two and he took a liking for the Indian bowling attack.
Both batters put on 104 runs for the sixth wicket, however, after the tea interval, it was once again Umesh who provided the side with a much-needed breakthrough. He had Paine (44) caught by Prithvi Shaw, reducing Australia A to 202/6. Soon after, Siraj sent back James Pattinson (2) to the pavilion, giving India A hopes of walking away with a lead.
Michael Neser then provided the much-needed support to Green in the middle and the duo put on 49 runs for the eighth wicket and this took Australia A ahead in the match. However, in trying to scrape through for a quick single, Neser (33) ended being run out, reducing Australia A to 269/8. In the end, Green (114*) and Mark Steketee (1*) saw out the remaining overs in the day.
Brief Scores: India 247/9 (Ajinkya Rahane 117*, Cheteshwar Pujara 54; James Pattinson 3-58); Australia A 286/8 (Cameron Green 114*, Tim Paine 44; Umesh Yadav 3-44)