India vs Australia A 2nd Practice Match Live Score Day 2: Shaw falls early, Mayank holds fort

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's Live Coverage of Day two of the second practice match between India and Australia A at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney at 9:00 AM.

Day 1 Stumps - India bowls out Australia A for 108; leads by 86 runs.

India pacers Shardul Thakur and T. Natarajan, along with offspinner Washington Sundar, have been retained as back-up cum net bowlers for India's Test series in Australia, starting December 17.

Bumrah fifty, Shami, Saini give Indians edge over Australia A

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Barring the trio, all the other members of the limited-overs' leg who did not make the cut returned to India on Friday.

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Natarajan, the left-arm pacer who was a stand-out performer in the T20I series, was always supposed to stay on as a net bowler, Thakur was asked to stay once Ishant Sharma was ruled out of the series.

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Washington would primarily come in handy as a net bowler with his uncanny off-spinners.

Squads

India: Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, K. L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Rishabh Pant (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk).

Australia A: Sean Abbott, Joe Burns, Alex Carey (c, wk), Harry Conway, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Nic Maddinson, Ben McDermott, Mark Steketee, Will Sutherland, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth.

Match Starts: 9am IST.