A first class match is being played between India A and Australia A in Mackay. A video of this match is going viral fast, in which Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar is seen hitting the pitch with a hammer. In such a situation, the question arises that what happened in Australia that they needed to use the hammer. Actually, this incident happened in the 45th over of Australia’s second innings. The landing area of the bowlers was damaged, due to which they were facing difficulty in bowling. He complained about this to the umpires, then some staff came to fix it. Then Mukesh came forward to help and took a hammer from him and started fixing the pitch himself.
Australia A in strong position
In this match, 3 days of play has ended and only one day of play is left. India A had scored a total of 312 runs in the second innings and had set a target of 225 runs. In response, Australia A team has scored 139 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Now on the fourth day, he has to score 86 runs to win, whereas the Indian team will have to score 7 runs to win this match. Australia A captain Nathan McSweene is present at the crease after scoring 47 runs in 98 balls and Beau Webster is present at the crease after scoring 17 runs in 48 balls. Whereas for India, Mukesh Kumar, Prasidh Krishna and Manav Suthar have taken 1 wicket each.
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Mukesh Kumar had made a comeback
India A was all out for just 107 in the first innings. India looked to be in trouble after being out on such a low score. But right-arm fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made a comeback for the Indian team with his lethal bowling. He took 6 wickets for 46 runs in 18.4 overs in the first innings, due to which Australia A was all out for 195 runs in the first innings. He could take a lead of only 88 runs.
After Mukesh, Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikkal batted tremendously. Sudarshan scored 103 runs in 200 balls, while he played an inning of 88 runs in 199 balls. With this, India A was in a strong position. But after both were out, neither batsman could play a big innings. Ishan Kishan was the third highest scorer in the second innings with 32 runs. The result was that India A, which had scored 226 runs at the loss of only 2 wickets, was all out at 312 and could not set a big target.
