India A team is sitting pretty at 121/3 in their second innings against Australia A. This after Pragyan Ojha’s bowling (5/85) spun a web around the tourists during the third day’s play. With an entire day left to face off against each other, both teams will look to down each other in order to take the spoils.
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1025: Nair and Iyer keep the singles coming. India A chugging along well with the score on 151/3.
1010 hrs: Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer resume proceedings on the final day’s play.
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Back in the mix after 18 months, 28-year-old left-arm spinner Ojha, bowling with a remodeled action, picked up five for 85, while leg spinner Amit Mishra managed three for 55.
Ojha’s scalp today included the well-set Marcus Stoinis and Gurinder Sandhu, while Mishra picked up the important wicket of Peter Handscomb when he had the batsman stumped, besides sending back Matthew Wade and Andrew Fekete.
In reply, India A were served in their second essay by Abhinav Mukund (40) and skipper Cheteshwar Pujara (42). Mukund and Pujara hit four and five boundaries each, respectively, before getting out towards the fag end of the day’s play.
Both the wickets were taken by fast medium bowler Sandhu (2/13), who plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Will Sandhu manage to add more to his tally or will the Australian attack be blunted?