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In the second informal Test at Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium, this left hand spinner showed his ability in place of Harsh Dubey. In a disappointing day for other India -A bowlers, Suthar showed amazing. After winning the toss, Dhruv Juril decided to field first. Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ayush Badoni were included in the team in place of Shreyas Iyer, Tanush Kotion, Khalil Ahmed and Abhimanyu Ishwar. Shreyas Iyer left the team and left for Mumbai a day before the match started, so wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel got the responsibility of captaining this match.
Left -arm spinner Manav Suthar shocks 5 wickets against Australia A After winning the toss, Dhruv Juril decided to field first. Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ayush Badoni were included in the team in place of Shreyas Iyer, Tanush Kotion, Khalil Ahmed and Abhimanyu Ishwar. Shreyas Iyer left the team and left for Mumbai a day before the match started, so wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel got the responsibility of captaining this match.
The fast bowler famous Krishna gave the first blow to the visiting team by catching Campbell Kelave in the fourth over, but after that, Australia A took over the front since then. By the 31st over, India A attacked again. Mohammad Siraj, who had not played against England at the Oval further, brought Sam Constas out for 49 runs to bring India A back into the game. After this, Suthar took the front. Out of the next six, five wickets were taken by Rajasthan spinner. These wickets included international cricketers like Cooper Konoli, Will Sutherland and Josh Philip. Suthar had scored the team to 214/6, but Jack Edwards hardly removed the team by playing an innings of 88 runs.
Australian A team captain Nathan McSwini was the only other batsman to score a half -century, and was dismissed by Gurnur Brar along with Edward. Siraj and famous managed to take one wicket each, but both were not affordable. Brar also took the run leaked. Among the three fast bowlers, the famous gave the most control and gave runs at the rate of 4.50 runs per over. Siraj’s economy was 5.60, while Brar’s economy was 5.50.
The best result of the first day was that Nitish Kumar Reddy returned to competitive cricket. No match was played since July due to knee injury. He not only returned, but also threw 8 overs. Looking at the West Indies series starting from October 2, this is a good sign for India and Nitish.