In a bowling-dominated display, 14 wickets fell on the opening day of the first unofficial Test between Australia A and India A at Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay.
After being put in to bat, India were skittled out for 107, thanks to Brendan Doggett’s six-wicket haul. Ruturaj Gaikwad was the first to be dismissed as he was caught behind off Jordan Buckingham for a duck. After being named in the squad for the Border-Gavaskar trophy, uncapped opener Abhimanyu Easwaran couldn’t make a mark either, falling for a 30-ball seven, with Buckingham striking again.
As many as eight visiting batters recorded a single-digit score, Devdutt Padikkal top-scoring with 36 off 77. India, 86-9 at one stage, seemed to be falling short of the hundred-run mark, but Navdeep Saini’s 23 off 43, including two fours and a six, the only one in their innings, spared them any further blushes.
