With the dismissal of Jaiswal and Virat Kohli‘s dismissal, India struggled once again by losing 5 wickets for 164 runs by the end of day 02 of the Melbourne test.
Jaiswal looked to be in form scoring a half-century in 82 deliveries and went on to score 82 runs before being dismissed on a run-out. Meanwhile, Kohli has been failed once again on his outside off-stump weakness.
Australia batted first and made scores of 311/6 by the end of day 01. Earlier on day 02, Australia went on to score 474 runs with Steven Smith scoring 140. They were able to post a huge total with half-centuries from Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja and Labuschagne.
Pat Cummins scored 49 runs at the low order to strengthen their score. Indian bowlers worked on a challenging surface, with Bumrah picking 4/99, Jadeja had a return of 3/78 and Akash Deep picking 2/94 runs.
A massive mix-up between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal sees Jaiswal run out for 82! #AUSvIND | #PlayOfTheDay | @nrmainsurance pic.twitter.com/a9G4uZwYIk
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2024
After KL Rahul’s dismissal for 24 runs by cummins, India struggled once again with top order woes. However, Kohli-Jaiswal Partnership recovered India, but did not last long.
Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal stitched a solid partnership to recover India after the loss of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul.
They made a 100 run partnership before being dismissed for 82 and 36 runs respectively. After their dismissal Akash Deep sent out on a duck with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja at crease by the end of day 02.
India’s win in the ongoing match is crucial for their WTC finals run as they stands third in the WTC points table.
India and Australia secured one victory each in the Perth and Adelaide test while the Gabba test resulted in a tie. The visitors secured a 295-run victory in Perth while Australia secured a 10 wicket victory in Adelaide.
