Sam Konstas came into the limelight after scoring twin hundreds in New South Wales' Sheffield Shield season opener against South Australia in October. Konstas became the third-youngest player ever to register twin centuries in Sheffield Shield after Archie Jackson and Ricky Ponting.
India A will be up against Australia A in the second and final unofficial Test in Melbourne starting November 7. Australia A won the opening clash rather comfortably. Australia will have an eye on Nathan McSweeney as the potential opener for Perth Test and for India, KL Rahul will be in spotlight.
India A will take on Australia A in the second and final unofficial Test of the series at Melbourne Cricket Ground starting Thursday, November 7. KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel were added to the India A squad for the second game after the completion of the home series against New Zealand.
Australia's search for a Test opener has reached its last stages with Ricky Ponting finalising his pick. The likes of Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris or Cameron Bancroft haven't really made their mark in the ongoing game for Australia A against India A and Ponting has leaned towards the experienced one.
Sai Sudharsan slammed 103 from 200 balls in the second innings of the India A vs Australia A 1st unofficial Test. Sudharsan and Devdutt Padikkal notched up a 196-run stand for the third wicket as India A posted 310 on the board in the second innings.
Devdutt Padikkal was the highest scorer for India A with 36 runs as the visitors were folded cheaply by Australia A for just 107 riding on Brendan Doggett's six-wicket haul. Test hopefuls Abhimanyu Easwaran and Nitish Kumar Reddy too didn't make a mark in Mackay on Thursday morning.
A twin-century outing against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match has helped 19-year-old Sam Konstas smash selection doors to be in Australia A squad alongside a couple of Test hopefuls for a couple of red-ball matches against India A in late October-early November.
Opener Maddy Drake scored a brilliant century as Australia A women chased down a 219-run target with eight wickets remaining and also sealed the three-match one-day series. India remains without a win after first five matches on tour of Australia.
India A women's team failed to counter the Australia A team as Tahlia McGrath and Co proved to be too strong for the Women in Blue. After restricting the Indian team to 120, the Australian A women's team chased it down in just 13.4 overs to win the series 3-0.
Priya Punia and Sayali Satghare with a few good shots at the end tried their best but failed to chase down 164 after needing 58 runs off the last five overs. Australia A women won the thriller by five runs and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series as India A women would aim to level on Friday.
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