New Delhi / Nagpur. Off-spinner Todd Murphy, playing his Test debut, took two wickets in the first session and India were 151 for three at lunch on the second day of the first cricket Test on Friday. Playing on their yesterday’s score of 77 for one, India passed 100 without losing another wicket.
Murphy sent Ravichandran Ashwin to the pavilion today after dismissing KL Rahul yesterday. After this, Australia returned to the match by taking the valuable wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara (seven). At lunch, Rohit Sharma is playing on 85 and Virat Kohli is playing on 12 runs. The Indian team is still only 26 runs behind Australia in the first innings.
Captain Rohit Sharma is unbeaten on 85 for the Indian team. In such a situation, Rohit has a chance to score a great century today. The Australia team now has a lead of only 26 runs.
Playing-11 of India and Australia in the match
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Shrikar Bharat (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akshar Patel, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia Team: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland