– Vinay Kumar
In the second practice match played against India and Western Australia (India vs Western Australia 2022) in Perth, the Indian batsmen got out in front of the bowlers of Western Australia. In this match, India had to face defeat by 36 runs.
It is worth noting that in today’s match, West Australia, batting first, scored 168 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and gave India a target of 169 runs to win. Chasing the target, the Indian team succumbed to the bowling of Western Australia and could only score 132 runs in 20 overs.
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In the bowling for Team India, Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets while bowling a sharp ball. But, India’s batsmen proved to be laggy in batting. Apart from opener KL Rahul, no other Indian batsman could stay at the crease. KL Rahul played an excellent innings of 74 runs in 65 balls.
On the other hand, for Western Australia, Nick Hobson scored 64 runs in 41 balls for his team. He was the highest run-scorer in Western Australia today. Dinesh Karthik also went on to score 10 runs in this match. Hardik Pandya’s bat also looked battered in front of Western Australia bowlers. He too could only score 17 runs. Significantly, in the first warm-up match, India defeated Western Australia by 13 runs. But, today he had to face defeat in the second match.