India A vs Australia A Live Score, 1st unofficial Test Day 1: IND A 107 all out; AUS A lose three wickets; Prasidh picks two

WICKET!! Harris was looking confident but pokes at a wide one and hands a simple catch to Padikkal in the slips. 

Harris c Padikkal b Krishna 17 (29)

Beau Webster in at 5. Gets off the mark with a single to point. 

Mukesh continues. McSweeney shoulders arms on a short of a length ball outside off. Maiden over from the right-armer. 

Prasidh to Harris. Four!! Full ball on off stump, Harris leans on the drive down the ground and gets it to the fence. 

Dropped! Mukesh induces Harris’ edge after squaring him up, flies to third slip at a comfortable height but Indrajith spills it. Four!! A touch too straight this time, clipped fine for a boundary. 

Prasidh to McSweeney, keeps it at a length, outside off. McSweeney will get a couple of the last ball after a punch to point. 

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Mukesh with his fourth over. Harris on strike. Short of a length on the body, Harris manages to fend it on the onside. Huge appeals as Harris goes after a wide one. Not given by the umpire. 

Prasidh to McSweeney. Tight over. No runs scored of it. 

Mukesh continues. McSweeney clips one to deep square to get off the mark with a couple. Harris clips one past the diving square leg fielder to maintain strike. 

Krishna to continue. Harris gets a single to fine leg on the first ball. WICKET!! Bancroft has been strangled down leg for duck! 

Bancroft c Kishan b Krishna 0 (14)

Nathan McSweeney in at 4. 

Mukesh continues. Length ball angling away from Harris, he shoulders arms. A touch too full, flicked away through midwicket for three. 

Prasidh with the second over. Short of a length on the body from over the wicket, Harris guides it to fine leg for a single. Huge appeals for an outside edge. Prasidh jumps in celebration but the umpire says no. 

Mukesh with the new ball in hand. Sam Konstas on strike with Marcus Harris accompanying him. Guides a length ball to gully with soft hands. WICKET!! Full outside off, Konstas looks to push and only manages to edge it through to the keeper. 

Konstas c Kishan b Mukesh 0 (3)

Bancroft in at 3. Four leg byes through fine leg as Mukesh errs in line to the new batter. 

O’Neill continues. Four!! Streaky boundary but Saini won’t be fazed. Moves to 23. WICKET!! Full outside off, looks to guide it past gully but holes out to the slip cordon. 

Saini c Connolly b O’ Neill 23 (43)

IND A 107 all out

Beau Webster into the attack. Saini clubs a short of a length delivery through the offside. The fielder gives chase and manages to haul it in. 

O’Neill continues. Saini taps one to gully to bring up the hundred for India A! Mukesh beaten on the outside edge. Stifled appeals but nothing from the umpire.

Six!! Saini lofts the first ball of Murray’s over down the ground for six! A single to mid off for Saini. Four!! Mukesh now goes big. Lofts one down the ground for a four. 

Fergus O’Neill into the attack replacing Doggett. Mukesh manages to keep out the over. 

Murphy with his 9th over. Bowling around the wicket and away from Saini’s swing. Back over the wicket, Saini doesn’t make contact with his slog. A couple to square leg to finish off the over. 

Murphy continues. Four!! Saini has had enough of the defending. Lofts him over mid off for a boundary. 

Doggett to Prasidh. Full toss on the stumps, Prasidh manages to keep it out. A hand wave apology from the bowler. WICKET!! Top of off. Cleans up Prasidh’s stumps. 

Prasidh b Doggett 0 (6)

Mukesh in at 11. Just about manages to keep out the last ball of the over. 

Murphy into the attack. Fires one down leg and the batters complete the bye. Saini drives a full ball to deep cover for a single. 

Doggett with his 10th over. Saini pushes one to cover and scampers across for a single. WICKET!! Huge appeals for lbw and given! Suthar is caught in front after Doggett fires one into the blockhole. Five wicket haul for Doggett!

Suthar lbw b Doggett 1 (22)

Prasidh in at 10. Manages to keep out the last two balls of the over. 

Buckingham to Suthar. Over the wicket, looking to take the southpaw’s edge with a straighter line. Doggett continues the search for his fifth wicket. Saini wafts at one without any foot movement, just beats his edge. 

Buckingham continues. Short of a length attack on Suthar, who just about manages to ride the bounce to gully. Doggett continues. WICKET!! Short ball aimed at the body, Nitish looks to go for the pull shot, only manages to hand a simple catch to square leg. 

Nitish Reddy c Kostas b Doggett 0 (6)

Navdeep Saini in at 9. 

Doggett continues. Short of a length, beats Padikkal’s outside edge. WICKET!! Second time lucky! This time Padikkal looks for the powerful drive, only manages to edge it behind. 

Padikkal c Philippe b Doggett 36 (77)

Manav Suthar in at 8. Gets off the mark with a single to mid off. 

Doggett in after lunch. Manages to find Kishan’s edge but falls short of the skip fielder. WICKET!! Kishan goes after one outside off, looks to cut but edges it behind to the keeper..

Kishan c Philippe b Doggett 4 (11)

Nitish Kumar Reddy in at 7. Buckingham from the other end. A touch short, pulled to the legside for a single by Padikkal. 

Padikkal pushes a full one from Murphy to mid off and takes a quick single. Indrajith tries to come down the track and is beaten in the air. The ball balloons to short leg and the umpire gives him out. Indrajith unhappy with that call!

Indrajith c Bancroft b Murphy 9 (46)

Ishan Kishan in at 6. O’Neill continues with the ball. Padikkal defends to the legside to bring up a single and move to 34. Full and wide to Kishan, beats his attempted prod on the front foot. Edged and four!! Full on the stumps, Kishan pushes at it and it runs past gully to the boundary to bring up Lunch!

Murphy back into the attack. Padikkal gets a quick single to mid on. A couple from his over. O’Neill continues from the other end. Indrajith plays out a maiden. 

Padikkal punches Webster off the back foot through the offside, will pick up two runs. Four!! Indrajith gets an edge against O’Neill that runs past gully and to the fence for a boundary. 

Webster to Padikkal. Five runs for India A after the overthrow runs away to the fence. Fergus O’Neill back into the attack. 

Webster continues. Appeals for lbw after Padikkal is struck on the pads, looks like there was an inside edge. Four!! A touch short, Padikkal punches through the offside for a boundary. Maiden over from Doggett.

Doggett gets one to move into Indrajith, appeals for lbw but height was a factor. Maiden over. 

Beau Webster into the attack. Four!! Padikkal plays it late and beats short third man to the fence. 50 up for India A.

A single off Murphy’s over. Two half volleys from Doggett, Padikkal pushes at it them but it doesn’t have the legs to go to the boundary. 

A touch too short from Murphy, Padikkal cuts to deep point for a single. Doggett continues, Padikkal gets a couple to third man. Another three runs for Padikkal after the fielder gives chase. 

Just a single off Todd Murphy’s second. Brendan Doggett into the attack. Full ball, swinging in, Sudharsan just manages to keep it out. Edged and taken! Looked to drive a full one only to catch the edge. 

Sudharsan c Philippe b Doggett 21 (35)

Baba Indrajith in at 5. 

Buckingham to Sudharsan, short ball is pulled to midwicket for a single. Quick single after he flicks a leg stump delivery to square leg. A touch too full, Padikkal drives through midwicket for another couple. 

First over of spin. Todd Murphy into the attack. Full and wide, driven through cover for a double. A punch off the backfoot gets Sudharsan a single. 

Buckingham to Padikkal, beaten on the outside edge. Padikkal looks to drive an overpitched one, beaten on the outside edge. 

Four!! Short and wide from O’Neill, Sudharsan cuts hard and gets it past backward point for a boundary. Another couple to deep square leg after guiding a short of a length ball. Appeals for lbw on a fuller delivery, not given on field. 

A quick single from Easwaran first ball. Sudharsan guides a shortish ball to square leg for a couple. Defends one to the offside, trickles to short cover but the batters complete a quick single. Short ball down legside, left alone by Easwaran. Edged and gone!! Moves away a touch after pitching on off, takes Easwaran’s edge and Philippe completes another good catch .

Easwaran c Philippe b Buckingham 7(30)

Devdutt Padikkal in at 4. 

Sudharsan stands tall and punches one down the ground against O’Neill. Will pick up two. Too straight again, Sudharsan clips it legside this time to pick up another couple. 

Easwaran clips a full delivery through midwicket to pick up a couple. Buckingham gets one to move back in and hit Easwaran on the pads. Would have been going down leg. A touch fuller and Easwaran gets another couple to wide mid on. 

O’Neill to Easwaran. Full on off stump, solid defence back to the bowler. On the pads, flicked to deep fine leg for a single. Sudharsan lets a back of a length delivery go to round out the over. 

Another single for Sudharsan, moves to three off three. Easwaran finally gets off the mark after 17 balls with a push through cover. 

O’ Neill continues. Sudharsan gets a leading edge to the right of mid off. Scampers across for a single. A short leg in place for Easwaran, he is being troubled by the one coming into the pads. 

Jordan Buckingham from the other end. Gaikwad is caught down the leg side for a first-ball duck! Full going down, Gaikwad gets an edge and Philippe dives to complete the catch. 

Gaikwad 0(1) c Philippe b Buckingham

Sai Sudharsan in at 3. Gets off the mark with a single to the offside. Easwaran defends a couple of the front foot to play out the over. 

Easwaran and Gaikwad out to open for IND A. Fergus O’Neill with the new ball. Back of a length ball swings in to Easwaran. An appeal for lbw but not given. A touch to full, gets the outside half of Easwaran’s bat and trickles to point. Maiden to start. 

The 2-match series will give Australia a chance to find the next Test opener after Steve Smith opted to move back to the middle order. Cameron Bancroft, Marcus Harris and Nathan McSweeney among the favourites.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar

Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan McSweeney (c), Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Philippe (wk), Fergus O’Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett, Jordan Buckingham

Australia A wins the toss and elects to bowl first. 

Australia A: Sam Konstas, Oliver Davies, Nathan McSweeney, Beau Webster, Michael Neser, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Bancroft, Jimmy Peirson, Josh Philippe, Scott Boland, Todd Murphy, Nathan McAndrew, Fergus O Neill, Corey Rocchiccioli, Mark Steketee

India A: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Abhimanyu Easwaran (VC), Sai Sudharsan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Abishek Porel (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal, Navdeep Saini, Manav Suthar, Tanush Kotian

When and where to watch India A vs Australia A series?

The broadcast and live streaming of the India A vs Australia A series will be available on cricket.com.au and the Cricket Australia Live app. The matches will also be streamed on Kayo Sports.

What are the schedule and timings for the India A vs Australia A series?

1st Unoffical Test: October 31-November 3 - Great Barrier Reef Arena, Mackay (10am AEST/5:30am IST) 

2nd Unofficial Test: November 7-10 - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (10.30am AEDT/5am IST)

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