India vs Australia Prime Minister’s XI, Day 2 Live Score: Harshit runs through middle order, picks four wickets

Another change in bowling. Nitish Kumar Reddy to bowl. Konstas now farming the strike. He picks a single off the fourth to long on.

Spin for the first time today. Washington Sundar to bowl. FYI, it is Sarfaraz Khan who has taken the wicketkeeping duties now.

Sam Konstas punches the first delivery to long on. That’s the only run from the over. 

Prasidh to Konstas, one run through to deep point. Prasidh gets his first wicket. O’Connor slices straight to the point fielder. Australia is falling like nine pins here. 

Aidan O’Connor c Reddy b Prasidh 4(4)

Hanno Jacobs at No. 9. He picks a boundary through mid off from a full toss.

Another WICKET! Harshit bowls a bouncer and Edwards impulsively pulls. Prasidh collects the catch at fine leg.

Jack Edwards c Prasidh b Harshit 1(6)

Sam Harper out to bat now. One more wicket! The wickets are tumbling here. An identical wicket to the last one as Harper holes out to fine leg off a bouncer.

Sam Harper c Prasidh b Harshit 0(2)

Can Aidan O’Connor prevent further slide? He runs four with a miscued shot through mid wicket.

Prasidh to continue. Jack Edwards in next to bat. Just two runs from that over.

WICKET! Harshit gets a delivery to move back in sharply and castles Clayton. He was just hit for a boundary through backward point on the previous delivery. That’s end of the partnership.

Jack Clayton b Harshit 40 (52)

Another wicket! Oliver Davies falls for a duck. Harshit fires this one full and Davies misses his on-sided shot.

Oliver Davies b Harshit 0 (2)

A 100 partnership between Sam Konstas and Jack Clayton. Prasidh manages to avoid a boundary in this over but still gives away seven runs.

Harshit to Clayton, one run with a slice past gully. FOUR! Konstas swats this down the ground. A single to end the over.

FOUR! Prasidh puts in extra bounce on the first delivery and Clayton uses it and lofts it over the slips. FOUR again! This time Clayton pulls through fine leg. He gets a single through covers on the fourth. FOUR! Another reverse ramp from Konstas. The PM’s XI is on a rampage.

Harshit to continue. This one stays low and Clayton just about gets bat onto it. He nearly chops the third delivery back onto his stumps, gets a single. FOUR! In the slot and Konstas heaves this across the line for FOUR! Another FOUR! He clears his front leg and pummels this through mid wicket. Two runs to finish the over.

Prasidh to Clayton. Keeps it in the fourth-stump channel to test the outside edge. Tucks the fifth delivery to fine leg for one run.

Harshit to Konstas. The onslaught continues. Harshit goes for a bouncer and Konstas pulls it behind square and between the two fielders at fine leg and backward square leg. SIX now! That’s 50 for Konstas off 49 balls. Another bouncer which is smoked over behind square.

Prasidh Krishna replaces Akash Deep. SHOT! Konstas slog sweeps the third delivery over mid wicket for FOUR. Another four, this one comes off an inside edge. That is also the 50-runn partnership between the pair. He finishes the over with a single.

A change in bowling as Harshit Rana comes on to bowl. FOUR! Clayton sends a delivery going down leg to the fine leg fence. FOUR! The second boundary comes with a crisp pull shot.

Akash to Konstas, a reverse ramp shot over the slip cordon for FOUR! Talk about innovation. He follows that up with a textbook on drive to picks three runs. Clayton pokes the next through covers with soft hands and gets a run. Another overstepping from Akash.

Siraj tries a bounce to Konstas who pulls it to deep square for one. India is convinced Clayton is caught behind but the umpire denies the appeal. It was down the leg and looked like it hit the thigh pad.

FOUR! Konstas looks to heave Akash through the on side, gets an inside edge to the fine leg fence. A single on the second delivery through mid wicket. Akash goes short and Clayton swats it down mid on for FOUR!

Siraj to Konstas, FOUR! A step down the wicket and Konstas drives it through mid off. FOUR more. This is slightly shorter and Konstas lets the ball rise onto him before slashing it through point.

Akash to bowl his fifth. Clayton firm in his defence. He pounces on a full delivery, drives it through cover and picks two runs.

Another tight over from Siraj. A single each to Clayton and Konstas in that one. 

Akash Deep to continue. Beats the outside edge of Clayton twice in the over. Another No Ball from Akash. A single through point for Clayton to get off the mark. A single to finish te over.

Siraj to Konstas. A maiden over. The last delivery stays low and thuds into the pad but Konstas gets a faint inside edge which saves him. The stump mic catches an Indian player say that it was pad first and the replay suggests the same.

FOUR! Too full from Akash Deep and Konstas punches it down the ground. Konstas gets a single through fine leg.

RAIN! And we have the heavens open up again. The umpires call for the covers.

Akash Deep resumes with a No Ball. But he follows it up with a WICKET. Goodwin is gone! He expects the ball to come back in but it goes straight, thus not getting inside the line. A faint edge to the keeper. 

Jayden Goodwin c Pant b Akash 4(4)

Jack Clayton is the new batter in.

Siraj to Renshaw. WICKET! Siraj continues to probe in that fourth-stump channel. He pokes at one such delivery and the edge carries to Devdutt Padikkal at second slip.

Matt Renshaw c Padikkal b Siraj 5(20)

FOUR! Jaden Goodwin slashes at his first delivery and sees the ball rush past the slip cordon.

Another appeal from India as Renshaw is struck on the pad from Akash Deep. Denied by the umpire. A play-and-miss on the third delivery. Three runs, on the pads and Renshaw dispatches it away past mid on. FOUR! First one of the day as Konstas tucks the last ball through mid wicket.

Siraj again to Renshaw. The second delivery is down the leg and Renshaw fails to clip it away. A quick single on the fourth with a soft push through covers. A bit of swing on the final two deliveries.

Akash Deep from the other end. In the slot to Konstas, who drives and picks another single. Renshaw defends the second. Off the mark with an inside edge through square leg. Huge appeals for lbw as Akash gets this to nip in to Konstas. Akash oversteps on the next.

Mohammed Siraj with the new ball. Konstas will be on strike. Three slips and a gully in place.

A full toss to start off, Konstas drives through cover and runs one. A little too far wide from Siraj, Renshaw happy to shoulder arms. Renshaw shuffles across and flicks, fielded by mid wicket.

And the Indian team makes its way to the square with Rohit Sharma back at the helm.

Sam Konstas and Matt Renshaw are the opening batters for the PM’s XI.

The match is scheduled to begin at 9:15am IST.

Both teams will bat 50 overs each. Unlike an ODI, there is no restriction on the number of overs one bowler can bowl. There will be a 30-minute break between the two essays.

Prime Minister’s XI: Sam Konstas, Matt Renshaw, Jayden Goodwin, Jack Clayton, Oliver Davies, Jack Edwards (capt), Sam Harper (wk), Aidan O’Connor, Hanno Jacobs, Mahli Beardman, Charlie Anderson, Scott Boland, Lloyd Pope, Jack Nisbet.

India: KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma (capt), Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Ravindra Jadeja, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, R Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan.

India wins the toss and opts to bowl against Australia Prime Minister’s XI.

Prime Minister’s XI: Jack Edwards (c), Charlie Anderson, Mahli Beardman, Scott Boland, Jack Clayton, Aidan O’Connor, Ollie Davies, Jayden Goodwin, Sam Harper, Hanno Jacobs, Sam Konstas, Lloyd Pope, Matthew Renshaw, Jem Ryan.

Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar. Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dayal.

After inclement weather forced play to be abandoned on the first day, we have positive signs on the second. While there were showers earlier in the day, the weather looks clear for now and we’re set for a start.