WTC Final 2023, India vs Australia: The game of the second day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final match was also named after the Australian team. The Kangaroo team’s first innings was reduced to 469 runs in the second session of the second day in this match. After this, at the end of the day’s play, Team India lost its 5 wickets and scored only 151 runs. At the end of the day’s play, Ajinkya Rahane was batting on 29 and Shrikar Bharat scoring 5 runs.
Smith’s century came in the first session, India took 4 wickets
With the start of the second day’s play, Steve Smith completed his 31st century in Test cricket in the very first over. After this, Travis Head, batting at the other end, continued to bat aggressively and completed his 150 runs. The fourth blow to the Kangaroo team was in the form of Head on a score of 361, who returned to the pavilion after playing a brilliant innings of 163 runs. After this, Cameron Green, who came out to bat, could not do anything special and became the victim of Mohammed Shami by scoring only 6 runs.
Shardul Thakur gave the biggest success to the Indian team on the second day in the form of Steve Smith. Smith returned to the pavilion after playing a brilliant inning of 121 runs. After this, on the score of 402 just before lunch, the Australian team got the 7th blow in the form of Mitchell Starc, who was run out after scoring 5 runs. At lunch on the second day, the Australian team’s score was 422 runs at the loss of 7 wickets.
Australian innings limited in the second session, India also lost its opening batsman
With the start of the second session, Australian captain Pat Cummins along with Alex Carey started leading the innings. A 51-run partnership was seen between the two for the 8th wicket, due to which the Australian team managed to cross the 450-run mark. The first innings of the Kangaroo team was limited to a score of 469. In bowling from India, Mohammad Siraj took 4 wickets while Mohammad Shami and Shardul Thakur took 2-2 wickets.
When the Indian team got a chance to bat in the second session of the day, everyone expected a good start from the pair of captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Playing in a positive manner, both the players also reached the score to 30 runs. Meanwhile, on a brilliant ball by Pat Cummins, Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after getting out LBW on a personal score of 15. Just after this, on the score of 30, Team India got the second blow in the form of Shubman Gill. When the game of the second session ended at tea time, the score of the Indian team was 37 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
Kohli and Pujara returned to the pavilion, Jadeja also lost the wicket at a crucial time
With the beginning of the last session of the second day, the Indian team got the third blow on the score of 50 in the form of Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored 14 runs and was bowled by Cameron Green. After this, on the score of 71, Team India got the fourth blow in the form of Virat Kohli, who was dismissed by Mitchell Starc after scoring 14 runs.
From here, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja batted positively while handling the innings of the Indian team and continued to score runs. An important partnership of 71 runs was seen between the two for the 5th wicket. At the end of the day, Jadeja lost his important wicket on a personal score of 48 off Nathan Lyon. At the end of the second day’s play, the Indian team’s score was 151 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Ajinkya Rahane 29 and Shrikar Bharat were playing after scoring 5 runs. In Australia’s bowling, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon and Cameron Green have all taken 1-1 wickets so far.
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