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AUS-A vs IND-A, 2nd One Day, AUS-A vs IND-A 2026 summary
IND-A
206-10(45.2)
Australia A won by 69 runs 🏆
AUS-A
(49.5)275-10
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That's it for now. This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators, Dev Rajawat, Karthik Raj, and scorer/analyst, Bishal Mandal. See you later!
The hosts will be looking to put up a much better performance with the bat in the third and final One Day game, which will take place at Puducherry itself on Sunday. Can they notch up a consolation win, or are we going to see Australia A clean-sweep the One Day series? To find out, join us right here on Crex at 8:30 AM IST for our coverage of the game, and in the meantime, keep following us for a whole lot more cricketing action!
Lots to take away for this India A side as they suffer back-to-back defeats while chasing. Australia A have made optimum use of the conditions with the ball. Mahli Beardman led the way in the first game, and Spencer Johnson in the second. Skipper Nathan McSweeney, who led the way with the bat in the first game, scoring a hundred, has been astute as captain, managing his resources nicely. Barring Rajat Patidar, this India A batting line-up needs to show a lot more restraint and maturity - big names such as Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal and Ruturaj Gaikwad needed to step up and deliver the goods.
Nathan McSweeney (Australia A Captain): (On batting first after winning the toss and posting 275) "Yeah, definitely. I was lucky the toss went my way, and we batted first. It seems that if you can get a total around the 270-300 mark, it becomes very hard to score with the ball getting soft and the wicket getting a little slower. Having said that, we probably left a few runs out there after our good start, so there's room for improvement. I thought our bowlers have been excellent, our pace bowlers in particular, and the use of the short ball has been very effective.
(On Josh Philippe and Sam Konstas' batting) I think in the first game we didn't start well at the top, so it was important for those guys to set the tone early. Mitch Owen didn't quite get the big score he would have liked, but the way he started got the momentum going in our innings. Sam and Josh were able to bat for a long period of time and rotate the strike really well, use their feet, and hit over cover really well. So, yeah, we started really well. As I said, there's room for improvement. We didn't quite nail it at the back end, so the next game will be about trying to focus on that. But as a bowling unit, I think we've been very impressive.
(On the team's bowling and fielding) I think in any sort of cricket, if you hold on to your catches, it goes a long way towards winning games. Especially against great players like their captain, Gaikwad, the catch off the spinner really changed the momentum of the game. It's been excellent so far. We've got one more to go, and there have been plenty of learnings from playing over here, with a lot of us playing one-day cricket here for the first time. Hopefully, we can finish off well."
(On Josh Philippe and Sam Konstas' batting) I think in the first game we didn't start well at the top, so it was important for those guys to set the tone early. Mitch Owen didn't quite get the big score he would have liked, but the way he started got the momentum going in our innings. Sam and Josh were able to bat for a long period of time and rotate the strike really well, use their feet, and hit over cover really well. So, yeah, we started really well. As I said, there's room for improvement. We didn't quite nail it at the back end, so the next game will be about trying to focus on that. But as a bowling unit, I think we've been very impressive.
(On the team's bowling and fielding) I think in any sort of cricket, if you hold on to your catches, it goes a long way towards winning games. Especially against great players like their captain, Gaikwad, the catch off the spinner really changed the momentum of the game. It's been excellent so far. We've got one more to go, and there have been plenty of learnings from playing over here, with a lot of us playing one-day cricket here for the first time. Hopefully, we can finish off well."
Spencer Johnson (Player of the Match): "(Were the short pitch deliveries working in your favour) Yeah, what we saw the other day with Mahli's aggression, we wanted to carry that over in this game. Conditions were in our favour with the ball.
(What did you enjoy more, the catch or the wickets?) The catch. To get rid of Ruturaj, he was playing well, we're just watching the replay now, it's the best catch that I've taken. It was a very big wicket, he started off really well, putting the pressure on us, very lucky to take the catch.
(On assistance from other bowlers) Yeah, everyone bowled well and chipped in. Wasn't easy, the conditions, it's the hottest I've played in. The skipper rotated the quicks well, short spells, I think that's why we won."
(What did you enjoy more, the catch or the wickets?) The catch. To get rid of Ruturaj, he was playing well, we're just watching the replay now, it's the best catch that I've taken. It was a very big wicket, he started off really well, putting the pressure on us, very lucky to take the catch.
(On assistance from other bowlers) Yeah, everyone bowled well and chipped in. Wasn't easy, the conditions, it's the hottest I've played in. The skipper rotated the quicks well, short spells, I think that's why we won."
Player of the Match: Spencer Johnson
Ruturaj Gaikwad (India A Captain): (On the team's start with the bat in the chase) "It wasn't the start we would have liked, but obviously, when you lose three wickets in the Powerplay, you are already on the back foot. Once again, we lost wickets, and after that, we were just catching up.
(On Australia's batting performance) A lot of credit to them. They have adjusted to the conditions really well. You can see that one batter has batted long enough once set. McSweeney did that last game, and Konstas batted well today. They have adjusted really well, and with the ball as well, I feel they have hit the lengths really well and been consistent.
(On the spinners' performance in the middle overs) I think we were unlucky a couple of times, with quite a few opportunities going just here and there. But I think it's slightly easier to play spin here. You can rotate the strike well, but the medium pace is coming slightly too easily. So I think you need someone to have their day in between for the spinners. Unfortunately, it wasn't our day."
(On Australia's batting performance) A lot of credit to them. They have adjusted to the conditions really well. You can see that one batter has batted long enough once set. McSweeney did that last game, and Konstas batted well today. They have adjusted really well, and with the ball as well, I feel they have hit the lengths really well and been consistent.
(On the spinners' performance in the middle overs) I think we were unlucky a couple of times, with quite a few opportunities going just here and there. But I think it's slightly easier to play spin here. You can rotate the strike well, but the medium pace is coming slightly too easily. So I think you need someone to have their day in between for the spinners. Unfortunately, it wasn't our day."
Time for the Post-Match Presentations...
4:49 PM IST, Local Time: Australia A deliver an all-round performance to comprehensively beat a strong India A side on their own turf. With the ball, they made the best use of the conditions from the word go, ran through the India A top order in the mandatory powerplay itself, and were ahead in the game ever since. Rajat Patidar, Vipraj Nigam and Anukul Roy all looked to put up fights with the bat in the run-chase, but all of them had way too much to do. In the end, Australia A have registered a 69-run victory and have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
Australia A looked to get off to a flier with the bat earlier today, just like the way they tried to in the first One Day game. Mitchell Owen raced off the blocks, got to 25 before departing, caught at deep third. Sam Konstas and Josh Philippe then gave Australia A a much-needed foundation, biding their time and stitching a 101-run partnership for the second wicket. Nathan McSweeney and Lachlan Shaw then combined to take Australia A past 200. The India A bowlers then went on to do a great job of pulling things back in the last 15 overs of the innings - they took the last five wickets for 65 runs and bowled Australia A out for 275 with one ball remaining.
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