NEW DELHI: In a uncommon prevalence, India speedster Prasidh Krishna grabbed two wickets in consecutive balls within the very first over of the innings through the India A vs Australia A recreation in Melbourne on Saturday.
A fiery Prasidh removed Australia’s two Take a look at contenders for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy, dismissing Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft for golden geese.
The Prasidh strikes got here on the second and third balls of the primary over after Nathan McSweeney opened Australia A’s account with a single off the primary ball of the over.
The lanky pacer straightaway went around the wicket in opposition to Harris, bowling full size supply exterior off. And the transfer was an immediate success because the ball swung in a contact and took the within fringe of Harris’ bat earlier than going into keeper Dhruv Jurel gloves.
Quickly after Harris was dismissed for a first-ball duck, Bancroft got here in and Prasidh welcomed him with a ripping toe-crusher and the right-hander was caught proper in entrance of the stumps.
Prasidh nonetheless missed out on a 3rd wicket in a row as Sam Konstas steered the hat-trick ball to the fielder at gully.
After Prasidh strikes dented Australia A’s 168 chase early, Nathan McSweeney and Sam Konstas steadied the ship within the third session.
Earlier, Dhruv Jurel’s stable 68-run knock and contributions of the lower-order batters took India A to 229 all out of their second innings.
