New Delhi. The second day’s play of the WTC Final (WTC Final 2023) between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) at The Oval in London has come to an end. By the end of the second day’s play, India have scored 151 runs in the first innings at the loss of 5 wickets. Rahane (29) and KS Bharat (5) returned unbeaten. Earlier, Australia scored 469 runs in the first innings.
India got off to a bad start after Australia were all out. Captain Rohit Sharma became the victim of Pat Cummins by scoring 15 runs. At the same time, Boland clean bowled Shubman Gill (13) and gave a second blow to India. Cheteshwar Pujara and Kohli got out after scoring 14-14 runs. After this, Rahane and Jadeja shared a 71-run partnership off 100 balls. Jadeja scored 48 runs in 51 balls while playing fast. Five bowlers got one wicket each from Australia.
Indian bowlers made a comeback
At the same time, before this, Australia extended its innings from 327/3 on the first day. Travis Head (146) and Steve Smith (95) opened the batting ahead. There was an unbeaten 251-run partnership between Head and Smith on the second day. In the first session of the second day, Smith completed his 31st Test century. At the same time, Head completed 150 runs.
Siraj took four wickets
After this the Indian bowlers made a comeback. Travis Head was dismissed by Siraj on the score of 163 runs. Green is dismissed by Shami. Clean bowled Smith on the score of 121 and gave a big success. Alex Carey played an inning of 48 runs while playing fast. Siraj took four wickets. Shami and Shardul Thakur got 2-2 wickets. One wicket was in the name of Jadeja.