Australia vs India Match Scorecard, 2nd Test, Adelaide, December 06-08, 2024

Australia won the 2nd Test match in Adelaide, handing India a humiliating 10-wicket defeat. This is India’s second loss in the Pink Ball test, and both of them came against Australia. The match in Adelaide started with Rohit Sharma’s right call on the toss, but unfortunately, that was the only thing that went in India’s favor in this match. After winning the toss, India decided to bat, but Starc again proved his supremacy with the pink ball. He took six wickets, and India was bundled out for 180 runs in the 1st inning. Starc and Pink are a lethal combo whose solution is yet to be found in the cricket world. Nevertheless, Australia came to bat under lights with a pink ball and surprisingly survived with just one wicket at the stumps on Day 1.

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On Day 2, Australia managed to get 337 thanks to a blistering century from Travis Head, who scored 140 off 141 balls. India batted under lights on the day but couldn’t manage against the Aussie pace trio of Cummins, Starc, and Boland and were again wrapped up on 175. Only Reddy showed some glimpses of a counter attack, but he was sent back by Cummins on the individual score of 42. On Day 3, Australia got a target of just 19, which was nothing more than a formality that Australia fulfilled in just 3.2 overs without losing any wickets.

Match Scorecard: Australia vs India 2nd Test, Adelaide

India Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	lbw b Starc	0	1	0	0	0
KL Rahul	c McSweeney b Starc	37	64	57.81	6	0
Shubman Gill	lbw b Boland	31	51	60.78	5	0
Virat Kohli	c Smith b Starc	7	8	87.5	1	0
Rishabh Pant	c Labuschagne b Cummins	21	35	60	2	0
Rohit Sharma (c)	lbw b Boland	3	23	13.04	0	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c Head b Starc	42	54	77.77	3	3
Ravichandran Ashwin	lbw b Starc	22	22	100	3	0
Harshit Rana	b Starc	0	3	0	0	0
Jasprit Bumrah	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	8	0	0	0
Mohammed Siraj	not out	4	3	133.33	1	0
Extras	(lb 5, nb 7, w 1)	13
Total	44.1 Ov (RR: 4.07)	180

Australia Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	14.1	2	48	6	3.38
Pat Cummins	12	4	41	2	3.41
Scott Boland	13	0	54	2	4.15
Nathan Lyon	1	0	6	0	6
Mitchell Marsh	4	0	26	0	6.5

Australia Batting 1st Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Usman Khawaja	c Sharma b Bumrah	13	35	37.14	2	0
Nathan McSweeney	c Pant b Bumrah	39	109	35.77	6	0
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jaiswal b Nitish Kumar Reddy	64	126	50.79	9	0
Steven Smith	c Pant b Bumrah	2	11	18.18	0	0
Travis Head	b Mohammed Siraj	140	141	99.29	17	4
Mitchell Marsh	c Pant b Ashwin	9	26	34.61	1	0
Alex Carey	c Pant b Mohammed Siraj	15	32	46.87	0	0
Pat Cummins (c)	b Bumrah	12	22	54.54	2	0
Mitchell Starc	c Harshit Rana b Mohammed Siraj	18	15	120	3	0
Nathan Lyon	not out	4	6	66.66	0	0
Scott Boland	b Mohammed Siraj	0	9	0	0	0
Extras	(b 13, lb 1, nb 7)	21
Total	87.3 Ov (RR: 3.85)	337

India Bowling 1st Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	23	5	61	4	2.65
Mohammed Siraj	24.3	5	98	4	4
Harshit Rana	16	2	86	0	5.37
Nitish Kumar Reddy	6	2	25	1	4.16
Ravichandran Ashwin	18	4	53	1	2.94

India Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Yashasvi Jaiswal	c Carey b Boland	24	31	77.41	4	0
KL Rahul	c Carey b Cummins	7	10	70	1	0
Shubman Gill	b Starc	28	30	93.33	3	0
Virat Kohli	c Carey b Boland	11	21	52.38	1	0
Rishabh Pant	c Smith b Starc	28	31	90.32	5	0
Rohit Sharma (c)	b Cummins	6	15	40	1	0
Nitish Kumar Reddy	c McSweeney b Cummins	42	47	89.36	6	1
Ravichandran Ashwin	c Carey b Cummins	7	14	50	0	0
Harshit Rana	c Khawaja b Cummins	0	12	0	0	0
Jasprit Bumrah	not out	2	5	40	0	0
Mohammed Siraj	c Head b Boland	7	8	87.5	1	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 3, w 3)	13
Total	36.5 Ov (RR: 4.75)	175

Australia Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Mitchell Starc	14	1	60	2	4.28
Pat Cummins	14	0	57	5	4.07
Scott Boland	8.5	0	51	3	5.77

Australia Batting 2nd Innings

Batting		Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s
Nathan McSweeney	not out	10	12	83.33	2	0
Usman Khawaja	not out	9	8	112.5	1	0
Extras		0
Total	3.2 Ov (RR: 5.70)	19/0

India Bowling 2nd Innings

Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	ECON
Jasprit Bumrah	1	0	2	0	2
Mohammed Siraj	1.2	0	9	0	6.75
Nitish Kumar Reddy	1	0	8	0	8

Man of the Match: Australia vs India 2nd Test, Adelaide

Travis Head was named player of the match for his lone-wolf centurion innings of 140 runs in the first inning of Australia.

Player	Team	Score
Travis Head	Australia	140

Most Runs: Australia vs India 2nd Test, Adelaide

Destructive Aussie batter Travis Head, who smashed the century in the first inning of Australia, was the highest run-getter of the 2nd test of the 2024-25 BGT in Adelaide.

Player	Team	Score
Travis Head	Australia	140

Most Wickets: Australia vs India 2nd Test, Adelaide

Mitchell Starc again proved his mettle with the pink ball as he took 8 wickets in the 2nd test match of the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide.

Player	Team	Bowling Figures
Mitchel Starc	Australia	6/48 & 2/60

Playing XIs: Australia vs India 2nd Test, Adelaide

Australia Playing XI

Usman Khwaja, Nathan McSweeney, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India Playing XI

Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma (c), R Ashwin, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

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