India A vs Australia A 2nd unofficial Test: Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, a series of two unofficial test matches is being held between India-A and Australia-A. Whose second match is being played and in this match, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel are also playing for India A. In the first match, Australia A had won by 7 wickets. This series is important for both the teams in terms of preparations for BGT. But in the second unofficial test match, Australia’s Michael Neser got injured and was out of the remaining match.
Took four wickets in the first innings against India A
Michael Neser bowled brilliantly in the first innings against India A. He took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 12.2 overs and played an important role in restricting India A team to 161 runs. In front of him, India A batsmen could not stay on the crease. Dhruv Jurel definitely scored 80 runs and Devdutt Padikkal contributed 26 runs. The rest of the batsmen flopped miserably. For this reason, India A team could not score big in the first innings.
Nesser out due to hamstring
Michael Neser bowled an excellent spell in the morning session. When he was bowling his 13th over. He was seen limping while bowling the second ball of this over. A Cricket Australia spokesperson has confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that he has suffered a hamstring injury and will not be able to bowl again in this match. He will be scanned soon.
Have played two test matches for Australia
Michael Neser had previously experienced hamstring pain in his last Sheffield Shield game. He returned only after a short break. There is absolutely no hope of him being included in the Test series against India starting in Perth. So far he has taken 7 wickets in 2 test matches for Australia. Apart from this, he has three wickets in his name in 4 ODI matches. He played his last international match for Australia in the year 2023.
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