Perth, November 23, 2024: India dominated Australia on Day 2 of 1st Test of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at WACA, Perth, owing to KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s heroic opening partnership.
Day 2 started with Australia on 67/7 after Day 1 & Alex Carey (21), Mitchell Starc (26) on crease.
Jasprit Bumrah (5/30), completing his 5-fer ended Carey’s innings. Harshit Rana (3/48) didn’t make much delay in removing Nathan Lyon (5) on 79.
However, Starc held one end and made 25 runs partnership with Josh Hazlewood (7*) before falling to a short Ball of Rana , ending the Aussie innings on 104 runs.
Coming to Bat, with 46 runs lead, Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (90*), KL Rahul (62*) made partnership of 172* runs, 2nd highest by any Indian opening pair on Australian soil.
Both the openers took time to settle, as soon as the Ball got semi new, the duo started to pile up runs and looked comfortable. Jaiswal scored 90* (193) & Rahul 62* (153) against premier pacers like Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood.
India thereby ended the Day 2 on 172-0 with the lead of 218 runs.
