Adelaide : Travis Heads stars with 140 (141) at Adelaide on Day 2 of Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 and put Aussies in commanding position over India
Australia started the Day 2 on 86-1 , trailing by 94 runs, with Nathan McSweeney & Marnus Labuschagne on crease.
While Nathan (39) was dismissed quickly, Labuschagne (64) went on to score vital half century. With Jasprit Bumrah creating trouble for Aussie middle order dismissing Nathan along with Steve Smith (2), Travis Head soaked the pressure.
Head (140) smashed Indian bowlers all over the park and played pivotal role in bringing Australia to 337, leading by 157 runs. Bumrah and Md Siraj picked 4-fers , stopping any other Aussie Batters to score big.
Coming to Bat, Indian top order fumbled, losing 5 wickets – Yashasvi Jaiswal (24), KL Rahul (7), Shubman Gill (28), Virat Kohli (11).
Skipper Pat Cummins & Scott Boland picked 2-fers to push India on backfoot.
Rishabh Pant (28*) & Nitish Reddy (15*), looking promising are at crease, with India on 128-5, trailing by 29 runs.
