Gill makes a good comeback with a half-century as India wins by 6 wickets in practice match

Shubman Gill, who did not play in the Perth Test due to a thumb fracture, scored a half-century in the practice match to give India a six-wicket win against the Prime Minister's XI. Due to no play on the first day due to rain, it was declared a 46-over ODI match on the second day.

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Dec 2, 2024 - 10:14 Updated: Dec 17, 2024 - 14:52
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Gill makes a good comeback with a half-century as India wins by 6 wickets in practice match
Gill makes a good comeback with a half-century as India wins by 6 wickets in practice match

Coming in to bat at number three, Gill made it clear through his batting that he will be playing in Adelaide from December 6

They are ready to play in the day-night test with pink ball. However, captain Rohit Sharma did not come out to open in this match. With this move, he has not revealed his strategy for the Adelaide Test. Also, he has forced people to guess whether he will open in the Adelaide Test or not. Rohit came out to bat at number four, but he could score only 3 runs in 11 balls and got caught in the slip. This move of Rohit is also giving strength to the fact that instead of playing as an opener in the second test, he can come out to bat at number five. 

Great opening by Rahul and Yashasvi

This was Rohit's first match on the Australian tour, who did not play in the Perth Test due to becoming the father of his second child. Yashasvi-Rahul made a great opening in the Perth Test. Rahul scored 26 and 77 runs and Yashasvi scored 161 runs in the second innings. Yashasvi-Rahul opened the innings in this match too. Both gave a good start here too. Rahul retired not out on 27 runs with four fours in 44 balls. Yashasvi scored 45 runs with nine fours in 59 balls.

Pacer Harshit took 4 wickets

For the Prime Minister's XI, Sam Costas scored a century of 107 runs in 97 balls with the help of 14 fours and a six. Jack Clayton scored 40 runs in 52 balls. Hanno Jacobs scored 61 runs in the end with the help of four fours and two sixes in 60 balls.

played an innings of . Prime Minister's XI team was all out for 240 runs in 43.2 overs. After crossing the target of 241 for 4 wickets, India batted for 46 overs and scored 257 for 5 wickets. Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly. He took six wickets.

Took four wickets for 44 runs in an over. Harshit was not successful in the first 3 overs, but later he took four wickets including Jack Clayton and Ollie Davis (0) in the span of six balls. Akashdeep took two wickets for 58 runs in 10 overs. Siraj took one wicket for 18 runs. Sundar took one wicket for 38 runs.

Gill was the attraction of the second day. As soon as he came, he showed that he has recovered from the thumb fracture by hitting a square cut on Beardman's ball. He hit seven fours in 62 balls. He scored 50 runs. Gill replaced Hazelwood Scott Boland, who was included in the team, was easily tackled. Nitish Reddy and Washington

Sundar also practiced well with the pink ball. Nitish scored 42 runs in 32 balls. Sundar returned unbeaten on 42 runs. Sarfaraz was out on one run. Virat-Pant were not given a chance to bat. Bumrah also did not bowl. Bumrah and Ashwin made Virat bat in the nets.

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Gill makes a good comeback with a half-century as India wins by 6 wickets in practice match