Indian batsmen again looked helpless in front of the pink ball
India's second innings in the adelaide Test has ended at a score of 175 runs. Since australia had taken a lead of 157 runs in the first innings, the Kangaroo team now has to score only 19 runs to win the match. Young Nitish reddy was once again the top-scoring player for Team India. Actually, he is the one who saved the indian team from innings defeat, but he too could not take his innings beyond 42 runs.
The indian team extended its innings on the third day with a score of 128 for the loss of 5 wickets. rishabh pant lost his wicket in the very first over of the third day. Nitish reddy stood firm from one end but could not take the indian innings to a big score. If the Kangaroo team wins, then its winning streak in pink-ball Test matches in adelaide will remain intact. australia has played 7 pink ball tests in adelaide so far and has won every time.
Pat Cummins wreaked havoc
While Mitchell Starc wreaked havoc on indian batting in the first innings, this time Pat Cummins shook Team India's batting line-up by taking 5 wickets in the innings. Cummins also took the wickets of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana in the second innings. His most special wicket was that of Nitish reddy, who was looking in good touch. Cummins got him caught at third-man with a brilliant set-up.
india may have been able to give a target of only 19 runs, but indian cricket has definitely got a world-class all-rounder in the form of Nitish Reddy. reddy did not prove to be very effective in bowling, but he was the top-scorer for india in both innings of the adelaide Test.