KL Rahul’s 74 in vain as India lose warm-up match by 36 runs

KL Rahul after his 74 v Western Australia XI yesterday. Pic/BCCI

Opener KL Rahul made 74 off 55 balls, but his efforts went in vain as India lost their second practice match to Western Australia XI by 36 runs at WACA Stadium on Thursday.

Also Read: Ganguly forced out of BCCI for not joining BJP: Supporters

After Western Australia XI made 168-6 in their 20 overs, India could get only 132-8 in 20 overs, with Rahul's 74 comprising nine fours and two sixes. The next best score in India's innings, in which Rohit Sharma (though he was the captain), Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav did not bat, was 17 by Hardik Pandya and 10 by Dinesh Karthik.

Electing to bowl first, Josh Phillippe was taken out early by Arshdeep Singh on a pitch that had some bounce. D'Arcy Short (52 off 38 balls) and Nick Hobson (64 off 41 balls) shared a partnership of exactly 100 runs, where the duo took the spinners to the cleaners.

Also Read: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: School kids fill stands

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever