India in Australia Tour Match Highlights: Pacers, Batsmen Get Good Practice in Drawn Game

Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Ajinkya Rahane  and Wriddhiman Saha hit fifties on Day 2 of their tour match against Cricket Australia XI. Their knocks put India in a position of strength and helped them take a 132-run first innings lead. In the second innings, Cricket Australia XI finished on 83/5, with wickets for all four Indian bowlers - Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron and Karn Sharma. Catch highlights from the second and final tour match here:

* Match drawn! That's it then! India's second tour match against Cricket Australia has ended in a draw. The Indian pacers have warmed-up well ahead of the four-Test series. Varun Aaron (5 wickets), Ishant Sharma (2 wickets) and Umesh Yadav (1 wicket) have all chipped in with valuable contributions while fifties from Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Saha has eased the pressure on the Indian batsmen. So far so good for the visitors. Over to 9th December for the first Test against Australia in Adelaide!

* OUT! Karn gets a wicket to reduce CA XI to 83/5.

* OUT! Ishant in fiery mood today. He is peppering Aussies with bouncers galore and has now picked his second. CA XI: 80/4.

* OUT! Ishant bowls the 'dreaded' bouncer and manages to disguise his next delivery well  for it to crash onto the stumps. CA XI: 75/3.

* Karn Sharma's spin introduced into the attack. The youngster bowled well in the 1st innings and had three wickets to show for his efforts.

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* OUT! Umesh Yadav removes the second CA XI wicket. The hosts are now 35/2.

* OUT! Varun Aaron is a man on a mission. After his 4/41 in the 1st innings, he takes an early wicket today as well.

* Cricket Australia XI openers come out to bat in their second innings.

* OUT! Saha completes his fifty but falls after adding just one to it. India bowled out for 375.

* Umesh is hanging in to provide some semblance of support to Saha.

* OUT! Karn Sharma is the next man to go. He scored 4. India 355/9.

* OUT! Jadeja falls for a 34-ball 23.

* Saha had been in good touch in the previous practice match as well and he seems to have carried forward from where he left off. He is batting on 28.

* OUT! Raina falls for 20 after hitting two fours and a six. India 311/7.

* Rahane retires on 56. Suresh Raina replaces him in the middle. India 293/5.

* Fifty for Rahane.

*  Out! In a tour match, Rohit fails to complete his fifty because of a run-out! A good knock from the batsman but the end is quite tragic. India 262/5, with Wriddhiman Saha replacing Rohit.

* In his 73-ball 48-run innings so far, Rohit has smashed five fours and two sixes in what is a clear sign that he doesn't want to dilly and dally for too long while he is in the middle. Interestingly, Rahane at the other end has not hit the big shots but has a better strike rate than his partner. He has scored 47 off 57. India 261/4.

* The teams are back on the field after lunch and the Indians quickly erase the first innings deficit.

* The first session of play ends with India on 236/4.

* Both Rahane and Rohit appear completely at ease against Cricket Australia bowlers.

* Rohit would be looking for a place at the top when the Tests begin. He has batted skillfully in his short innings so far today.

* Vijay retires on 60 off 136 -  a patient knock with decorated with ten fours. Rohit comes to the middle.

* Virat has retired after a well made 66 off 94. Rahane joins Vijay in the middle.

* Both batsmen have completed their respective fifties. This has been a fine display from them as Indians motor along.

* Early aggression from both Indian batsmen as both Vijay and Virat knock the ball around - finding the occasional boundaries to keep the score rolling.

* Vijay and Virat resume on Friday. They batted with maturity a day earlier and would look to continue on the same lines today.

Earlier on Thursday, Aaron took four wickets as India held the hosts to 243 runs. In reply at stumps, India was 99-2. (Australia Will Hit India Hard in Test Series: Wasim Akram)

The 25-year-old Aaron has played only three Tests due to a number of injuries, but Thursday's performance could see him start when the first Test begins at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. The right-arm paceman was the leading wicket-taker when the two sides met in a two-day match at the same Glenelg Oval in suburban Adelaide last week.

In the first warm-up game on the Australian tour, also played against CA XI, India's batsmen had shown good application. Kohli top-scored on the second and final day with 60 runs, while Vijay (51), Pujara (55), Wriddhiman Saha (56 not out) and Karn Sharma (55 not out) scored half-centuries. (Australia Aim To Honour Hughes' Memory by Turning Focus on 1st Test)

Suresh Raina (44) and Rohit Sharma (23) were also among the runs.

Ajinkya Rahane (1) was the only frontline batsman to have missed out on the day, as he was dismissed by 16-year-old Sam Grimwade.