India vs Western Australia, Practice Match Highlights: KL Rahul scored a brilliant 74 but India went down fighting against Western Australia in the second practice match at the WACA Ground in Perth. Chasing a target of 169, India kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually managed 132/8 in 20 overs. Earlier, Nick Hobson and D'Arcy Short hit fifties as Western Australia managed to post a total of 168/8 in 20 overs. Hobson (64) and Short (52) stitched 110 runs for the second wicket before Indian bowlers made a strong comeback to restrict Western Australia under 170. Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets while Harshal Patel also bagged two wickets. Earlier, India were asked to bowl first in their second practice match at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in Perth. KL Rahul will lead the side, despite the presence of captain Rohit Sharma The visitors won the first match by 13 runs as Suryakumar Yadav starred with a brilliant knock of 52 off 35 balls. Virat Kohli and Rahul were rested for the match, while the likes of Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant failed to get amongst the runs. They will hope for a better performance this time around.
India XI: Rohit, Rahul (C), Hooda, Pant, Hardik, Karthik, Axar, Harshal, Ashwin, Bhuvi, Arshdeep
WA XI:Â AJ Tye, J Philippe, H McKenzie, ST Fanning, C Bancroft, AJ Turner, D Short, N Hobson, M Kelly, J Behrendorff, D Moody, LR Morris
Here are the Highlights of the Practice Match between India and Western Australia from the WACA Ground in Perth
IND vs WC: Western Australia Win
IND vs WA: End of the 18th
IND vs WA: KLASS FROM KL
IND vs WA: 50 for KL
IND vs WA: End of the 14th over
IND vs WA: Edged and gone
IND vs WA: Four Runs
IND vs WA: End of the fourth over
IND vs WA: India's chase is underway
IND vs WA: Here is Western Australia scorecard
IND vs WA: End of the innings
IND vs WA: End of the 18th over
IND vs WA: Bowled Him
IND vs WA: Fifty for Short and Hobson
IND vs WA: End of the 7th over
IND vs WA: 50 up for WA
IND vs WA: END OF THE 2nd
IND vs WA: Here's how the hosts line-up
IND vs WA: IND TO BOWL FIRST