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Ind vs Aus: Kohli wins toss, opts to bat first

| | Mar 04, 2017, at 04:06 pm
Bengaluru, Mar 4 (IBNS): Following a drubbing in the first Test, Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the coin toss and decided to bat first here on Saturday, day one of the second Test match against Australia.

So far, the Indians have lost the wicket of opener Abhinav Mukund while putting up 20 runs.

Making a comeback after half a decade, Mukund's innings lasted for eight deliveries, where he failed to disturb the scorers.


Indian Squad:
Abhinav Mukund, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma

Australian Squad:
Matt Renshaw, David Warner, Steven Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Steve O'Keefe, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
 

 

image: BCCI Twitter

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