After day one of their two-day tour match was rained out, the Prime Minister’s XI are finally battling with India in a pink-ball affair at Manuka Oval.
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India won the toss on day two and elected to bowl first, sending openers Matthew Renshaw and Sam Konstas out to face the new pink ball in overcast conditions.
Renshaw fell early, knicking off to Mohammed Siraj at second slip for just five.
Western Australian young gun Jayden Goodwin joined Konstas briefly before being dismissed for four, leaving the PM’s XI 2/22 after 5.5 overs.
But Konstas then took full advantage of his audition as opener, blasting a 51-ball half-century and putting on a century stand with Jack Clayton.
The hit out looms as a great chance for India captain Rohit Sharma and young gun Shubman Gill to spend time out in the middle with the bat before their return to the main side for the second Test in Adelaide this Friday.
PM’s XI squad: Jack Edwards (C) (NSW), Charlie Anderson (NSW), Mahli Beardman (WA), Scott Boland (VIC), Jack Clayton (QLD), Aidan O’Connor (TAS), Ollie Davies (NSW), Jayden Goodwin (WA), Sam Harper (VIC), Hanno Jacobs (ACT), Sam Konstas (NSW), Lloyd Pope (SA), Matthew Renshaw (QLD), Jem Ryan (QLD)
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar
Reserves: Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Khaleel Ahmed
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