India lost to Australia by 125 runs, the entire team was all out for 149 runs.

India A vs Australia A 1st ODI: India A suffered a crushing defeat against Australia A in the first unofficial ODI played at Puducherry. In this thrilling match played on Tuesday (October 6), Australia defeated the Indian team by a huge margin of 125 runs. Chasing a target of 275 to win, the Indian team completely failed to bat and were all out for 149 runs in just 31.4 overs.

Australia big score despite a bad start

At the beginning of this match, the captain of the Australia A team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, their start was very poor. At one point, Australia lost their 5 important wickets for just 87 runs. At that time, it seemed that the Kangaroos would not be able to reach even 150 runs, but then something different was seen on the field.

fourth, and batsman and captain Will Sutherland, who came to bat at number four, took over. The duo put on a superb and match-winning partnership of 141 runs off 140 balls for the sixth wicket to take the team past the 250-run mark. Nathan McSweeney top-scored a century of 123 off 135 balls with the help of 13 impressive fours. Captain Will Sutherland scored 77 runs with the help of 2 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes. In the end, the Australian team was all out for 274 runs in 48.2 overs. Suryansh Shedge was the fastest wicket for India

Indian batting collapsed like a palace of cards

Team India, who came to the field to chase the target of 275 runs given by Australia, saw the situation in turmoil from the start. Looking at Australia's performance in the first innings, it seemed that India would achieve this target easily, but the performance of the Indian batsmen was extremely disappointing. The team lost its first wicket for just 12 runs. After that, by the time 58 runs were recorded on the scoreboard, the 4 top batsmen had returned to the pavilion.

The innings seemed to stabilize for a while, but with the score of 105 runs, the wickets started falling again. The fifth wicket fell for 105, the sixth for 118 and the seventh wicket for 138 runs. The most surprising thing was that India's eighth, ninth and tenth wickets fell together at the score of 149 runs.

Only Rajat Patidar struggled a bit from India and contributed 53 runs with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Australian bowler Mitchell Beardman took 4 important wickets for India to give the Kangaroos a superb victory

With this crushing defeat, it is the turn of the India A team to fall behind in the series. In the upcoming matches, the Indian batsmen will have to correct their mistakes and take the field so that they can strike back against Australia. Cricket fans are now hoping for a great comeback from Team India in the second ODI