Adelaide [Australia], December 7 (ANI): Australia had been bowled out for 337 runs of their first innings of the continuing second Check of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 towards India on the Adelaide Oval on Saturday and took a lead of 157 runs.
Following Australia’s lead of 157 runs, the Rohit Sharma-led aspect are in bother as solely two instances it has occurred that groups have come again to win a day-night (pink-ball) Check after conceding a first-innings lead.
The 2 groups who’ve went on to win the pink-ball Check match after conceding a first-inning lead are Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka did it in 2018 towards West Indies at Bridgetown and Australia received towards India by 53 runs in 2020 at Adelaide.
High Australia batter Travis Head additionally shattered day-night Check data at Adelaide, persevering with his golden run towards India.
Throughout Australia’s first inning on the Adelaide Check, Head performed a 140-run knock from 141 balls at a strike fee of 99.29 to realize the milestone.
Together with his ton on Saturday, Head grew to become the second batter with most tons of in day-night Check cricket. As of now, the 30-year-old has three centuries in pink-ball Checks. Head’s compatriot Marnus Labuschagne holds the highest spot with 4 centuries in day-night Check cricket.
Head additionally set the landmark of the quickest centuries in day-night Checks, the Aussie batter solely took 111 balls to smash a stupendous hundred on the Adelaide Oval.
Head has a wonderful document towards India in Checks, scoring 955 runs in 12 Checks and 21 innings at a mean of 47.75, with two centuries and 4 fifties. His finest rating is 163. Throughout all codecs towards India, Head has made 1,555 runs in 29 matches and 38 innings at a mean of 44.42, with three centuries and 6 fifties and one of the best rating of 163.
In his final ten innings towards India throughout all codecs, together with the newest, Travis has made 728 runs throughout all codecs in eight matches, averaging 72.80, with three centuries and two fifties to his identify and finest rating of 163 throughout WTC finals. This additionally features a knock of 137 within the 50-over WC finals. (ANI)
