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INDW V AUSW: Vastrakar Claims Two More As India Reduce Australia To 180/8 At Tea
DY Patil Stadium: Pooja Vastrakar continued to torment Australia as she struck two vital blows as India reduced Australia Women to 180/8 in 60 overs in their first innings at Tea on the opening day of the only Test of the multi-format series at the Wankhede Stadium here on Thursday.
Landing the ball around the good length spot repeatedly, Vastrakar, who claimed her best figures of 3/23 in the second innings of the previous Test against England at the DY Patil Stadium last week, moved the ball both ways and used the early juice in the wicket to trouble the Australian batters.
Having claimed the wickets of Beth Mooney (40) and Ellyse Perry (4) in the first session, Vastrakar added two more wickets adding the scalps of Annabel Sutherland (16, 58b, 2x4) and Ashleigh Gardner (11, 26b, 1x4) to end the session with figures of 4/51 in 14 overs.
