India vs Western Australia XI 2nd Warm Up Match Highlights: KL Rahul's 74 in vain as India stunned in IND vs WA Practice Game

India vs Western Australia Warm Up Match: India were comprehensively beaten by 36 runs as the Indian batting, barring stand-in skipper KL Rahul 74 (55), collapsed when they played Western Australia Cricket Association XI in the second practice match in Perth on Thursday. Batting first Western Australia put up what seemed like a chaseable total of 168 runs, but the Indian batting capitulated — apart from Rahul, the 10 other batsmen just managed to score 58 runs between them.

Here is how the second India vs Western Australia cricket match unfolded:

India vs Western Australia warm-up match teams: Under skipper KL Rahul, India bowled first. The playing 11 from the India vs Western Australia XI squads looked like:
Western Australia XI: Josh Philippe (Wk), D Arcy Short, Nick Hobson, Cameron Bancroft, Ashton Turner (C), Jason Behrendorff, Sam Fanning, Matthew Kelly, Hamish McKenzie, David Moody, Andrew Tye, Lance Morris
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul (C), Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (Wk), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh

#TeamIndia will bowl first.

A look at our Playing XI for the second practice match against Western Australia. pic.twitter.com/5Wutj8rFYI

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

India vs Western Australia cricket match: WA innings 5th over mark

Batting first, Western Australia were 54 for 1 after 6 overs. Wicketkeeper batsman Philippe was the first to depart. He was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar off Arshdeep Singh's bowling for 8 runs.

India vs Western Australia XI Live score: WA innings 10th over mark

After 10 over, Western Australia were 78/1. D Arcy Short and Nick Hobson held fort.
 

After 10 overs, Western Australia are 78/1

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

Western Australia vs India: WA innings

After 15 overs,  Western Australia were 127/3. Both settled batsmen were back in the hut. 
D Arcy Short scored 52 off 39 deliveries, before he was run out by Harshal Patel. 
On the other side, Nick Hobson scored 64 off 41 balls, before he was caught by Axar Patel off Harshal Patel's bowling. 

Western Australia vs India: WA Final score

After 20 overs, Western Australia ended their innings on 168 runs. 
Ravichandran Ashwin bagged 3 wickets. Harshal Patel scalped 2 wickets, while Arshdeep Singh ended wih 1 wicket.

Innings Break!

Western Australia 168/8 after 20 overs.

R Ashwin 3/32
Harshal Patel 2/27
Arshdeep Singh 1/25 (3 overs)

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

Also Read: India vs Western Australia 2nd warm up match: Here's when, where and how to watch IND vs WA practice match 

India vs Western Australia 2nd warm up match: India innings

In reply, India began their chase poorly. Rishabh Pant was back in the pavilion at a personal score of 9 runs in the fifth over.
India were 29/1 at the end of 5 overs.

India vs Western Australia 2nd warm up match: India Innings half-way mark

After 10 overs, India were at 60/3, with KL Rahul at the crease on 22. India lost the wicket of Hardik Pandya, who scored 17 runs off 9 balls.

After 10 overs, #TeamIndia are 60/3

KL Rahul 22*
Hardik Pandya 17(9)

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

India vs Western Australia highlights: KL Rahul lone spark in lacklustre Indian reply

KL Rahul brought up his 50 off 43 deliveries.
India were tottering at 101/4 in 14.3 overs.

FIFTY for @klrahul off 43 deliveries.#TeamIndia 101/4 in 14.3 overs.

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

Western Australia vs India warm up match live score: India lose by 36 runs

India managed to score just 132 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs. KL Rahul top scored with 74 runs off 55 balls.

For Western Australia, Matthew Kelly and Lance Morris bagged 2 wickets each. Jason Behrendorff, Andrew Tye, Hamish McKenzie and Josh Philippe (yes, the designated wicket keeper) scalped 1 wicket each.

That's that from the practice match against Western Australia.

They win by 36 runs.

KL Rahul 74 (55) pic.twitter.com/5bunUUqZiH

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 13, 2022

Also Read: Western Australia XI vs India: As it Happened in 1st Warm-Up Match at Perth

In the first warm up match on Monday, Suryakumar Yadav picked where he left against South Africa at home and scored a blistering knock of 52 runs to help India set a target of 159 runs for Western Australia XI. In return, the hosts were bundled out for 145 runs as Arshdeep Singh scalped 3 wickets and Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 wickets each. 

T20 World Cup 2022 warm up matches: India vs Australia and India vs New Zealand up next

After this, India will travel to Brisbane for two official T20 WC 2022 warm-up games against Australia and New Zealand, before kicking off T20 World Cup 2022 campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23.