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Chennai: Parvez Rassol took 7-45 as the Australians were bowled out for 241 on the first day of their two-day warm-up match against the Board President's XI.
Jammu & Kashmir off-spinner Parvez Rassol took 7-45 as the Australians were bowled out for 241 in 88.3 overs on the first day of their two-day warm-up match against the Board President's XI.
Rassol and leg-spinner Sarabjit Ladda (2-90) accounted for nine wickets after the visitors won the toss and elected to bat on a placid wicket at the Guru Nanak College ground here on Tuesday. The Australians had said that they would look to attack the spinners and sweeping as well as stepping down the track were two possible ways they would look to do so. However, they may have to work on both going by Tuesday's proceedings.
Australia had only one recognised opener in Ed Cowan as only 11 of their 17-man squad are currently in Chennai for the match, so the responsibility of partnering Cowan at the top fell to left-hander Usman Khawaja.
As expected, the Australian openers had little trouble against seamers Mohammad Shami, Parvinder Awana and Stuart Binny in the first session. Despite taking four overs to score a run, they put on 77 for the first wicket before Khawaja (32) holed out at deep mid-wicket attempting a sweep just before lunch, in Ladda's first over.
After Khawaja's dismissal, the sweep shot, which has been the weapon of choice for most visiting teams against spinners was seldom seen.
Skipper Matthew Wade joined Cowan at the crease and they took Australia into lunch at 81-1. Cowan, who looked assured at the crease, brought up his half-century (58) but fell soon after when he snicked one to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel off the bowling of Rassol.
After that, Rassol, whose performance was characterised more by discipline rather than explosive turn and bounce, came into his own. He tempted Wade out of his crease and the left-hander mistimed his shot to be snapped up by substitute Kamlesh Makvana at long-off.
Mumbai Indians' million-dollar man Glenn Maxwell failed to live up to expectations in his first outing as he was sent back for a duck after he was caught behind off Binny.
New-man Moises Henriques was dropped by skipper Abhinav Mukund at slip.
Brief scores
Australians 241 (Cowan 58, Rassol 7-45)
