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Ind vs Aus, 2nd Test: India seem to be leaving no stone unturned to ensuring a win in the second Test in Bengaluru.

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Updated: June 15, 2018 8:23:26 pm

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Virat Kohli’s men enter the Test facing a situation they have seldom faced this home season. (Source: Facebook)

14 Jun

Luzhniki Stadium

Match Details

Russia

12’ Iury Gazinsky
43’ Denis Cheryshev
71’ Artem Dzyuba
90’ Denis Cheryshev
90’ Aleksandr Golovin

Saudi Arabia

Match Center

The Indian cricket team seem to be leaving no stone unturned as they prepare for the second Test against Australia in Bengaluru. Having been swept away by the visitors at Pune, Virat Kohli’s men enter the Test facing a situation they have seldom faced this home season.

While Virat Kohli’s cheap dismissals in both innings at Pune were vital for Australia to win the match, Cheteshwar Pujara was just as important for India. In fact, in a similar situation against England in 2012, Pujara managed a double century in the first Test and a century in the second. But, as was the case with almost every Indian batsman against Australia in Pune, Pujara hardly had an impact on the score card.

While the Pune pitch had played a big role in the collapse of the otherwise destructive Indian batting line up, questions were also raised on the hosts’ fielding efforts. India dropped Australian captain Steve Smith on multiple ocassions on his way to his 18th Test century last time out. It seems that is what they are working to improve according to a video that has been put out on the Indian Cricket Team Facebook page.

Group A | 14 Jun

Luzhniki Stadium

Russia

12’ Iury Gazinsky
43’ Denis Cheryshev
71’ Artem Dzyuba
90’ Denis Cheryshev
90’ Aleksandr Golovin

Saudi Arabia

Russia
Key Stats
Saudi Arabia

5
Goals
0

13
TOTAL SHOTS
6

40
BALL POSSESSION
60

7
SHOTS ON TARGET
0

6
CORNERS
2

18
CROSSES
9

1061
TOUCHES
1619

389
PASSES
591

90'
Game Over

Russia 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia
90'
Goal

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
90'
Shot on Goal

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
90'
Free Kick

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
90'
Yellow Card

Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)
90'
Foul

Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Aleksandr Golovin (Saudi Arabia)
90'
Free Kick

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
90'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Yasir Alshahrani (Russia)
90'
Goal

Denis Cheryshev. Assist by Artem Dzyuba (Russia)
90'
Shot on Goal

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
90'
Free Kick

Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)
90'
Foul

Fahad Almuwallad fouled by Sergey Ignashevich (Saudi Arabia)
90'
Injury Time

Injury Time
90'
Free Kick

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
90'
Foul

Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
90'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
90'
Corner Kick

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
89'
Cross

Roman Zobnin (Russia)
89'
Cross

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
88'
Free Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
88'
Yellow Card

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
88'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Omar Othman (Russia)
88'
Cross

Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)
87'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
87'
Foul

Daler Kuziaev fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)
87'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
87'
Corner Kick

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
86'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
86'
Free Kick

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
85'
Foul

Hatan Bahbir fouled by Yury Zhirkov (Saudi Arabia)
85'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
84'
Substitution

Muhannad Asiri (on). Mohammad Alsahlawi (off). (Saudi Arabia)
84'
Shot

Daler Kuziaev (Russia)
83'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
82'
Throw-In

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
82'
Cross

Fahad Almuwallad (Saudi Arabia)
82'
Shot

Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)
82'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
81'
Throw-In

Hatan Bahbir (Saudi Arabia)
81'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
81'
Foul

Yury Zhirkov fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
80'
Free Kick

Ilya Kutepov (Russia)
80'
Foul

Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Daler Kuziaev (Saudi Arabia)
78'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
77'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
77'
Shot

Roman Zobnin (Russia)
77'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
77'
Free Kick

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
76'
Foul

Yasir Alshahrani fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)
76'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
75'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
75'
Free Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
75'
Foul

Iury Gazinsky fouled by Taiseer Aljassam (Russia)
74'
Free Kick

Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)
74'
Foul

Artem Dzyuba fouled by Omar Othman (Russia)
74'
Goal Kick

Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
73'
Substitution

Hatan Bahbir (on). Yahia Alshehri (off). (Saudi Arabia)
73'
Shot

Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
71'
Goal

Artem Dzyuba. Assist by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
71'
Shot on Goal

Artem Dzyuba (Russia)
71'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
71'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
71'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
70'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
70'
Substitution

Artem Dzyuba (on). Fedor Smolov (off). (Russia)
68'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
68'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
68'
Shot on Goal

Roman Zobnin (Russia)
67'
Free Kick

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
67'
Foul

Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
67'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
66'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
66'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
65'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
65'
Shot on Goal

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
65'
Cross

Fedor Smolov (Russia)
64'
Free Kick

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
64'
Substitution

Daler Kuziaev (on). Alexander Samedov (off). (Russia)
64'
Substitution

Fahad Almuwallad (on). Abdullah Otayf (off). (Saudi Arabia)
64'
Foul

Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
62'
Shot

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
62'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
61'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
61'
Free Kick

Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)
61'
Foul

Denis Cheryshev fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
60'
Free Kick

Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)
60'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Salman Alfaraj (Russia)
59'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
59'
Free Kick

Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
58'
Offside

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
58'
Cross

Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)
58'
Free Kick

Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)
58'
Foul

Alexander Samedov fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)
57'
Free Kick

Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)
57'
Foul

Roman Zobnin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)
57'
Goal Kick

Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
56'
Cross

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
55'
Free Kick

Iury Gazinsky (Russia)
55'
Foul

Taiseer Aljassam fouled by Iury Gazinsky (Saudi Arabia)
54'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
54'
Cross

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
54'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
53'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
53'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
52'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
52'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
52'
Shot

Alexander Samedov (Russia)
50'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
50'
Corner Kick

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
49'
Free Kick

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
49'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)
49'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
48'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
47'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
46'
Free Kick

Abdullah Otayf (Saudi Arabia)
46'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Osama Hawsawi (Russia)
46'
Start Half

Start Half
45'
Half Over

Russia 2 - 0 Saudi Arabia
45'
Free Kick

Omar Othman (Saudi Arabia)
45'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)
45'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
45'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
45'
Injury Time

Injury Time
43'
Goal

Denis Cheryshev. Assist by Roman Zobnin (Russia)
43'
Shot on Goal

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
42'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
42'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
42'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
41'
Free Kick

Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)
41'
Foul

Salman Alfaraj fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)
40'
Free Kick

Osama Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)
40'
Foul

Aleksandr Golovin fouled by Abdullah Otayf (Russia)
40'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
38'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
38'
Cross

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
37'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
37'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
34'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
34'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
34'
Foul

Fedor Smolov fouled by Osama Hawsawi (Russia)
34'
Throw-In

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
33'
Free Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
33'
Foul

Iury Gazinsky fouled by Salman Alfaraj (Russia)
32'
Goal Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
31'
Goal Kick

Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
31'
Shot

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
31'
Cross

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
31'
Free Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
30'
Foul

Yury Zhirkov fouled by Taiseer Aljassam (Russia)
30'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
29'
Offside

Fedor Smolov (Russia)
29'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
28'
Goal Kick

Igor Akinfeev (Russia)
28'
Shot

Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
27'
Free Kick

Salem Aldawsari (Saudi Arabia)
27'
Foul

Ilya Kutepov fouled by Salem Aldawsari (Russia)
27'
Cross

Denis Cheryshev (Russia)
26'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
26'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
24'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
24'
Substitution

Denis Cheryshev (on). Alan Dzagoev (off). (Russia)
22'
Cross

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
22'
Corner Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
22'
Shot

Mohammad Alsahlawi (Saudi Arabia)
21'
Cross

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
21'
Corner Kick

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
21'
Cross

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
20'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
20'
Free Kick

Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)
20'
Foul

Mohammad Alsahlawi fouled by Roman Zobnin (Saudi Arabia)
19'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
18'
Throw-In

Salman Alfaraj (Saudi Arabia)
18'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
17'
Free Kick

Sergey Ignashevich (Russia)
17'
Foul

Mohammad Alsahlawi fouled by Sergey Ignashevich (Saudi Arabia)
17'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
15'
Offside

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
15'
Throw-In

Fedor Smolov (Russia)
14'
Free Kick

Osama Hawsawi (Saudi Arabia)
14'
Offside

Fedor Smolov (Russia)
14'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
13'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
12'
Goal

Iury Gazinsky. Assist by Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
12'
Shot on Goal

Iury Gazinsky (Russia)
12'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
12'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
12'
Corner Kick

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
11'
Shot

Alan Dzagoev (Russia)
11'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
10'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
10'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
10'
Corner Kick

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
9'
Shot

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
9'
Cross

Aleksandr Golovin (Russia)
8'
Throw-In

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
8'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
8'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
7'
Shot

Alexander Samedov (Russia)
7'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
7'
Throw-In

Taiseer Aljassam (Saudi Arabia)
6'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
6'
Shot

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
5'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
5'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
4'
Throw-In

Mohamed Alburayk (Saudi Arabia)
4'
Free Kick

Abdullah Almuaiouf (Saudi Arabia)
4'
Foul

Fedor Smolov fouled by Mohamed Alburayk (Russia)
3'
Cross

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
3'
Corner Kick

Yury Zhirkov (Russia)
2'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
2'
Throw-In

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
2'
Free Kick

Mario Fernandes (Russia)
1'
Foul

Omar Othman fouled by Alexander Samedov (Saudi Arabia)
1'
Throw-In

Yasir Alshahrani (Saudi Arabia)
1'
Start Half

Start Half

Russia

1 Igor Akinfeev
2 Mario Fernandes
3 Ilya Kutepov
4 Sergey Ignashevich
18 Yuri Zhirkov
8 Lury Gazinskiy
11 Roman Zobnin
19 Aleksandr Samedov
64'
9 Alan Dzagoev
24'
17 Aleksandr Golovin
10 Fedor Smolov
70'

Substitutes

6 Denis Cheryshev
24
7 Daler Kuzyayev
64
22 Artem Dzyuba
70
12 Andrei Lunev
5 Andrey Semenov
16 Anton Miranchuk
13 Fedor Kudryashov
20 Vladimir Gabulov
21 Aleksandr Yerokhin
15 Aleksei Miranchuk
23 Igor Smolnikov
14 Vladimir Granat

Head Coach

Stanislav Cherchesov

Saudi Arabia

1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf
6 Mohammed Al-Burayk
3 Osama Hawsawi
5 Omar Othman
13 Yasir Al-Shahrani
18 Salem Al-Dawsari
14 Abdullah Otayf
64'
7 Salman Al-Faraj
17 Taiseer Al Jassam
8 Yahia Al-Shehri
73'
10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
84'

Substitutes

9 Hattan Bahbir
73
19 Fahad Al-Muwallad
64
20 Muhannad Assiri
84
21 Yasser Al-Mosailem
4 Ali Al Bulayhi
22 Mohammed Al-Owais
12 Mohamed Kanno
2 Mansour Al-Harbi
23 Motaz Hawsawi
16 Hussain Al Moqahwi
11 AbdulMalek Al Khaibri
15 Abdullah Al-Khaibari

Head Coach

Juan Antonio Pizzi

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India’s unbeaten run in Test matches was finally broken when they suffered a crushing 333 run defeat to Australia at Pune. India only managed 105 and 107 in their two innings, both which are lesser than what Smith scored alone. Indian skipper Virat Kohli was dismissed for a rare duck in the first innings and scored only 13 in the second. If there was any positive take away for India in the first Test, it was Umesh Yadav’s spell. The pacer took four wickets in 12 overs in Australia’s first innings.