ADELAIDE: Paceman Varun Aaron and opener Murali Vijay impressed for India on the opening day of the tourists’ match against a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide on Monday.

The CA XI — lacking any big names — were dismissed for 219, with Aaron taking three for 72 off 17 overs in a bright start to the tour of Australia at the Gliderol Stadium.

Opener Ryan Carters top-scored with 58.

India made a positive start to their innings in the two-day match with Vijay clipping four boundaries in his unbeaten knock of 32 off 50 balls as the tourists went to stumps at 55 for one.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan was dismissed for 10, the only Indian wicket to fall in the 16 overs to the close.

Summarised scores:

CRICKET AUSTRALIA XI 219 (R.G.L. Carters 58, H. Nielsen 43 not out, K.R. Smith 40; V.R. Aaron 3-72, K.V. Sharma 2-30, B. Kumar 2-32, Mohammed Shami 2-52); INDIA 55-1 (M. Vijay 32 not out, C.A. Pujara 13 not out).

Published in Dawn, November 25th , 2014