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Opener Shikhar Dhawan fell cheaply but India otherwise enjoyed a satisfactory hit-out on day one of the first match of their Australian tour.
Express paceman Varun Aaron impressed at Adelaide’s Glenelg Oval as India started a two-day game by restricting the Cricket Australia XI to 219.
In response, India reached stumps at 1-55 with Dhawan out edging to left-arm fast bowler Josh Lalor for 10 in the seventh over.
Aaron was not given the new ball but he finished the pick of the bowlers with 3-72 from 17 overs.
Aaron’s opening spell of six overs went for 15 runs and featured the scalps of CA XI captain Ashton Turner and Queensland’s Nick Stevens.
The right-armer, clocked at 152.1 km/h during a recent one-day international against Sri Lanka, returned later to remove Alex Gregory.
“He bowled some pretty quick bumpers,” said opener Ryan Carters, who top-scored for the CA XI with 58.
“He did a little bit of damage but I thought at times we played him well.”
Pace and bounce, the same issues that have troubled so many Indian batsmen on past Australian tours, were Aaron’s biggest assets.
“On a fast wicket, he’ll definitely be a handful,” Carters said.
“You could definitely expect some short stuff.
“This wicket was good for the quicks, it certainly had some pace … the bouncers were pretty challenging.”
Aaron did however cop some late punishment from Harry Nielsen, son of former Australia coach Tim, and NSW quick Harry Conway.
Nielsen finished 43no from 30 balls, the pair putting on a final-wicket stand of 52 runs.
The visitors are playing a pair of two-day matches to warm up for the four-Test series, with the next starting at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Wicketkeeper Nielsen earned a late call-up to the CA XI, replacing Seb Gotch (virus).
“He’ll be smiling at what became of his day, waking up this morning and expecting to go to work,” Carters said.
“He performed really well with the bat and did a nice job with the gloves at the end.”
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