IND-A vs NZ-A Highlights: India complete series cleansweep: India A came up with a fine performance to register a 106-run win overs South Africa A in Chennai on Tuesday. After India A put 284/10 in the first innings of the third and final, the bowlers did the job. The visitors were all out for 178 with Raj Angad Bawa scalping four important wickets. Earlier, the likes of Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and SHardul Thakur scored half-centuries in the first innings as well. Follow INDIA-A vs NewZealand-A 3rd ONE DAY LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN.
As for the visitors, none of the batters barring opener Dane Cleaver delivered. The right-hander managed to score an impressive 83.
New Zealand A scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Bowes | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 64.52 | |
| Dane Cleaver (WK) | 83 | 89 | 9 | 2 | 93.26 | |
| Rachin Ravindra | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| Mark Chapman | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 47.83 | |
| Robert O’Donnell | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| Tom Bruce (C) | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.43 | |
| Michael Rippon | 29 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 120.83 | |
| Logan van Beek | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Joe Walker | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Jacob Duffy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Matthew Fisher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 4, w 1, nb 0, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 178/10 (38.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shardul Thakur | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Kuldeep Sen | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Rishi Dhawan | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Rahul Chahar | 7 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 5.57 |
| Rajangad Bawa | 5.3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2.00 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 6 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 4.83 |
| Rahul Tripathi | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Tilak Varma | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
It has to be said that New Zealand A started their chase quite well. Alongside Cleaver, Chad Bowes looked well against the Indian seamers. They completed their 50-run opening wicket partnership. But then, Rahul Chahar scalped the first wicket for India A, sending back Bowes and Rachin Ravindra in succession.
After being reduced to 56/2, they never really got into the game. The visitors lost wickets at regular intervals as they were 102/4. No one really showed much support to Cleaver, who was just watching his fellow batters lose wicket one after the other.
And when Rishi Dhawan send back Cleaver, India A had the game in the bag. Bawa did not have any trouble in removing the last two batters as they were all out for 178.
INDIA A Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhimanyu Easwaran | 39 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 111.43 | |
| Rahul Tripathi | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 72.00 | |
| Sanju Samson (WK/C) | 54 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 79.71 | |
| Tilak Varma | 50 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 80.65 | |
| Srikar Bharat | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Rishi Dhawan | 34 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 73.91 | |
| Rajangad Bawa | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| Shardul Thakur | 51 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 154.55 | |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Rahul Chahar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Kuldeep Sen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 19 (b 0, w 13, nb 1, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 284/10 (49.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Duffy | 10 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Logan van Beek | 8 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 7.13 |
| Matthew Fisher | 8 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 7.63 |
| Joe Walker | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Michael Rippon | 7.3 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 5.73 |
| Rachin Ravindra | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.70 |
Earlier, the Indian A team need to thank Shardul Thakur, who played a brilliant innings of 50 runs. It played an important role in helping them end up with 284, else the score could have been much less. He scored a 33-ball 51, which comprised of four fours and three sixes.
If Shardul finished off India’s innings, the platform was set by the top order, including AR Easwaran. He scored 39 runs. But the major contribution was done by Sanju Samson and Tilak Verma with both the India A batters scoring half-centuries.
After the dismissal of Varma and Samson, Rishi Dhawan hit a fine 34. But at the end, it was Shardul’s innings, which helped India build a momentum. It was carried forward in the second innings as well.
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