India A vs New Zealand A News

Sent in to bat by India 'A' captain Sanju Samson, incisive bowling by Thakur and Sen had the visiting team in trouble from the start.

After Mark Champman notched up a blistering century, Kyle Jamieson and Ajaz Patel shone with the ball to help New Zealand A seal a narrow five-run victory over India A in the third and final unofficial One-Day International (ODI) of the three-match series at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday. 

New Zealand A clinch the three-match ODI series against India A by 2-1.

New Zealand A, who have now leveled the three-match series against India A 1-1, will now lock horns in the third unofficial ODI at the same venue on January 26. 

Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed has been ruled out of the remainder of India A's tour of New Zeland due to a fractured wrist. 

The two sides will now lock horns in the third unofficial ODI at the same venue on January 26.

The 30-year-old Gowtham finished with figures of 46.4-10-139-6. 

Ahead of the upcoming New Zealand series, BCCI on Monday announced two separate India 'A' teams for the five One-day games at Vizag against New Zealand 'A' and also named a Board President's XI which will play two warm-up games.

The two batsmen, who missed out on big score after getting set were Panchal and skipper Karun Nair (43).

In response to New Zealand's 147, India scored 320 courtesy Iyer, Ravikumar Samarth (54 off 100) and Rishabh Pant (67 off 41) after resuming the day at 71 for two.