India A vs South Africa A News

Abhimanyu Easwaran (55 off 117 balls; 7 fours) and Hanuma Vihari (72* off 116 balls; 12 fours) made their presence felt with a 133-run partnership to give the India A hopes of securing the result as the end of the day's play was edging closer.

On Day 4, the start of play was delayed due to rain, but the relentless rain meant that no play was possible on the final day, which forced the match to end in a draw.  

After opting to bowl, the Priyank Panchal-led side got two early wickets before Malan (157 batting off 258 balls) and Zorzi (117 off 186) shared a 217-run stand for the third wicket to put South Africa A in a strong position in the four-day game.

Chasing a target of 224, India A took 62.3 overs to cross the line in 62.3 overs as Nair got rid of wretched form hitting 13 boundaries in 144 balls.

Iyer could not add much to his overnight tally after starting the day at 56. His innings comprised five fours and four sixes.

At stumps on the second day, India were 181 for three in reply to South Africa A's first-innings total of 322 all out, trailing by 141 runs.

South Africa A were reduced to 207 for 5 when Heinrich Klassen (7) was bowled by Nadeem.

For India A, Shreyas Iyer (31) emerged as the top-scorer as only four Indians managed to produce a double digit score in their first innings.

Iyer (140 not out off 131 balls), who did not score a half century in four round robin games, anchored the chase alongside Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar (72 off 86) to guide India 'A' to victory in 46.5 overs

After Manish Pandey's 93 off 85 balls, Sanju Samson was the chief contributor with the bat with his 90-ball 68.

This was India A's third successive win in the tournament and playing the final is just a mere formality.

Put into bat, skipper Manish Pandey (55) emerged as the top-scorer for India A before they were bundled out for 152 in 41.5 overs. South Africa A then huffed and puffed their way to overhaul the target, scoring 153 for 8 in 37.4 overs.