Published: Aug 30, 2016, 11:14 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 11:16 AM (IST)
In the eleventh match of Quadrangular A-Team One-Day Series in Australia, India A won the toss and elected to bowl at Ray Mitchell Oval. Manish Pandey and boys got the first wicket early as Marcus Stoinis got out without opening his account. Kurtis Patterson looked in ominous touch from the start and played a valuable innings along with No. 3 batsman, Nic Maddinson. Both the players added 227 runs for the second wicket and reached their respective hundreds to propel the team’s total towards the 300-run mark. Patterson scored 115 whereas Maddison was out for 118. India A bowlers sparked the ball in all corners to give their batsmen a tough task of chasing 323. ALSO READ: Manish Pandey’s century leads India A to victory against South Africa A in Quadrangular ODI series
In the bowling department, India A’s highest wicket-taker was Shardul Thakur who picked up two wickets at an economy rate of 5. Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat and Varun Aaron shared one wicket apiece but the latter was expensive conceding 65 runs in 7 overs.
Current table-toppers, India A are sitting pretty with 16 points but will like to extend their lead over second-ranked Australia A (12 points) by chasing a mammoth target on board. At the time of publishing this report, India A were 127 for 3 in 25 overs, with Pandey and Kedhar Jadhav battling it out for their side after the departure of opener, Mandeep Singh (56).
After losing the first match horribly, India A, under the guidance of former player Rahul Dravid, have gone on top of the series with three back-to-back wins and will be eager to maintain the momentum heading into the finals.
Brief scores:
Australia A 322 (Kurtis Patterson 115, Nic Maddinson 118, Shardul Thakur 2 for 50) vs India A.
