Published: Aug 08, 2017, 12:21 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 08, 2017, 08:27 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the tri-series final between India A and South Africa A at LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria. I am Aditya Sahay and I will be your host for the day, providing you live updates and best tweets for the match. The sides from India and South Africa have clearly dominated the tournament, each notching up 3 wins. South Africa top the table with a superior net run-rate of 1.524, while India have managed 0.801. Afghanistan A side were no match to these giants and ended losing all their 4 games.
The batting charts have been dominated by India A skipper Manish Pandey and Reeza Hendricks. While Pandey has amassed 275 runs, slamming 3 fifties from 4 innings, Hendricks is at 261 and his numbers are highly bloated due to his belligerent 173 not out. South Africa A hold the edge as the batsmen have shown more consistency while for India it has majorly been a Pandey show. The talented likes of Karun Nair, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer and Krunal Pandya will be expected to rise to the grand occasion of the finale.
The South African bowling led by the spin-twins Aaron Phangiso (10 wickets) and Tabraiz Shamsi (8 wickets) have helped the side seal games. Dwaine Pretorious has too done well claiming 7 wickets at 17.42 and given away runs at 3.69. It has been a more of a combined effort from the Indian camp. Shardul Thakur, Siddharth Kaul, Akshar Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal have all claimed 6 wickets apiece.
Undoubtedly, South Africa will start favourites but India have enough firepower and talent to seal the series.
Squads:
India A: Mandeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Manish Pandey (c), Deepak Hooda, Karun Nair, Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Vijay Shankar, Akshar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav, Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Siddarth Kaul
South Africa A: Khaya Zondo(c), Farhaan Behardien, Junior Dala, Henry Davids, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Mangaliso Mosehle (wk), Willem Mulder, Dane Paterson, Aaron Phangiso, Dwaine Pretorius, Tabraiz Shamsi, Jason Smith
