IND A vs NZ A Highlights: Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Sen helps India A ease past New Zealand A to take 1-0 lead in one-day series

IND A vs NZ A Highlights: India A came up with a brilliant show to beat New Zealand A by seven wickets in Chennai on Thursday. They have thus taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match unofficial ODI series. Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Sen were the stars in the win as they scalped four and three wickets respectively. After dismissing New Zealand A for 167, the home team reached the target with ease in the 32^nd over. Rajat Patidar was the top-scorer as he remained not out on 45. Follow IND-A vs NZ-A ODI Live Updates with InsideSport.IN

After winning the toss, India skipper Sanju Samson decided to bowl first. It proved to be a brilliant decision with home pacers having a field day in the morning.

IND A vs NZ A Highlights: Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Sen stars with ball as India A ease past New Zealand A to take 1-0 lead in one-day series

India-A Innings SCORECARD

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Prithvi Shaw	c Logan van Beek b Matthew Fisher	17	24	0	1	70.83
Ruturaj Gaikwad	c & b Michael Rippon	41	54	3	2	75.93
Rahul Tripathi	b Logan van Beek	31	40	4	0	77.50
Sanju Samson (WK/C)	Not out	29	32	1	3	90.63
Rajat Patidar	Not out	45	41	7	0	109.76
Extra	7 (b 0, w 6, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	170/3 (31.5)
Yet To Bat	Shahbaz Ahmed, R Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, KL Yadav, Umran Malik, KR Sen

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Logan van Beek	7	38	1	5.43
Sean Solia	3	13	0	4.33
Matthew Fisher	6	32	1	5.33
Rachin Ravindra	6.5	34	0	4.98
Michael Rippon	5	28	1	5.60
Joe Walker	4	24	0	6.00

India A had a solid pacer battery, which included Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Sen and Umran Malik. The first two bowlers were spot on. After the dismissal of Chad Bowes by Thakur, India A took wickets in regular intervals.

For less than 30 runs on the board, the visitors had lost half of their players. They were 27/5 with Kuldeep scalping three. They were soon 74/8 as well, and there were concerns if New Zealand A would bring up even 100 runs on the board.

It is at that juncture that Michael Rippon and Joe Walker decided to shoulder responsibility. The lower order batting were the most comfortable compared to the rest of the top order players. It was their 89-run partnership, which allowed them to have some sort of a score on the board. Rippon was eventually run out by Patidar, and they were later bowled out for 167.

IND A vs NZ A Highlights: Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Sen stars with ball as India A ease past New Zealand A to take 1-0 lead in one-day series

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Such kind of a score was not going to the test the strong India A batting order. Though Prithvi Shaw lost his wicket early, Ruturaj Gaikwad looked good and took control of the situation with 41 runs. Rahul Tripathi contributed with 31,

However, an unbeaten partnership between Samson (29) and Patidar saw their team through in the 32^nd over. Patidar hit seven fours while Samson slammed one four and three sixes.

NewZealand-A Innings – 167/10 in 40.2 Overs

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Chad Bowes	b Shardul Thakur	10	12	2	0	83.33
Rachin Ravindra	c SV Samson b KR Sen	10	11	2	0	90.91
Dane Cleaver (WK)	c KR Sen b Shardul Thakur	4	6	0	0	66.67
Joe Carter	lbw b KR Sen	1	6	0	0	16.67
Robert O’Donnell (C)	c SV Samson b Shardul Thakur	22	39	1	0	56.41
Tom Bruce	c P Shaw b KR Sen	0	3	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia	runout (R Dhawan)	5	10	0	0	50.00
Michael Rippon	c R Dhawan b Shardul Thakur	61	104	4	0	58.65
Logan van Beek	c P Shaw b KL Yadav	1	3	0	0	33.33
Joe Walker	runout (RM Patidar)	36	49	3	1	73.47
Matthew Fisher	Not out	1	0	0	0	0.00
Extra	17 (b 2, w 8, nb 2, lb 5)
Total	167/10 (40.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Shardul Thakur	8.2	1	32	4	3.84
Kuldeep Sen	7	0	30	3	4.29
Umran Malik	7	1	27	0	3.86
Rishi Dhawan	4	0	12	0	3.00
Kuldeep Yadav	9	0	22	1	2.44
Shahbaz Ahmed	4	0	31	0	7.75
Rahul Tripathi	1	0	6	0	6.00