IND A vs SA A 3rd Unofficial Test: Vihari & Co settle for draw

IND A vs SA A 3rd Unofficial Test – The third and final four-day game between South Africa A and India A ended in a draw in Bloemfontein on Thursday. India were 90 for 3 in 17 overs chasing an improbable 304 before the play was called off after South Africa riding on Zubayr Hamza’s 125 had declared their second innings at 311 for three, which stretched their overall lead to 303. Krishnappa Gowtham got a couple of wickets. Batting second Prithvi Shaw once again breezed his way to 38 off 34 balls with eight fours before being dismissed. Follow India Tour of South Africa LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

IND A vs SA A 3rd Unofficial Test: Rain halts play as India, South Africa settle for a draw

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South Africa A, who resumed the final day’s proceedings at 196/1, added 115 runs to their overnight score before declaring at 311/3.

While Sarel Erwee, who was batting on 85 at the close of play on Day 3, missed out on his hundred after being dismissed by K Gowtham on 97, Zubayr Hamza – unbeaten on 78 on Day 3 – went on to score an unbeaten 125.

In response, India A were off to a brisk start, courtesy of Prithvi Shaw, who scored a quickfire 38, before both the teams decided to settle for a draw, with India A scoring 90/3 in 17 overs.

On Wednesday, Ishan Kishan missed out on a hundred but played a vital part, helping India A secure the first-innings lead before South Africa A put on a solid show with the bat in the second innings to end Day 3 on a high.

After securing an eight-run lead, Saini gave India A their maiden breakthrough of the day with the ball, dismissing Pieter Malan. However, Erwee and Hamza stayed put and added 153 runs together.

IND A vs SA A 3rd Unofficial Test: Rain halts play as India, South Africa settle for a draw

India A 2nd innings 90/3 (17 overs)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Prithvi Shaw	c T de Zorzi b S Muthusamy	38	34	8	0	111.76
Abhimanyu Easwaran	b L Sipamla	19	25	4	0	76.00
Devdutt Padikkal	c S Qeshile b M Pretorius	15	28	1	0	53.57
Hanuma Vihari (C)	Not out	13	15	3	0	86.67
Ishan Kishan (WK)	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extra	5 (b 1, w 0, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	90/3 (17)
Yet To Bat	SN Khan, K Gowtham, DL Chahar, NA Saini, Saurabh Kumar, IC Porel

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Lutho Sipamla	5	30	1	6.00
Marco Jansen	6	31	0	5.17
Migael Pretorius	4	16	1	4.00
Senuran Muthusamy	2	8	1	4.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
AR Easwaran	1-31	6.2
PP Shaw	2-75	13.4
D Padikkal	3-77	14.6

South Africa A 2nd Innings – 311/3 (d)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sarel Erwee	b K Gowtham	97	216	10	1	44.91
Pieter Malan (C)	lbw b NA Saini	27	50	4	0	54.00
Zubayr Hamza	Not out	125	192	15	0	65.10
Tony de Zorzi	c Ishan Kishan b K Gowtham	33	32	3	1	103.13
Khaya Zondo	Not out	17	28	0	0	60.71
Extra	12 (b 0, w 4, nb 2, lb 6)
Total	311/3 (86)
Yet To Bat	S Qeshile, M Jansen, L Sipamla, M Pretorius, P Subrayen, S Muthusamy

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Deepak Chahar	8	2	28	0	3.50
Ishan Porel	13	2	35	0	2.69
Navdeep Saini	9	1	49	1	5.44
Saurabh Kumar	21	3	64	0	3.05
Krishnappa Gowtham	24	2	82	2	3.42
Sarfaraz Khan	11	0	47	0	4.27

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
PJ Malan	1-43	14.3
SJ Erwee	2-221	68.1
T de Zorzi	3-287	78.5

India A 1st Innings: 276/10

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Prithvi Shaw	lbw b L Sipamla	5	12	0	0	41.67
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c S Muthusamy b M Pretorius	28	53	5	0	52.83
Devdutt Padikkal	b M Jansen	8	16	1	0	50.00
Hanuma Vihari (C)	lbw b L Sipamla	63	170	6	1	37.06
Sarfaraz Khan	st S Qeshile b S Muthusamy	14	57	2	0	24.56
Ishan Kishan (WK)	c S Qeshile b M Jansen	91	153	12	1	59.48
Deepak Chahar	c Zubayr Hamza b L Sipamla	10	17	2	0	58.82
Krishnappa Gowtham	c S Muthusamy b M Jansen	5	22	0	0	22.73
Saurabh Kumar	b L Sipamla	0	3	0	0	0.00
Navdeep Saini	c S Qeshile b L Sipamla	27	16	5	1	168.75
Ishan Porel	Not out	5	27	0	0	18.52
Extra	20 (b 4, w 1, nb 5, lb 10)
Total	276/10 (90.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Marco Jansen	21	6	62	3	2.95
Lutho Sipamla	21.1	2	85	5	4.02
Migael Pretorius	13	5	27	1	2.08
Senuran Muthusamy	24	4	56	1	2.33
Prenelan Subrayen	11	2	32	0	2.91

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
PP Shaw	1-17	3.6
D Padikkal	2-46	11.1
AR Easwaran	3-55	16.1
SN Khan	4-92	33.2
GH Vihari	5-207	70.5
DL Chahar	6-229	76.5
K Gowtham	7-242	81.5
Saurabh Kumar	8-243	82.5
Ishan Kishan	9-243	83.1
NA Saini	10-276	90.1

Earlier, India A started Day 2 on a high as Deepak Chahar quickly dismantled South Africa A innings picking all three remaining wickets in no time as the host folded up at 268/10 in the 1st innings. In reply, the visitors had a shaky start and lost four early wickets before Vihari & Kishan resurrected the innings.

Resuming their first innings on 249/7, South Africa A could only add 13 runs to their score as Deepak Chahar looked too good with his pace and lengths. Deepak Chahar returned with 4 wickets while Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar chipped in with 3 and 2 scalps respectively.

IND A vs SA A Day 2 Stumps: Ishan Kishan & Hanuma Vihari rescue India after early blows

IND A vs SA A Day 2 Stumps: IND- A 229/6

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Prithvi Shaw	lbw b L Sipamla	5	12	0	0	41.67
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c S Muthusamy b M Pretorius	28	53	5	0	52.83
Devdutt Padikkal	b M Jansen	8	16	1	0	50.00
Hanuma Vihari (C)	lbw b L Sipamla	63	170	6	1	37.06
Sarfaraz Khan	st S Qeshile b S Muthusamy	14	57	2	0	24.56
Ishan Kishan (WK)	Not out	86	141	12	1	60.99
Deepak Chahar	c Zubayr Hamza b L Sipamla	10	17	2	0	58.82
Extra	15 (b 4, w 0, nb 5, lb 6)
Total	229/6 (76.5)
Yet To Bat	K Gowtham, NA Saini, Saurabh Kumar, IC Porel

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Marco Jansen	14	3	43	1	3.07
Lutho Sipamla	15.5	0	63	3	3.98
Migael Pretorius	13	5	27	1	2.08
Senuran Muthusamy	23	4	54	1	2.35
Prenelan Subrayen	11	2	32	0	2.91

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
PP Shaw	1-17	3.6
D Padikkal	2-46	11.1
AR Easwaran	3-55	16.1
SN Khan	4-92	33.2
GH Vihari	5-207	70.5
DL Chahar	6-229	76.5

South Africa A: 1st innings: 262/10

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sarel Erwee	c D Padikkal b NA Saini	75	180	8	0	41.67
Pieter Malan (C)	c D Padikkal b NA Saini	0	14	0	0	0.00
Zubayr Hamza	c SN Khan b Saurabh Kumar	16	43	2	0	37.21
Tony de Zorzi	runout (UD Yadav)	58	104	8	0	55.77
Khaya Zondo	c DL Chahar b Saurabh Kumar	56	98	8	1	57.14
Senuran Muthusamy	c (sub UD Yadav) b NA Saini	0	3	0	0	0.00
Sinethemba Qeshile (WK)	c (sub UD Yadav) b DL Chahar	22	68	2	0	32.35
Marco Jansen	Not out	12	25	2	0	48.00
Migael Pretorius	b DL Chahar	10	25	1	0	40.00
Prenelan Subrayen	c (sub UD Yadav) b DL Chahar	2	10	0	0	20.00
Lutho Sipamla	lbw b DL Chahar	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extra	17 (b 3, w 2, nb 2, lb 10)
Total	268/10 (94.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Deepak Chahar	16.5	4	45	4	2.67
Navdeep Saini	22	7	51	3	2.32
Ishan Porel	11	3	43	0	3.91
Krishnappa Gowtham	23	6	64	0	2.78
Saurabh Kumar	22	6	52	2	2.36

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
PJ Malan	1-11	5.2
Zubayr Hamza	2-44	17.5
T de Zorzi	3-155	52.6
SJ Erwee	4-187	63.5
S Muthusamy	5-187	65.2
K Zondo	6-238	81.5
S Qeshile	7-243	86.5
M Pretorius	8-262	92.4
P Subrayen	9-268	94.4
L Sipamla	10-268	94.5

IND A vs SA A LIVE score: Earlier, India A fast bowler Navdeep Saini snapped three wickets but South Africa A still managed to score 249 for seven on the opening day of the third unofficial Test on Monday. Opting to bat, South Africa A rode on a fifty each from opener Sarel Erwee (75) and middle-order duo of Tony de Zorki (58) and Khaya Zondo (56).

Saini, who has been impressive in the series with seven wickets so far, gave India A an early breakthrough, dismissing rival skipper Malan (0) in the sixth over, while Saurabh sent back Zubayr Hamza (16) cheaply to reduce the home side to 44 for 2. However, Erwee and Tony took South Africa A past the 150-mark before the latter was run out by substitute Upendra Yadav.

Saini then picked up two quick wickets, getting rid of Erwee and Senuram Muthusamy (0) to leave the hosts at 187 for 5 in 65.2 overs. Khaya Zondo then took the onus and shared a fruitful partnership with Sinethamba Qeshile (22).

IND A vs SA A Day 1 Stumps: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar star as India A restrict to SA-A 249/7

As for Playing XI, Hanuma Vihari is leading while Devdutt Padikkal has received an opportunity in his place. Krishnappa Gowtham has also returned to the Playing XI.

South Africa A (Playing XI): Sarel Erwee, Pieter Malan(c), Zubayr Hamza, Tony de Zorzi, Khaya Zondo, Sinethemba Qeshile(w), Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Migael Pretorius, Prenelan Subrayen, Lutho Sipamla

India A (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Devdutt Padikkal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vihari(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Chahar, Krishnappa Gowtham, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Ishan Porel

IND A vs SA A Day 1 Stumps: Navdeep Saini, Saurabh Kumar star as India A restrict to SA-A 249/7

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A squad of at least 20 is likely to be picked for the South Africa tour comprising three Tests and three ODIs beginning December 26.

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India Tour of South Africa: Abhimanyu Easwaran, who could be picked as a backup batter in the top-order, has been in sublime touch on the tour. He scored a hundred in the series opener and followed it up with a fifty in the second innings of the game held earlier this week.

Prithvi Shaw has not made most of his chances in South Africa, not helping his case for selection. After a tough outing in the series opener, the pacers were impressive in the second game with the young Ishan Porel standing out with a match haul of six wickets. Navdeep Saini too was amongst the wickets, taking five in total.

Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar has also not done much in the series but he is likely to be picked in the ODI squad. Meanwhile, Young pacer Umran Malik did not play the last game and could be fielded in the final game of the series which has seen two draws so far.

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Probable playing XI

INDIA-A

Prithvi Shaw, Priyank Panchal (c), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Hanuma Vihari, Baba Aparajith, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Ishan Porel

SOUTH AFRICA-A

Sarel Erwee, Pieter Malan (c), Raynard van Tonder, Zubayr Hamza, Tony de Zorzi, Sinethemba Qeshile (wk), George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Beuran Hendricks, Glenton Stuurman

South Africa A Squad: Pieter Malan (c), Sarel Erwee, Dominic Hendricks, Raynard van Tonder, Sinethemba Qeshile, Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Migael Pretorius, Beuran Hendricks, Lutho Sipamla, Glenton Stuurman, George Linde, Jason Smith, Tony de ZorziBench.

India A Squad: Playing: Priyank Panchal (c), Prithvi Shaw, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Baba Aparajith, Upendra Yadav, Krishnappa Gowtham, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Umran Malik, Ishan Porel, Arzan Nagwaswalla.

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