Rathod, Mulani help India A salvage thrilling draw
Liam Scott picked five wickets, leaving India A nine wickets down, but India A saw the final few overs out to win the series 1-0
Liam Scott picked five wickets, leaving India A nine wickets down, but India A saw the final few overs out to win the series 1-0
Scorer: Harshith Gowda | Commentator: Binoy George
Time for presentations:
Peter Handscomb: A great game, great spectacle, white ball cricket is the pinnacle. Spinners adapting to the conditions. we tried everything, tried different plans, Indian players played well, It was great experiencing the Indian conditions.
Player of the Match - Sam Harper Player of the Series - Shams Mulani
Shams Mulani: we knew that the day would get tougher and we believed in ourselves, the pressure was there and tried to keep it simple, to keep on batting. It was really hard work and we enjoyed bowling on the wicket.
Devdutt Paddikal: It was great game and both teams played their hearts out. All of them showed up and played well, it was all upto Shams and Rathod. They knew what they were doing, they have played a lot of cricket and lot of experience behind them. Lot of positives with the bat and ball. it was not the easiest condition for the spinners, but they did well.
Thanks for tuning in, it has been a pleasure to bring the ball by ball coverage, on behalf of Shashwat Kumar, Ranjith, Harsith and everyone at Cricinfo, this is Binoy George signing off.
A thrilling encounter, Australia A bowlers bowled their heart out, gave it everything, the India A batters put up a brave front. The match is a draw. India A wins the series 1-0. The players shake hands. A brilliant game of cricket.
Here we go for the final delivery, some time being taken, discussion on. All fielders close in
1 over left for India A to survive, here is Jhy Richardson to bowl with fielders close in.
Liam Scott picked five wickets, leaving India A nine wickets down, but India A saw the final few overs out to win the series 1-0
The hosts lost Sai Sudharsan a few minutes before stumps on day three, still needing another 337 runs for victory
India A are 122 for 5 at stumps and still 236 runs behind Australia A's 358
Sam Harper has had a breakthrough season with the bat across formats and might be in the mix for higher honours for Australia
The Victoria keeper rescued Australia A after Bhute and Mulani had reduced them to 104 for 5