One team’s joy is another’s misery. This was the situation at the Gangotri Glades, here on Friday.

On a day when the weather changed from cloudy to muggy, the course of the match went from one in which West Indies A held sway to a contest which displayed a young India A team’s ability to claw back.

At the picturesque Gangotri Glades ground here, a steady drizzle was just setting in when India A skipper Cheteshwar Pujara walked in for the press briefing along with coach Lalchand Rajput. But the uncertainty in the weather surely did not reflect in Pujara’s personality. For, he looked confident and even defiant.

For a fast bowler, line, length, rhythm and pace has to be in the house to churn out match-winning performances. But then, on days like these on Saturday, luck also plays a huge role in a team’s fortunes.

An one-off T20 match between India A and West Indies A. What can it really offer? Nothing but pure entertainment for the spectators, who have surprisingly turned out in large numbers at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium here, where three unofficial one-dayers have been played over the last six days.

On this day, six years ago, Yuvraj Singh slammed a momentous six sixes against England in a league encounter at the T20 World Cup to guide India to victory.

Boasting a formidable line-up with young blood and a wealth of talent, India A, however, came up woefully short in all departments against West India A in the second unofficial one-dayer, on Tuesday.

After a thumping win in the opening one-dayer against West Indies A, India A skipper Yuvraj Singh had termed the Caribbean bowlers a ‘complete international attack’.

Form is temporary but class is permanent. In sport, more often than not it’s consistency that makes legends while heralding new stars on the horizon. Its an inescapable fact and every sportsman understands this. Yusuf Pathan is no different.

The weather was grey, but splashing blue on the day was the India A team, which was led from the front by Yuvraj Singh. In a rain-curtailed match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Sunday, the hosts won the series opener against West Indies A by 77 runs.