India A were back to winning ways as they defeated hosts South Africa A by 18 runs via Duckworth Lewis Method in the second round robin encounter of the tri-series tournament between A teams.
Having lost to Australia A in the opening game, Cheteshwar Pujara’s side got full points from the game that was curtailed to 38-overs-a-side due to rain delay.
Put in to bat, India scored a commendable 309/5 in 38 overs due to half-centuries by the quartet of Shikhar Dhawan (85), Rohit Sharma (65), Suresh Raina (60) and Ambati Rayudu (57).
In reply, South Africa A scored 258/5 in 34.4 overs when rain stopped play. The D/L par score at that point of time was 276 which ensured that India went home winners by 18 runs in a high-scoring game at the LC de Villiers Oval. Parvez Rasool took 2/47 runs in his six overs.
SCORECARD
India A: S. Dhawan c van der Merwe b Ontong 85, R. Sharma c van Jaarsveld b Ontong 65, C. Pujara c van der Merwe b Viljoen 9, S. Raina c Abbott b Viljoen 60, A. Rayudu c Viljoen b Hendricks 57, D. Karthik (not out) 18, S. Binny (not out) 4. Extras: (lb4, w6, nb1) 11. Total: (for 5 wkts, in 38 overs) 309.
FoW: 1-140, 2-164, 3-168, 4-257, 5-287.
Bowling: Abbott 8-0-67-0, Hendricks 8-0-67-1, Viljoen 8-0-65-2, van der Merwe 5-0-37-0, Gqamane 2-0-23-0, Ontong 5-0-27-2, Elgar 2-0-19-0.
South Africa ‘A’: R. Hendricks b Rasool 30, R. Rossouw lbw b Rasool 47, D. Elgar c Unadkat b Nadeem 84, B. van Jaarsveld b Nadeem 69, J. Ontong c Dhawan b Unadkat 4, J. Vilas (not out) 12, R. van der Merwe (not out) 4. Extras: (lb2, w4, nb2) 8. Total: (for 5 wkts, in 34.4 overs) 258.
FoW: 1-78, 2-79, 3-228, 4-233, 5-251.
Bowling: Shami 6.4-0-65-0, Unadkat 7-1-39-1, Rasool 6-0-47-2, Nadeem 7-0-49-2, Dhawan 5-0-35-0, Raina 3-0-21-0.