Marauding run

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India A on Wednesday clinched the tri-series title with a comfortable 50-run victory over Australia A in a low-scoring final, relying on a clinical display from their bowlers.

Opting to bat on a placid strip, India could manage only 243 in 49.2 overs with Shikhar Dhawan (65) and Dinesh Karthik (73) being notable contributors.
The Indian bowlers, who had been woefully out of sorts in the tournament, then managed to bowl out the Aussies for 193 in 46.3 overs to guide the team to victory at the LC de Villiers Oval.
It was India’s fifth ‘A’ tournament victory since the concept was introduced in 1994.
The law of averages finally caught up with the Australians in a final that turned out to be an anti-climax of sorts with the Indians successfully avenging their twin defeats at the round robin league stage.
Speedster Mohammed Shami (2/30) dealt initial blows to Australia A and the likes of Shahbaz Nadeem (3/34 in 10 overs), Parveez Rasool (1/30 in 10 overs), Ishwar Chand Pandey (1/47 in 8 overs), Suresh Raina (1/33 in 10 overs) kept the Aussie batsmen under tight leash.

SCORECARD
India A: R. Sharma lbw b Hazlewood 6, S. Dhawan c Paine b Henriques 62, C. Pujara c Finch b Maxwell 1, D. Karthik b Coulter-Nile 73, S. Raina lbw b M. Marsh 17, A. Rayudu b Hazlewood 34, W. Saha c Maxwell b Henriques 31, P. Rasool c Hazlewood b Coulter-Nile 5, I. Pandey b Coulter-Nile 1, M. Shami b Hazlewood 3, S. Nadeem (not out) 0. Extras (lb3, w6, nb1) 10. Total (in 49.2 overs) 243
FoW: 1-20, 2-34, 3-142, 4-158, 5-166, 6-229, 7-236, 8-238, 9-243.
Bowling: Hazlewood 10-1-31-3, Sandhu 6-0-50-0, Maxwell 5-1-24-1, Coulter-Nile 9.2-1-35-3, Fawad 6-0-42-0, Henriques 10-0-47-2, M. Marsh 3-0-11-1.

Australia A: A. Finch b Shami 20, S. Marsh c Pujara b Shami 11, N. Maddinson c Raina b Pandey 7, G. Maxwell c Pujara b Raina 12, M. Marsh (run out) 2, M. Henriques c Raina b Nadeem 20, T. Paine b Rasool 47, N. Coulter-Nile st Saha b Nadeem 5, J. Hazlewood st Saha b Nadeem 30, G. Sandhu (not out) 21, F. Ahmed (run out) 9. Extras (lb6, w3) 9. Total (in 46.3 overs) 193
FoW: 1-30, 2-33, 3-50, 4-52, 5-53, 6-76, 7-88, 8-142, 9-176.
Bowling: Shami 7.3-1-30-2, Raina 10-1-33-1, Pandey 8-1-47-1, Nadeem 10-1-34-3, Dhawan 1-0-13-0, Rasool 10-1-30-1.