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IND A vs SA A: South Africa A’s Middle-Order Fifties in Vain as India A Win by 4 Wickets
IND A vs SA A 1st ODI Highlights: India A won by four wickets in the last over against South Africa A. Batting first in Rajkot, the visitors scored 285 for 9 in 50 overs. In response, India A scored 290 for 6 in 49.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead.
The first unofficial ODI between India A and South Africa A took place at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad's century and the partnership of Nishant Sindhu and Harshit Rana in the last over gave India A, a four-wicket victory. In this match, South Africa A, batting first, posted 285 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their 50 overs, thanks to half-centuries from Forrester, Potgieter, and Fortune. In response, India A won the match with three balls to spare.
Winning the toss and opting to bat first, South Africa A had a disastrous start. Half the visiting team was dismissed for just 53 runs. Forrester, Potgieter, and Fortune then steadied the South African innings with back-to-back half-centuries, taking the team to a challenging total of 285. However, Potgieter missed out on a century, scoring 90 runs off 105 balls, including 10 fours and a six. Forrester made 77 off 83 balls, and Fortune made 59 off 56. No one else had a significant innings other than these three. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took two wickets each, while Prasidh Krishna, Nishant Sindhu, Nitish Reddy, and Riyan Parag took one wicket each.
Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma gave India A a solid start in their chase of 286. Abhishek departed after scoring 31 runs off 25 balls. Riyan Parag (8) also lost his wicket soon after. Captain Tilak Varma (39) then joined Ruturaj, but he too was dismissed by Bartman. Wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan then departed for just 17.
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Wickets continued to fall at one end, but Ruturaj held the other end. He completed his century. Nitish Reddy then joined Gaikwad at the other end. India were cruising towards victory when Vooren dismissed Gaikwad, breaking the partnership. Gaikwad scored 117 runs off 129 balls. Bartmann then dismissed Nitish (37). Nishant Sindhu and Harshit Rana then remained unbeaten until the end, giving India A a four-wicket win in the final over. Nishant remained unbeaten on 29, and Harshit on 6. For South Africa A, Vooren, Fortune, and Bartmann each took two wickets.
