Puducherry, Oct 11 (PTI) Suryansh Shedge made a quick 66 and pacer Gurjapneet Singh took three wickets as India A beat Australia A by 49 runs in the inconsequential third one-day match here on Sunday.
Australia A won the three-match series 2-1.
Shedge was the leading run-scorer for the home side with a 66 made of 60 balls, while his late-order rally received solid support from Vipraj Nigam (40).
The seventh-wicket pair added 85 runs to lift India A from 159 for six to the eventual 275 all out.
India A had a good beginning with openers Prabhsimran Singh (39, 34b) and Priyansh Arya (49, 45b) adding 83 runs in just 10.4 overs, before the former was snaffled by Ben Dwarshuis (3/38).
Once that alliance was broken, Dwarshuis and Will Sutherland (3/44) rocked the Indian middle-order with regular wickets.
It required the timely stand between Shedge and Nigam for India to cross 250, and raise a challenging target.
The Aussies too made a good start, adding 82 runs in 15 overs through Josh Philippe (56) and Liam Scott (26).
They fell at the same team score of 82. But the tourists remained in the hunt through a second wicket partnership of 58 between Lachlan Shaw (31) and Nathan McSweeney (39).
But once McSweeney fell to Gurjapneet, the Aussies’ chase fell apart.
They lost the next seven wickets for a mere 86 runs to be bowled out for 226.
Brief Scores:
India A: 275 all out in 47.3 overs (Suryansh Shedge 66, Vipraj Nigam 40; Ben Dwarshuis 3/38, Will Sutherland 3/44) beat
Australia A: 226 all out in 46.2 overs (Josh Philippe 56, Nathan McSweeney 39; Gurjapneet Singh 3/56) by 49 runs. PTI UNG APS
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