IND A vs SA A: Young bowlers shone against South Africa, gave India A a strong comeback.
Reflexes
- At the end of the third day of play, South Africa’s A score was 116 out of five.
- Strong performance of India A bowlers led by Ishan Porel
- India One team scored 276 runs in the first innings
Bloemfontein: Ishan Porel led the bowlers that led India A to rebound from a first-inning loss on the third day of a season-stricken second unofficial cricket test, reducing South Africa A to 116 over five in the second entry. Porel took two wickets for 17 races. Baba Aparajit took a wicket while Saurabh Kumar took a wicket for 34 runs. When the day’s game was suspended due to rain and bad light, Tony de Georgi had nine, while Georg Linde had not yet opened the account.
South Africa A, which took a 21-run lead in the first innings, has a 137-run overall lead. The India A team scored 276 runs in the first innings. Hanuma Vihari scored 54 while Sarfaraz Khan scored an undefeated 71. South Africa A had scored 297 runs in the opening innings. Glenton Sturman took four of 48, while Marco Jensen took three of 44 for South Africa A. At the same time, in the second inning, Serrell Irvi (41) and captain Peter Malan (31) added 69 runs for the first wicket to give a fast start to South Africa A. Left arm spinner Saurabh broke partnership in 17 by getting Irvi to get caught by Porel. Irvi faced 54 balls and connected six fours. Captain Malan was sold out at 25 due to a misunderstanding with Renard Van Tonder (33). After an over, Aparajith sent Zubair Hamza to the pavilion, who couldn’t even open the account. Porel fired Tondar and Synthemba Keshile (00) in successive overs, taking South Africa’s A score from 98 by one to 115 by five. After this, the game had to be stopped due to bad light and then the rain also came so the game could not be resumed.
Earlier, the India A team came out to play ahead of 198 runs for five wickets in the morning. Hanuma completed his half-century playing 45-run ahead, but was caught by goalie Keshile off Jenson’s delivery. He hit eight fours on 164 balls. Yesterday’s second undefeated hitter, Sarfaraz, displayed an aggressive attitude as he played ahead of 30 runs. He found a good partner in Saurabh (23). They both added 41 runs for seventh field. Sturman broke this association by firing Saurabh and later released Navdeep Saini (01). Arjan Nagwaswala sold out without opening the account. Sarfaraz meanwhile completed half a century, but Linde ended the Indian entry with Porel (0) trapped by De Georgi. Sarfaraz hit eight fours and two sixes on his 94-ball innings.
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