India-A drew the second unofficial test against Australia-A in Puducherry. Chasing 365 runs, India A scored 310 runs for 9 wickets. The team remained 55 runs away from victory, whereas at one time it was facing the challenge of saving the match. With this result, India-A won the two-match series 1-0. In the first unofficial test, India-A defeated Australia-A by 162 runs. India-A was all out for 167 runs in the first innings. After scoring 358 runs in the first innings, Australia-A declared the second innings at 173 runs for 4 wickets. Tushar, who became the nightwatchman, scored 52 runs. The day was started by Ayush Pandey and Tushar Deshpande. Liam Scott shocked India A by LBWing Pandey. After this, Tushar, who came as nightwatchman at number-3, took over the innings with captain Devdutt Padikkal. Tushar faced 119 balls and scored 52 runs and spent about 180 minutes at the crease. He scored his second first-class half-century. After scoring 26 runs, Padikkal was caught by wicketkeeper Josh Philip off Scott’s ball. After some time, Tushar also got caught at long-off on Liam Hatcher’s slow ball. Rashid raised hopes of victory by batting fast. Sheikh Rashid played a quick inning of 38 runs on 45 balls. He hit 8 fours and for some time raised hopes of India-A’s victory. However, he went back to play the shot on the ball of Nathan McSweeney and was LBW. After this, even Kumar Kushagra could not last long. Scott’s ball remained so low that it almost passed through the ground and hit the stumps. Tanush Kotian was also out on the ball of Corey Rocchioli. India-A’s score was 199 runs for 7 wickets. Rathod and Mulani handled the innings for 216 balls. From here Yash Rathod and Player of the Series Shams Mulani handled the innings. Mulani kept the defense strong at one end, while Rathod kept looking for opportunities to score runs. Both made a partnership of 85 runs on 216 balls. Rathod maintained an aggressive stance despite pressure. Sometimes he played the ball out of the crease and sometimes he used the depth of the crease. Mulani troubled the Australia-A bowlers for a long time by facing 131 balls. Scott again turned the match around. When it seemed that Rathore and Mullani would easily lead India-A to a draw, Liam Scott again created excitement in the match. He LBW Rathod for 80 runs. Rathod took a review and raised questions about the height of the ball, but the umpire’s call came due to ball tracking. Two overs later, Scott also dismissed Mulani. India-A had lost 9 wickets and 55 runs were still left to win. Last wicket saved the match Due to Anshul Kamboj being called in the senior team, India-A had to send its number-11 Praful Hinge to bat. Hinge played 6 balls. Along with him, Nachiket Bhute faced 21 balls. Both did not give Australia A a chance to take the last wicket and in the deteriorating light, both the teams agreed to end the match on a draw.
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