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Luan Dre Pretorius and Rivaldo Moonsamy made a partnership of 241 runs for the first wicket.
South Africa-A defeated India-A by 73 runs in the last ODI played in Rajkot. India won the 3-match series 2-1. On Wednesday, Indian captain Tilak Verma won the toss and chose bowling at the Rajkot ground.
Batting first, South Africa scored 325 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Both the openers from the team, Luan Dre Pretorius and Rivaldo Moonsamy made a partnership of 241 runs for the first wicket. Both also scored centuries.
Chasing the target of 326 runs, the Indian team was all out after scoring 252 runs in 49.1 overs. Ishan Kishan and Ayush Badoni scored fifties from the team. 22 year old spinner Nkabyomzi Peter from South Africa took 4 wickets.
South African players celebrating after taking the wicket of the Indian team.
Luan-Rivaldo did not allow wickets to fall for 37.1 overs The decision to bowl after winning the toss backfired for India A captain Tilak Verma. Pretorius scored 123 runs in 98 balls, which included 9 fours and 6 sixes. Moonsamy scored 107 runs. He hit 13 fours and 2 sixes in the innings. The pair remained at the crease for 37.1 overs.
However, Prasidh Krishna sent both the batsmen to the pavilion in the 38th over. Harshit Rana was the most economical bowler for India with 2 wickets. In the end, Delano Potgieter scored 30 runs in 15 balls and took the team to 325. Khalil Ahmed took two wickets but gave away 82 runs.
Pretorius hit 6 sixes in the innings of 123 runs.
Ishaan-Ayush’s Fifty Chasing the target, India A made a fast start and scored 31 runs in four overs. But Abhishek Sharma was out on 11 runs. After this, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma, who scored 50+ scores in the last two matches, also returned to the pavilion early. The team was in trouble as soon as the fourth wicket fell at 82.
Here Ishan Kishan and Ayush Badoni raised hopes by making a partnership of 88 runs. Kishan scored 53 runs on 67 balls. He also hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in the innings. Ayush Badoni was out after scoring 66 runs on 66 balls. He hit 8 fours. After the dismissal of these two, the rest of the batsmen of India-A could not do anything. The team lost 3 wickets on the score of 201.
Nakabyomji Peter stopped India’s comeback by taking 4 wickets. In the end, Manav Suthar and Prasidh Krishna scored 23 runs each, but the team fell short of the target.
Ishan Kishan played an inning of 53 runs.
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