India A walked into the 2nd List A game against the visiting New Zealand A team at Chennai armed with a 1-0 lead. The game on Sunday, yet again saw large crowd assemble despite this being a closed-door series. The Indian team ran out victors for the 2nd game in a row and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. There were plenty of Indian fringe players who were part of the Indian team. There was one man who isn’t a fringe player, but a man on the comeback trail and that was Kuldeep Yadav.
Kuldeep Yadav gets a four-fer as he sinks the kiwis with a hattrick –
Kuldeep Yadav finally seems to have put his injuries behind him as he is back on the park and bowling well. Yadav picked the wicket of Sean Solia for 28 caught by Raj Bawa. The moment of the day came when the 27 year old picked yet another hattrick in his career. Yadav, first had Logan Van Beek caught by Shaw off a leading edge for 4. Joe Walker then edged behind for a first ball duck, Yadav then got his treble with a LBW of number 11 Jacob Duffy.
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Joe Carter and Rachin Ravindra lead NZ A to 219 –
Chad Bowes and Ravindra opened the innings for NZ A and added 32 runs for the 1st wicket. Umran Malik got the wicket of Bowes for 15, Rahul Chahar then got the wicket of Dan Cleaver for 6. Rachin Ravindra batted well before falling to Rishi Dhawan for 61. Joe Carter then steadied the ship with a knock of 72 off 80 balls with a four and 3 sixes before becoming 2nd wicket for Chahar.
Shaw leads India A to a blazing start –
Prithvi Shaw seems to be catching the selectors eye with his tall run scoring as the 22 was in the runs yet again. Shaw scored 77 from mere 48 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes. Gaikwad at the other scored 30 off 34 as the pair added 82 for the first wicket in just 10 overs. Rajat Patidar scored 17 ball 20 with a four and six, the kiwi bowlers though had India in trouble when they dismissed Shaw and Tilak Varma in quick time to leave the home side at 134 for 4.
Shardul Thakur and Rishi Dhawan carry India home –
Sanju Samson scored yet another brisk 37 off 35 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes, but fell with score reading 180. Raj Bawa too fell 2 ball with the Indian team needing 40 more runs in 24 overs. Rishi Dhawan with 22 not out from 43 balls with a four and Shardul Thakur with 25 off 24 with 3 fours and a six helped the Indians win the game by 4 wickers with 16 overs to spare.