Rain ruins India 'A' vs Aus 'A' game in Brisbane

19 September,2016 08:27 AM IST |   |  PTI

The fourth and final day's play between India 'A' and Australia 'A' was called off without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain and a wet outfield as the second unofficial Test ended in a draw at Allan Border Field. It saw the home side clinching the two-match series 1-0



Hardik Pandya

Brisbane: The fourth and final day's play between India 'A' and Australia 'A' was called off without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain and a wet outfield as the second unofficial Test ended in a draw at Allan Border Field. It saw the home side clinching the two-match series 1-0.

India 'A' had ended the third day at 158-4, still 108 behind Australia 'A's first-innings score of 435. The visitors had scored 169 in their first innings.

Hardik Pandya made 79 on day one to prop up the tourists in their disappointing total of 169, while Shardul Thakur claimed 5-101 in the home team's first innings. Akhil Herwadkar (82') saved his best knock of the series for the last, in India's 158-4.

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