WAXI vs IND: Youngsters impress as India wins warm-up ODI

PerthRohit Sharma and Manish Pandeysparkled with halfcenturies but the rest of Indias batsmen putup a lacklustre performance before the bowlers came good with youngster Rishi Dhawan claimed two quick wickets tohand the team a 64run win over a second string WesternAustralia XI in the warmup oneday cricket match here todayHaving won the first practice Twenty20 the Indians once againmanaged to hit the right notes in bowling after an erraticbatting performance at the WACA After managing 249 all out in491 overs the Indians packed off WA XI for 185 in 492 oversManish Pandey en route his 58 PicAFPElecting to bat the Mahendra Singh Dhoniled side didnot have the best of starts losing two quick wickets butRohit Sharma 67 and Ajinkya Rahane 41 stitched an 88runthirdwicket partnership to help the visitors put up arespectable scoreShikhar Dhawan 4 and Virat Kohli 7 who were topscorers in the first warmup T20 game yesterday failed to getgoing as they fell to newball bowler Drew Porter who baggeda fivewicket haulThe WA bowlers kept pegging things back with regular wickets and Rahanes departure once again spelt trouble forthe Men in BluePandey then put his hand up to contribute with awellmade 58 and stake his claim for a place in themiddleorder in the absence of Suresh RainaPandey who hit three fours in his 59ball stay manageda 60run seventhwicket partnership with Ravindra Jadeja 26to pace up the inningsBut the tail failed to wag and Rishi Dhawans 0 runoutdidnt help matters and the visitors could not last theirfull quota of 50 oversPorter 537 made life difficult for the Indian batsmenon a fast and bouncy track while legspinner James Muirheadchipped in with two scalps Pace spearhead David Moody andlegspinner Liam OConnor bagged a wicket apieceIn reply the William Bosistoled side started on acautious note against a disciplined Indian attack led by UmeshYadav 129 but soon hit a rough patch after losing a coupleof wicketsYadav drew first blood with the wicket of Bosisto 13and Ravichandran Ashwin 232 soon sprung into action to sendback DArcy Short 10Rishi Dhawan exults after claiming a Western Australia XI wicket PicAFPRavindra Jadeja 238 and Rishi Dhawan 228 alsostruck in quick succession as WA soon started losing theirway Jadeja trapped opener Jake Carder LBW for 45Leftarm spinner Axar Patel 229 gotwicketkeeperbatsman Josh Inglis for 17 while Ashwin struckagain to get Porter 10 caught behindNo7 Jaron Morgan made a fighting 50 but his inningscame too late in the day with the asking rate and the targetbeyond their reachJadeja Patel and Gurkeerat Singh then bagged a wicketeach to wipe off the tailBoth the teams were allowed to play all 14 members oftheir squad in the 50over game with only 11 allowed to batand field at a timeThe first of the five ODIs starts January 12 at the samevenueManish Pandey plays a shot during the oneday cricket match between India and a Western Australian XI in Perth on January 9 2016 AFP P