By Admin 
With the help of a brilliant century from young batsman Juan Dre Pretorius, South Africa A defeated India A by 73 runs in the third unofficial ODI and saved the series from being swept. India A had won the first two matches.
Apart from Pretorius (123 runs in 98 balls), opener Rivaldo Moonsamy (107 runs in 130 balls) also scored a century and both made a partnership of 241 runs, taking South Africa to 325 runs for six wickets in 50 overs.
Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna and Khalil Ahmed took two wickets each for India. In reply, India A team 49. Was out for 252 runs in 1 over.
For India A, only Ayush Badoni could score 66 runs in 66 balls. Ishan Kishan scored 53 runs in 67 balls while the rest of the batsmen failed.
At one time, four wickets of India A had fallen at 82 runs. After this, Ishaan was out on the ball of N Peter after making a partnership of 88 runs. Peter took four wickets for 48 runs. India A lost three wickets quickly and could not return to the match.
When is Team India’s second match?
The ongoing Test series between India and South Africa has reached an exciting turn. After the 30-run defeat in the Kolkata Test, Team India now wants to make a comeback under any circumstances. The second match of the series will be played in Guwahati from 22nd November.