By Admin 
In the second unofficial test, South Africa defeated India by 5 wickets. Team India had to pay for declaring the innings early. In this unofficial test match played in Bengaluru, India A had set a huge target of 417 runs for South Africa A. The South African team registered a big victory by achieving this target by losing only 5 wickets. Jordan Harman played a brilliant inning of 91 runs.
India A had a lead of 34 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, the Indian team declared its innings by scoring 382 runs on the basis of Dhruv Jurel’s unbeaten 127 runs and half-centuries by Rishabh Pant and Harsh Dubey. Pant contributed 65 runs and Harsh Dubey contributed 84 runs. Declaring the innings was very costly for Team India.
Captain Rishabh Pant’s decision proved costly
The decision to declare an innings rests with the captain and the team management. India A team had declared the innings at the score of 382 before the end of the third day. Dhruv Jurel was set, had scored 127 runs. On his strength, the Indian team could easily set a target of 450 or even 500 runs for South Africa A. But overconfidence proved costly for Team India.
Dhruv Jurel scored centuries in both the innings of this match for the Indian team. He returned unbeaten after scoring 132 runs in the first innings and 127 runs in the second innings. Jurel did not play the first match of the series, but by scoring a total of 259 runs in the second test, he won the Player of the Series award. The first unofficial test was won by India A by a close margin of 3 wickets.
Also read:
…want Jadeja and Baby De Villiers in return, CSK surprised by Rajasthan Royals’ demand! Know the whole matter