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.

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The Indian team has set a target of 417 runs for South Africa in the second unofficial test. On the third day of the second Test match being played in Bengaluru, India A declared the second innings after scoring 382 runs. Based on the lead of 34 runs in the first innings, Team India has given a target of 417 runs to South Africa A. Rishabh Pant scored a half-century, while Dhruv Jurel scored his second unbeaten century in the same match. Jurel scored 259 runs in this match and was not out even once.

Indian batsmen increased their score to 78/3 on the third day. Only a few minutes had passed since the day had started, when KL Rahul was out after scoring 27 runs. Kuldeep Yadav was fielded as night watchman on the second day, he scored 16 runs. At the time of Kuldeep’s dismissal, India had lost the fifth wicket at the score of 116. His lead was just 150 runs.

Pant’s fifty, Jurel’s century

After the fall of the fifth wicket, Dhruv Jurel and Harsh Dubey took charge. There was a huge partnership of 184 runs between the two, due to which Team India touched the mark of 300 runs. After that Rishabh Pant along with Jurel added 82 runs. Rishabh Pant played a half-century inning of 65 runs.

Dhruv Jurel returned unbeaten after scoring 127 runs in the second innings. Jurel had played an unbeaten century in the first innings also. Jurel had played an unbeaten inning of 132 runs in the first innings. Jurel scored 259 runs in the entire match.

South Africa’s target is 417.

On the third day, India declared the second innings on the score of 382/7. India has set a target of 417 runs. Till stumps on the fourth day, 25 runs were scored in 11 overs without losing any wicket. On the fourth and last day he will have to score 392 more runs to win. Let us remind you that the first unofficial test was won by India A by 3 wickets.

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