Manish Pandey is in sublime form having scored two half-centuries and one century in ongoing KPL (PTI File photo)
India A vs South Africa A, IND A vs SA A 2nd ODI Highlights: Manish Pandey-led India A beat Temba Bavuma-led South Africa A by two wickets in a dramatic run chase. With wickets tumbling at the other end, Krunal Pandya held his nerves to guide India A home with six balls to spare. Ishan Kishan top-scored for India A with a 24-ball 55 including five fours and four sixes. Kishan got awarded man of the match for his whirlwind innings as he brought the run rate down after three wickets fell inside 10 overs.
Earlier Pandey won the toss and elected to bowl first in a 21-overs per side game due to wet outfield. For the visitors, Bavuma scored a 33-ball 40 and George Linde scored a quickfire half-century. The left-handed batsman remained unbeaten for 25-ball 52 including one four and five sixes. Linde helped his side finish with a flourish taking them to a score of 162 for 5 in 21 overs.
Yuzvendra Chahal takes a single off the first ball he faces. Chahal does well to keep out the yorker. Next ball, Krunal Pandya plays the ball towards mid-on, puts in a dive and India A win the match by two wickets with six balls to spare.
The last thing India A needed was a run out. Shardul Thakur gets dropped at the edge of the circle but gets run out trying to take a couple of runs. With just two runs required off eight deliveries, IND A - 161/8 in 19.4 overs
Deepak Chahar edges the first delivery he faces to Heinrich Klassen. Junior Dala is on hat-trick. Even though India A need just six runs from 14 deliveries, there is some pressure on the hosts because of wickets in quick succession. IND A - 157/7 in 18.4 overs
Axar Patel gets out trying to finish off the game in style. Patel could not get past Janneman Malan at deep mid-wicket. Junior Dala strikes. IND A - 157/6 in 18.3 overs
Umpire Virender Sharma makes a mistake and rectifies it immediately. Axar Patel was stunned when the umpire gave him out as he believed that he had not edged the ball. Virender retracts his decision and calls Patel back to bat. A crucial decision as this is the last recognised batting pair of India A. IND A - 156/5 in 18 overs, need 8 runs from 18 balls
Krunal Pandya and Axar Patel are not taking any risks. They are putting away the bad balls and milking the bowlers for singles as the required run rate does not look threatening at all. IND A - 140/5 in 16 overs, need 23 runs from 30 balls
Ishan Kishan gets out shortly after reaching his half-century. A top-edge off his bat taken in the deep by Janneman Malan. However, it is quite strange that the umpires did not remove Anrich Nortje from the attack after he bowled two no balls above waist height. IND A - 131.5 in 14.4 overs
Ishan Kishan makes full use of the free hit, hits a maximum and reaches his half-century in style. Kishan gets to his half-century in just 22 deliveries. A game-changing inning from the wicketkeeper-batsman. The required run rate is below six runs per over now.
The bowling change works for South Africa A. Manish Pandey went for another big shot but did not have timing on it. An easy catch for Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen strikes in his first over. IND A - 115/4 in 13.5 overs
Another big over for India. Manish Pandey hit a huge six over mid wicket off Beuran Hendricks' second delivery of the over and Kishan finishes it off with a boundary. 13 runs from the over. IND A - 107/3 in 13 overs
4,6,4! Ishan Kishan is operating in the fifth gear. The wicketkeeper-batsman is taking the aerial route, hitting the ball hard. The required run rate is below eight runs per over now. IND A - 94/3 in 12 overs
Ishan Kishan has decided to take on left-arm spinners. After hitting a six off Linde's over, Kishan hits consecutive boundaries off Fortuin's over. Kishan has scored 18 runs off 10 deliveries. IND A - 76/3 in 11 overs
Spectacular catch from Reeza Hendricks at mid wicket. Shubman Gill gets out trying to hit Fortuin. The left-arm pacer has got the wicket of Gill twice in the series now and he lets him know with a gesture. India A in trouble in this run chase. Two new batsmen Manish Pandey and Ishan Kishan in the middle. IND A - 57/3 in 8.5 overs
Just when Anmolpreet Singh was looking dangerous, he got out trying to hit a six off Junior Dala's bowling. Anmolpreet departs for 30 off 19 deliveries. IND A - 52/2 in 7.2 overs
Anmolpreet Singh accelerates, hits Anrich Nortje for a four followed by a six over fine leg fielder. 13 runs from Nortje's over. IND A - 46/1 in 7 overs
The required run rate is still under control, almost 8.5 runs per over. Anrich Nortje into the attack, Anmolpreet Singh hits his first boundary of the innings, 7 runs from the over. IND A - 28/1 in 5 overs
Shubman Gill hits a maximum off the second delivery off Fortuin's second over. The counter-attack is much-needed as India need runs in the powerplay overs to release the pressure. IND A - 14/1 in 3 overs
Ruturaj Gaikwad was unlucky there. He got out trying to pull Beuran Hendricks. However, as a norm the umpires checked for the no ball and it seemed that Hendricks did not have anything behind the line. However, the replays were not clear as Gill's bat covered his foot from one angle and Khaya Zondo from another. Gaikwad falls for 1. IND A - 3/1 in 1.4 overs
The left-arm spinner gives just a couple of runs in the first over of India A's run chase. After four dot deliveries to Ruturaj Gaikwad, two singles from the last two deliveries. IND A - 2/0 in 1 over
Shubman Gill and Ruturaj Gaikwad are in the middle. In-form left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin to open the bowling for South Africa A. Target - 163
80 runs were scored in the last seven over of the innings. Linde's half-century has put South Africa A in a good position. The momentum will be on their side as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill open for India in an attempt to chase down 163 from 21 overs.
George Linde takes on Deepak Chahar in the final over of the innings hitting him for two consecutive sixes. Linde gets to his half-century in just 24 deliveries. He helps the visitors finish with a flourish. A much-needed inning from the southpaw. SA A - 162/5 in 21 overs
Axar Patel drops an easy one at long on. New batsman Marco Jansen survives. 10 runs from Shardul Thakur's over including a six off George Linde's bat. SA A - 147/5 in 20 overs
George Linde is doing the heavy lifting in the middle flashing his bat at every delivery. The visitors looking to finish with a flourish. SA A - 137/5 in 19 overs
Deepak Chahar to Klaasen and it's out Bowled!! Klaasen b Chahar 31(27) Klaasen hit 3 sixes. South Africa A 128/5
Klaasen hits a superb shot that goes for another six. Axar Patel dropped the catch at the fence. A no ball for height also added to Khaleel Ahmed's woes as it was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. After 18 overs South Africa are 127/4 with Klaasen reaching 31 off 26 balls and Linde 23 off 14 balls. 50-run partnership for them and 142 is the expected score from here on.
After Bavuma's 40, now Heinrich Klaasen and George Linde are also playing big hits. Both have hit one big six each and after 16 overs, South Africa A are 99/4. Still five overs to go.
South Africa A skipper Temba Bavuma departed after chipping in a crucial 40 off 33 balls and rescued the team from 15/2. South Africa are now 78/4 in 13 overs. 9 overs are left now.
Axar Patel claimed India A's third Wicket after South Africa A skipper Temba Bavuma tried shifting the gear to accelerate the run rate. After 10 overs, South Africa A are 63/3 with Bavuma is not out 32 off 24 balls and Zondo got out for 24 off 19 balls. Both stitched a much needed 36- run partnership.
South Africa A 31/2 after 6 overs. Khaya Zondo is not out for 9 off 7 balls and skipper Temba Bavuma is not out 15 off 12 balls.
Khaleel Ahmed who is also a part of India's T20I squad against South Africa, got South Africa A opener Reeza Hendricks out. Hendricks is caught out by Shubman Gill for just 1(8) run. SA A 15/2.
Janneman Malan and Reeza Hendricks have opened the innings for South Africa A and both have made just 7 runs in 2.1 overs before Deepak Chahar got Janneman Malan run out. A drizzle has also started. The game may stop anytime as the ground staff is standing ready with the covers.
So India have taken the field and the match has been reduced to a 21-over game due to wet outfield. South Africa A 1-0 after one over.
So finally, the toss has been done and India A have won it. They have opted to field first.
India A win the toss, opt to bowl but the rains have other plans. Moments after the toss, it starts raining again. Match rescheduled to start at 1.45pm.
The toss for the 2nd unofficial ODI is scheduled for 1.15pm at Greenfield Stadium.
A couple of changes have been made after the inclusion of Shikar Dhawan as he is replacing Vijay Shankar. Here's the team for last two one-dayers against South Africa A.
Shreyas Iyer (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Prashant Chopra, Anmolpreet Singh, Ricky Bhui, Sanju Samson (wk), Nitish Rana, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Ishan Porel
The selection panel has added India opener Shikhar Dhawan to the India A squad for in Trivandrum. Dhawan, however, will be available only for the last two games of the five-match series. The selectors also confirmed that all-rounder Vijay Shankar has been ruled out of the remainder of the series after suffering a thumb fracture.
The outfield has been dried up by the ground staff and now next inspection is scheduled for 11.45 am and a truncated match is likely to be played today.
In the first match on August 29, India A had beaten South Africa A by 69 runs where leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s fifer and Shivam Dube’s 79-run knock stole all the headlines. After a good start by India A, the 121-run partnership off just 68 deliveries between Shivam Dube and Axar Patel took India to a huge total of 327 for 6 in the 47 overs per side game. Dube scored 79 runs from 60 deliveries including three fours and six sixes whereas Patel scored 60 runs from 36 deliveries including six fours and three sixes. The duo went ballistic in the last five overs scoring 71 runs.
The match has been delayed due to wet outfield in Thiruvananthapuram. Toss hasn't taken place till now.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the 2nd unofficial ODI match between India A and South Africa A. The first match was won by the Indian counterparts as Dube smashed an unbeaten 79 off 60 balls that included a half a dozen of sixes and three boundaries which took India's score to 327 for 6 in 47 overs. His whirlwind seventh partnership of 121 off 71 balls with Axar Patel (60 no off 36 balls) gave Indian total an imposing look. Stay tuned for the live score and updates of the match here.