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India A vs Australia: Shreyas Iyer scores double hundred as warm-up game ends in draw
Live updates India A vs Australia Tour match, Day 3: Follow live updates here.
Hello and welcome to India.com’s live coverage of day three of the tour match between India A and Australia in Mumbai.
Day 2 wrap: Half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh and Matthew Wade coupled with an excellent bowling performance enabled Australians to take the upper hand on the penultimate day of their three-day tie against India A on Saturday.
Resuming their first innings at the overnight 327 for 5, the visitors rode on strong batting displays by Marsh and Wade before declaring at 469 for 7.
Australian pacer Jackson Bird and offspinner Nathan Lyon then picked up a couple of wickets each as India A posted 176 for 4 in their first innings by the end of the day’s play.
The in-form Shreyas Iyer was batting on 85 with Rishabh Pant on three at the other end as India A trailed by 293 runs at the close. The morning session was dominated by the Australians as Marsh and Wade managed to find the boundary ropes at regular intervals. Also Read: Five talking points from the warm-up match in Mumbai
Wade notched up 64 runs, hitting nine boundaries during his 89-ball stay in the middle before being dismissed by offspinner Akhil Herwadkar.
Marsh was in an equally belligerent mood at the other end, scoring 75 runs off 159 balls with 11 hits to the fence and six. Pacer Navdeep Saini was the most successful among the India A bowlers with figures of 2/42. Hardik Pandya, Shahbaz Nadeem and Herwadkar bagged a wicket each.
In reply, India A were off to a rocky start in their first innings.
Herwadkar was the first to depart following a successful caught and bowled attempt by Lyon. The Australian offspinner dismissed the other India A opener Priyank Panchal as well before Ankit Bawne was trapped leg before by Bird.
Iyer and Pandya then tried to bring the innings back on track with a 52-run stand before the latter was caught behind off Bird’s bowling.
Live Updates
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There was 30 minutes of play left for the day but the players shook hands with the tour match ending in a draw. Australia were Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh scoring hundreds. While India A too put up a good fight by scoring 403 all out, thanks to an unbeaten 202 from Shreyas Iyer.
Now the action shifts to the first Test in Pune on Feb 23. Till then take care and don’t forget about the big IPL 2017 auction tomorrow. -
Australia have lost two early wickets in their second innings – Renshaw and Maxwell the batsmen. Australia 59/2.
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Shreyas Iyer remains unbeaten on 202 as Australia bowl India A out for 403. A brilliant knock from the young batsman. Navdeep Saini was the last man dismissed and for Australia, Nathan Lyon finished with four wickets.
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Shreyas Iyer has moved on to 184 but running out of partners at the other end. India A 381/9 and trail by 88 runs.
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End Of Over 90 – India A 381/9, Trail By 88 Runs, Navdeep Amarjeet Saini 0(1) Shreyas Iyer 184(203) #IndAvAus @Paytm warm-up game
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 19, 2017
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India A 346/6 at lunch, trail Australia (469/7) by 123 runs. Iyer (166) and Gowtham (65) not out.
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K Gowtham scores his fifty and has put a century stand with Iyer. The hosts have recovered well after the early blows in the day. India A 335/6.
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After Iyer’s hundred, India A have lost two wickets in the morning session (Rishabh Pant and Aishan Kishan). India A 234/6, trail by 235 runs.
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WICKET! Over: 60.4 Rishabh Pant 21(40) ct & b Stephen O Keefe, India A 227/5 #IndAvAus @Paytm warm-up game
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 19, 2017
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End Of Over 60 – India A 226/4, Trail By 243 Runs, Rishabh Pant 21(39) Shreyas Iyer 117(118) #IndAvAus @Paytm warm-up game
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) February 19, 2017
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