Left-arm orthodox spinner Saurabh Kumar ran through Bangladesh ‘A’ batting line-up as India ‘A’ clinched the two ‘Test’ series with an innings and 123-run victory in the second and final game here on Friday.
With his performance, Saurabh has staked a strong claim to replace an injured Ravindra Jadeja in the Indian Test squad for the upcoming series against Bangladesh, starting December 14.
Having conceded a mammoth 310-run first innings lead, Bangladesh ‘A’ performed even worse in their second innings, being shot out for a paltry 187 in 79.5 overs.
In the first innings, Bangladesh scored 252 and India replied with a massive 562.
Saurabh, who also had a five-wicket haul in the second innings of the drawn first ‘Test’, took 6/74 in 30 overs.
Brief scores: Bangladesh A: 252 and 187 in 79.5 overs (S. Islam 93 not out, Saurabh Kumar 6/74, Umesh Yadav 2/34, Navdeep Saini 2/54). India A: 562/9 declared. India won by an innings and 123 runs.
Women lose by 9 wickets
Navi Mumbai: Opener Beth Mooney made short work of a 173-run target with a belligerent 57-ball 89 to power the Australian women’s team to a nine-wicket victory over India in the first T20I here on Friday.
Mooney smashed 16 fours during her stay in the middle, and was helped by Tahlia McGrath’s unbeaten 29-ball 40, which included four boundaries and two sixes. Australia are 1-0 up in the five-match series.
Earlier, the experienced Deepti Sharma blazed away to an unbeaten 15-ball 36 to power India to 172 for five.
Brief scores: India Women 172/5 in 20 overs (R. Ghosh 36, D. Sharma 36 n.o.; E. Perry 2/10). Australia Women 173/1 in 18.1 overs (B. Mooney 89 n.o.). Australia Women won by 9 wickets.
PTI
