India A vs Australia A Highlights: Match Ends in Draw After Visitors End at 161/4 Chasing 240
Catch all the highlights from Day 4 here.
India A and Australia A ended in a draw in Chennai. Catch all the highlights here:
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17:19 The match ends in a draw. Honours are shared in Chennai.
16:23: OUT! Abhimanyu Mithun gets Travis Head for 50. Cameron Bancroft reaches fifty. Australia now require another 125 more.
15:10: Tea! That's the end of the second session. Amit Mishra provided the early break when he removed captain Usman Khawaja for 12. Aussies have batted well since losing their skipper with Cameron Bancroft (37*) and Travois Head (30*) stitching together 45 runs for the second wicket.
1409: India A have declared their second innings on 206 for eight to set Australia A 240-run target. Captain Cheteshwar Pujara (42), Abhinav Mukund (40) and Shreyas Iyer (33) made useful contributions. For Aussies, Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbot and Gurinder Sandhu picked up two wickets each.
1140: Ojha falls as well. India A batting in free fall with the sixth wicket down. Lead stands at 207 currently.
1130: Two quick wickets peg India A back. Nair falls to Stoinis for 23 while Iyer surrenders to Fekete for 33. Naman Ojha is the main man in the middle now.
1105: The lead has now gone up to 197 with Iyer leading the way. He is on 32 while Nair is giving him company and is on 22.
1025: Nair and Iyer keep the singles coming. India A chugging along well with the score on 151/3.
1010 hrs: Karun Nair and Shreyas Iyer resume proceedings on the final day's play.
* The entry is free for the general public today. Fans can enter Chepauk through Gate 5 and 6.
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Back in the mix after 18 months, 28-year-old left-arm spinner Ojha, bowling with a remodeled action, picked up five for 85, while leg spinner Amit Mishra managed three for 55.
Ojha's scalp today included the well-set Marcus Stoinis and Gurinder Sandhu, while Mishra picked up the important wicket of Peter Handscomb when he had the batsman stumped, besides sending back Matthew Wade and Andrew Fekete. (Amit Mishra Says he Does Not Need to be Inspired by Yasir Shah's Performance in Sri Lanka)
In reply, India A were served in their second essay by Abhinav Mukund (40) and skipper Cheteshwar Pujara (42). Mukund and Pujara hit four and five boundaries each, respectively, before getting out towards the fag end of the day's play.
Both the wickets were taken by fast medium bowler Sandhu (2/13), who plays for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Will Sandhu manage to add more to his tally or will the Australian attack be blunted?