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India ‘A’ crush New Zealand ‘A’ by an innings
It was all over for New Zealand ‘A’ in less than a few minutes after the first session of the third day of the first unofficial ‘Test’ at Mulapadu grounds, near here on Monday.
Vijayawada: It was all over for New Zealand ‘A’ in less than a few minutes after the first session of the third day of the first unofficial ‘Test’ at Mulapadu grounds, near here on Monday.
They were subject to a humiliating innings and 33 runs drubbing by an obsessively inspired India ‘A’ in what was a display of perfect team-work from the first day.
Resuming the day at 64 for the loss of two wickets, the batting order collapsed against some sustained spells by leg-spinner Karn Sharma (4/58) and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (4/39).
Apart from openers Jeet Raval and George Worker, none of the other batsmen crossed the 20-run mark for the visitors.
Wicket-keeper batsman Tim Seifert was the only one who was able to pick up the lethal spinners well and was largely untroubled for 35 deliveries before perishing to a sharp Karn leg-break that beat his forward push and rapped him on the pads.
Seifert was also the top scorer of his side in the first innings with 35 runs. The New Zealand A batting line-up was reduced to 98 for 5 inside 11 overs. The lower order then came out trying to slog the spinners out of the field but failed in their design.
If Iyer and the spinners have made the selectors to take notice of their talent, a bigger reard awaits the visitors. New Zealand is to zero in on the best performers for the upcoming tour of India. The second ‘Test’ will be played here from September 30.
Brief Scores: India A 320 (Shreyas Iyer 108, Rishabh Pant 67, Ish Sodhi 5/94) bt New Zealand ‘A’ 147 (Seifert 35, Shahbaz Nadeem 4/39, Karn Sharma 4/58) and 142 (Worker 35, Karn 4/62, Nadeem 4/51).
