India A has a commander 171-run victory on Australia A on Wednesday 1 October in the opening Unofficial ODI in Green Park, Kanpur registered in Green Park, Kanpur.
Australia a skipper Will Sutherland Won the pitch and chose to first bowl, so that India put a bat in the bat. Openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh gave their side a flying start with a 135-run partnership. Prabhsimran played fluently for his 56 out of 53 balls, while Arya anchored the innings with an excellent century. The young opener hit 11 celebrations and five sixes on the way to a brilliant 101 of 84 deliveries, which laid a solid platform.
After the openers’ departure, Captain Shreyas Iyer and Riyan Parag took the lead. The duo sewed a 132-run stand for the third wicket and stacked further misery on the Australian Bowlers. Parag’s Quick-Fire 67 of 42 balls included different aggressive beats, while Iyer showed his class with a sparkling 110 out of only 83 balls, peppered with 12 four and four Sixes. Ayush Badoni added the finishing touches with an unbeaten 50 of 27 deliveries while the Indians stormed to a massive 413 for 6 in their assigned 50 overs. Sutherland was the only bowler who had some impact and ended with 2 to 73.
The Aussies chased a huge target and started positively with openers Mackenzie Harvey and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Harvey scored with 68, while Fraser-McGurk (23), Cooper Connolly (33) and Lachlan Shaw (45) offered short resistance. The skipper contributed a fighting 50, but the visitors struggled to keep track of the rising required run rate.
The middle and lower order collapsed against disciplined bowling, so they all walked well behind the target. The left arm spinner Nishhant Sindhu Was the choice of the bowlers and claimed that 4 for 50 the backbone of Australia a broke. With this emphatic victory, the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the series of three games. The second game between the two parties will be played at the same location on Friday 3 October.
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