India A vs Afghanistan A, Live Cricket Score: Afghanistan A struggle in mammoth chase against India A

India A vs Afghanistan A, Live Cricket Score: India A started the tri-nation series with a defeat against hosts South Africa A but then came back to beat Afghanistan A. They once again face fellow Asian team at Pretoria.

By: Express Web Desk | Updated: August 1, 2017 6:34 pm
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India A started their tri-series in South Africa with a loss against South Africa A by two wickets. But they came to win the next one against Afghanistan A – replacement for Australia A who abandoned the tour due to the on-going pay dispute. With that, India A sit second in the points table – behind South Africa A who have won both their games. The third match for India A, captained by Manish Pandey, gives the visiting team a chance at building pressure at the top of the table. The teams who will finish as the top-two will go on to play the final at Proteria next week. Catch live scores and updates here.

India A vs Afghanistan A, Live Scores and Updates from Pretoria: Manish Pandey-captained India A scored 322/5 after batting first. Pandey top scored with 86 runs from 87 balls. Rishabh Pant too was among the runs with 60. India A are looking for second straight win.

TEAMS:

India A: Shreyas Iyer, Karun Nair, Manish Pandey (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Axar Patel, Basil Thampi, Mohammed Siraj, Siddarth Kaul

Afghanistan A: Javed Ahmadi, Shafiqullah Shafiq (c & wk), Rahmat Shah, Nasir Jamal, Ihsanullah Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Younas Ahmadzai, Fareed Ahmad, Nawaz Khan, Mohammad Ibrahim, Sharafuddin Ashraf