Melbourne. With Sam Constas' halfcentury in the second innings, Australia A defeated India A by six wickets and took the series 20. With this halfcentury, Constas also presented his claim for opening.
However, the relief for India A was Dhruv Jurel's second consecutive halfcentury and Prasidh Krishna's good bowling in both the innings and both the players have strengthened their claim for the Perth Test with this performance.
Constas scored 73 not out and made a 96run partnership with Bo Webster (46 not out) to help his team win. Earlier, Australia A was struggling at 73 for four while chasing 168 runs due to two blows by Prasidh with the new ball.
Earlier in the day, Jurrell took India to a respectable score by scoring his second halfcentury of the match. Nitish Kumar Reddy (38), Tanush Kotian (44) and Prasidh (29) supported him well.
When Prasidh dismissed Marcus Harris and Cameron Bancroft for a golden duck in the very first over, it seemed that the match could be exciting, but Constas, along with first captain Nathan McSweeney (25) and then Webster, gave his team an easy victory. .
Australia A 223 & 1694 (Constans 73*, Webster 46*) beat India A 161 & 229 (Jurrell 68, Rockyolli 474, Webster 349) by 6 wickets.
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