LEICESTER – West Indies ‘A’ were upstaged in the fourth match of the Tri-Nation Series yesterday when Cheteshwar Pujara scored 114 to set India ‘A’ up for a 53-run victory.West Indies ‘A’ were left to rue their decision of choosing to field on a flat Grace Road pitch when opposing captain Pujara struck 12 boundaries in his 90-ball innings to lead his side to 340 for six from their allocation of 50 overs.Darren Bravo then smote eight fours in 83 from 104 balls as the West Indies ‘A’ were restricted to 287 for seven from their 50 overs. (CMC)
Scoreboard
INDIA ‘A’ A. Mukund c wk Fletcher b Baker 36S. Dhawan c Fudadin b Russell 59A. Rahane b Tonge 90*C. Pujara lbw b Baker 114M. Pandey st Fletcher b Khan 5M. Tiwary b Russell 2+W. Saha not out 9Jaskaran Singh not out 9Extras (lb2, w10, nb4) 16TOTAL (6 wkts, 50 overs) 340Iqbal Abdulla, D. Kulkarni, A. Mithun did not batFall of wickets: 1-95 (Dhawan, 12.5 overs); 2-106 (Mukund, 15.6); 3-257 (Rahane, 40.6); 4-286 (Pandey 43.5); 5-302 (Tiwary, 46.2); 6-357 (*Pujara, 48.2)Bowling: Tonge 8-0-59-1, Russell 8-0-63-2, Baker 10-0-73-2, *Bernard 5-0-22-0, Martin 8-0-48-0, Stoute 4-0-30-0, Khan 7-0-43-1WEST INDIES ‘A’ (target: 341 off 50 overs)+A. Fletcher c wk Saha b Kulkarni 38I. Khan c wk Saha b Mithun 1D.M. Bravo b Mithun 83K. Edwards b Kulkarni 5A. Fudadin lbw b Dhawan 26A. Russell b Mithun 49K. Stoute not out 30*D. Bernard run out (Tiwary) 33G. Tonge not out 3Extras (b4, lb5, w9, nb1) 19TOTAL (7 wkts, 50 overs) 287A. Martin, L. Baker did not batFall of wickets: 1-9 (Khan, 2.1 overs); 2-57 (+Fletcher, 7.5); 3-72 (Edwards, 12.4); 4-133 (Fudadin, 28.2); 5-203 (Bravo, 37.3); 6-221 (Russell, 39.6); 7-282 (*Bernard, 48.3)Bowling: Mithun 9-1-49-3, Kulkarni 10-0-61-2, Jaskaran Singh 9-0-44-0, Dhawan 8-0-47-1, Iqbal Abdulla 10-0-50-0, Tiwary 4-0-27-0Result: India-A won by 53 runsToss: West Indies ‘A’Points: India-A 4, West Indies ‘A’ 0Umpires: P. Hartley, J. Lloyds (CMC)
