A clinical effort from the bowling attack, led by Gurjapneet Singh’s three-for and two scalps each taken by Yash Thakur and Nishant Sindhu, helped India A avoid a 3-0 series sweep with a convincing 49-run victory over Australia A in the third and final 50-over game here at the CAP Siechem Ground on Sunday.
But Nigam provided the breakthrough by dismissing Philippe, and Liam Scott fell in the very next over as India A put the brakes on the scoring rate. Chasing 276, Australia A had an 82-run opening stand, led by Josh Philippe’s fluent half-century. Though Nathan McSweeney (39) and Lachlan Shaw (31) added 58 runs for the third wicket, India A’s bowlers kept pressure at both ends. Once the stand was broken, as Shaw fell to Anukul Roy, Gurjapneet, Thakur, and Sindhu ripped through the lower order, and aided by a timely run-out of Nikhil Chaudhary, India A managed to get a consolation win, as Australia A won the series 2-1.
