India A registered a seven-wicket win against New Zealand A in the first unofficial ODI played on Thursday. Skipper Sanju Samson and star player Rajat Patidar powered India to an easy win. At the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Patidar ended the match in style with a boundary.
After India won the toss and opted to bowl first, Team New Zealand looked in trouble from the beginning.
The Kiwis lost three wickets in six overs. The openers Chad Bowes (10) and Rachin Ravindra (10) both struggled with the bat. Shardul Thakur was brilliant with the ball and took the first 2 wickets of Bowes and Dane Cleaver. He ended his innings with a four-wicket haul.
Team New Zealand kept on losing wickets until Michael Rippon (61) stabilized the innings before getting dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav's spell at the beginning of the 41st over.
New Zealand was bundled up at 167 runs.
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The Samson-led team chased the target easily. India's innings started with a bang with both the openers Prithvi Shaw(17) and Ruturaj (41) Gaikwad setting the momentum. Rahul Tripathi who entered the field after Shaw's dismissal by Mathew Fisher also played a descent inning.
The match ended in just 31.5 overs with Samson (29) and Patidar's (45) brilliant knocks.
Full Squads -
India A: Prithvi Shaw, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Sanju Samson(w/c), Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Sen, Rahul Chahar, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Srikar Bharat, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Bawa
New Zealand A: Joe Carter, Chad Bowes, Robert ODonnell, Tom Bruce(c), Mark Chapman, Rachin Ravindra, Dane Cleaver(w), Jacob Duffy, Michael Rippon, Matthew Fisher, Logan van Beek, Cam Fletcher, Joe Walker, Sean Solia, Ben Lister
