Rayudu races down the track, manufactures a full-toss and clubs it away to the right of deep midwicket
Australia A vs India A, 5th Match at Bengaluru, Aug 23 2018 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th Match, Bengaluru, August 23, 2018, India A Team Quadrangular Series
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Rayudu, man of the match: wicket was tough to bat on. I had to take my time and fight it out. Happy to have passed my yo-yo Test. Happy to put it behind me
Head:Not a great day with the bat but I thought we fought hard with the ball and on the field. Preparation was good, we trained well and had clear plans. The wicket spun quite a bit.
Iyer: Lucky toss to lose. Would have batted first as well. Expected the pitch to be flat but it suddenly started turning. Happy for the guys picked in the Test squad, especially Prithvi Shaw to be selected at that age. We've played for Mumbai together so good to see him there.
3.10pm That is that. Ambati Rayudu, who had missed the ODI tour to England after failing a fitness test, has marked his return to action with a match-winning fifty for India A against the Australians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. He came in at 21 for 3, then saw his side slump further to 29 for 4, but combined with Krunal Pandya for a 109-run stand to rescue the chase. Pandya nicked off with his side 14 runs away from victory, but Rayudu eventually sealed the game.
38.3
1
DJM Short to Rayudu, 1 run
38.2
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DJM Short to Rayudu, no run
uses his feet and forces a short ball straight to mid-on
38.1
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DJM Short to Rayudu, no run
on a length and fizzing away outside off, defended off the back foot
end of over 3813 runs
IND-A: 151/5CRR: 3.97 • RRR: 0.08
Ambati Rayudu61 (104b 5x4 1x6)
Nitish Rana11 (4b 1x4 1x6)
Ashton Agar 10-1-37-1
D'Arcy Short 1-0-2-1
37.6
1
Agar to Rayudu, 1 run
tossed up and spins away outside off, Rayudu aims to go inside-out, instead he hits it straighter to long-off to level the scores
37.5
1
Agar to Rana, 1 run
back of a length on off, presses forward and dabs gently to cover
37.4
6
Agar to Rana, SIX runs
much slower through the air outside off, Rana gets underneath the length and launches it straight over the sightscreen
37.3
4
Agar to Rana, FOUR runs
overpitched and outside off, Rana leans into a drive and sends the ball purring away to the cover boundary
37.2
1
Agar to Rayudu, 1 run
Rayudu uses his feet and drives a single down to long-off
37.1
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Agar to Rayudu, no run
pushed through on off, nudged to the covers
end of over 372 runs • 1 wicket
IND-A: 138/5CRR: 3.72 • RRR: 1.07
Nitish Rana0 (1b)
Ambati Rayudu59 (101b 5x4 1x6)
D'Arcy Short 1-0-2-1
Ashton Agar 9-1-24-1
36.6
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DJM Short to Rana, no run
pitches on off and breaks away past the outside edge this time
Nitish Rana. He just wants to make big runs, as he told Akshay Gopalakrishnan last year
36.5
W
DJM Short to Krunal, OUT
Short lobs one up on off stump, and gets it to spin away from there. Since it starts on off stump, Pandya has to play at it. He wafts and edges it to first slip. Top ball from Short. No fifty for Pandya
Krunal Pandya c Handscomb b Short 49 (66b 4x4 0x6 89m) SR: 74.24
36.4
1
DJM Short to Rayudu, 1 run
fuller and outside off, Rayudu drags the ball away to deep square leg with a flat, hard sweep
36.3
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DJM Short to Rayudu, no run
good length and spins back into Rayudu, defended off the front foot
36.2
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DJM Short to Rayudu, no run
tossed on off, opens the face and defends towards point
36.1
1
DJM Short to Krunal, 1 run
short and spinning away outside off, Pandya jumps back and punches through cover-point region
Short. He bowls wristspin. The Indians are 16 away from victory
end of over 367 runs
IND-A: 136/4CRR: 3.77 • RRR: 1.14
Krunal Pandya48 (64b 4x4)
Ambati Rayudu58 (98b 5x4 1x6)
Ashton Agar 9-1-24-1
Billy Stanlake 10-3-32-0
35.6
1
Agar to Krunal, 1 run
short and angling in on middle, forced back past the left of the bowler
35.5
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Agar to Krunal, no run
full on off, turns away a touch, prodded to the covers
35.4
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Agar to Krunal, no run
tossed on off, dead-batted away
35.3
4
Agar to Krunal, FOUR runs
darted short and angling away outside off, Pandya skips back and muscles a cut in front of square to the left of the umpire
35.2
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Agar to Krunal, no run
Pandya dares to reverse-sweep from the stumps but can't get it past backward point
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