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Karun Nair, Axar Patel star in India 'A's 7-wkt win over Afghanistan 'A'

Karun Nair slams fifty while Axar Patel and Vijay Shankar took three wickets each as India 'A' register easy win

By PTI

Pretoria, July 29: Left-arm spinner Axar Patel and top-order batsman Karun Nair put up impressive performances as India 'A' comfortably beat Afghanistan 'A' by seven wickets to register their first-win in the tri-nation 'A' tournament.

This was after Manish Pandey's men lost a low-scoring encounter against South Africa 'A' in the opener. Opting to field, India 'A' bundled out the minnows for 149 in 40.5 overs with Axar Patel picking up 3/33 in 6 overs.

Karun Nair file picture

Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar with 3/24 in 7 overs complemented the India discard well. Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was the only bowler to complete his full quota of overs grabbing 2/42.

Sharafuddin Ashraf with 39 was the top scorer for Afghanistan A. In reply, India A cruised to the target 150 for 3 in 30.4 overs.

Opening the innings, Nair scored a patient 57 off 83 balls while skipper Pandey chipped in with unbeaten 41 off 52 balls.

The duo added 67 runs for the third wicket Shreyas Iyer (20) and Sanju Samson (10) were dismissed cheaply.

Young Rishabh Pant scored a quickfire unbeaten 17 off 10 deliveries with three boundaries to finish the match.

Brief scores: Afghanistan 'A': 149 all out in 40.4 overs (Sharafuddin Ashraf 39, Vijay Shankar 3/24, Axar Patel 3/33, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/42) lt to India 'A': 150/3 in 30.4 overs (Karun Nair 57, Manish Pandey 41 n.o, Rishabh Pant 17 no).

PTI

Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:56 [IST]
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