Unbeaten fifties from opener Yaseen Valli and Jean du Plessis helped South Africa ‘A’ earn a draw against India ‘A’ on the fourth and last day of the primary ‘Unofficial Test’ right here on Thursday.
South Africa ‘A’ made 152 for two in 42 overs of their second innings earlier than each the perimeters agreed to shake fingers.
Earlier, India ‘A’ completed their first innings at 417 all out.
The house facet had been in a little bit of hassle after they had been diminished to 48 for two within the twelfth over as opener Cameron Dean Shekleton and one down batter Rubin Herman returned to the hut with out contributing a lot.
However, SA discovered their struggle via Valli (72 not out, 137 balls, 8×4) and Du Plessis (50 not out, 82 balls, 5×4) as they negated the remainder of the 30 overs with out a lot fuss.
They performed comfortably against Indian pacers, particularly Prasidh Krishna who had taken a fifer within the first innings, together with a hat-trick.
Earlier within the day, India resumed their first innings from 377 for six with Shardul Thakur batting on 70.
But, he might add solely six extra runs to his in a single day rating, earlier than giving a catch to Valli off pacer Evan Jones.
Saurabh Kumar made 22 to take India previous the 400-run mark as the guests ended their first innings at 417 all out for an innings lead of 98 runs.
For South Africa, Jones took 4 wickets whereas fellow pacer Siya Plaatjie grabbed three.
The second unofficial Test will start at Benoni on December 26.
Brief Scores: South Africa ‘A’: 319 all out in 98.1 overs and 152 for two in 42 overs (Yaseen Valli 72 not out, Jean Du Plessis 50 not out) drew with India ‘A’: 417 all out in 86.5 overs (Pradosh Ranjan Paul 163, Shardul Thakur 76, Sarfaraz Khan 68; Evan Jones 4/100, Siya Plaatjie 3/65).
