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In July and August 2018, South Africa A cricket team visited India to play two first-class matches against India A . India A won the two-match series 1–0. They were joined by India B and Australia A cricket team for a List-A Quadrangular Series in August. India-B defeated Australia-A in the final to win the series. After Quadrangular series, Australia-A played two first-class matches against India A.The two-match series was drawn 1-1.[ 1]
India 'A' vs South Africa 'A' First-Class Series[ edit ]
Three-Day Warm-up Match : Indian Board's President's XI vs South Africa 'A'[ edit ]
1st Unofficial Test [ edit ]
South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Unofficial Test [ edit ]
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
India won the first-class series 1-0.
Quadrangular Series [ edit ]
Cricket tournament
The quadrangular series was initially scheduled to be held at Vijayawada but was forced to move out due to the incessant rains after the first four games of the series were washed out without a ball bowled.[ 6] [ 7] The venue was shifted to Bengaluru .[ 7]
Vijay Shankar was ruled out of the quadrangular series due to the left hamstring injury.[ 11] On August 22, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav were added to the India A and India B squads respectively while Siddhesh Lad and Ricky Bhui were released from the squads for the Duleep Trophy .[ 8] Hanuma Vihari and Prithvi Shaw from India A were added to the India squad for the ongoing England tour .[ 9] On August 25, Jayant Yadav was diagnosed with a right side strain and was ruled out of the tournament with Jalaj Saxena being named as his replacement for India B.[ 12] On August 27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been added to the India-A squad to play in the third-place play-off against South Africa A .[ 10]
Top two teams advanced to the final
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: India-A 5, Australia-A 0.
India B won the toss and elected to field.
Rain interrupted India B innings at 29.1 overs with score at 149/4 and at resumption the target was set at 220 in 45 overs.
Rain again interrupted the innings at 40.3 overs with score at 214/5 and match could not be resumed .
Points: India-B 4, South Africa-A 0.
India A won the toss and elected to bat first.
Points: India-B 4, India-A 0.
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat first.
Points: Australia-A 4, South Africa-A 0.
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South Africa-A 5, India-A 0.
Australia A won the toss and elected to field.
Rain interrupted Australia A innings at 24.1 overs with score at 132/4 and at resumption the target was set at 247 in 40 overs.
Points: Australia-A 4, India-B 0.
Third place play-off [ edit ]
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
India B won the toss and elected to field.
India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class series[ edit ]
The first-class series was initially scheduled to be held at Vijayawada but was forced to move to Bengaluru due to depression in Bay of Bengal, which had resulted in heavy showers in Andhra Pradesh.[ 18]
1st Unofficial Test [ edit ]
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Unofficial Test [ edit ]
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
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