India-A beats South Africa-A in second ODI once again:Men in Blue win by 9 wickets with Gaikwad’s 68-run knock; Nishant takes 4 wickets

India-A defeated South Africa-A in the second consecutive unofficial ODI. India registered a 9-wicket victory at the Rajkot Stadium. With this, the team secured an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. India had won the first ODI by 4 wickets. On Sunday, South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl. The left-arm spinner’s 4 wickets prevented the African team from even scoring 150 runs. The team was all out for 132 runs in 30.3 overs. Rivaldo Moonsamy scored the highest 33 runs. While chasing a target of 133 runs, Team India chased down the target in 27.5 overs. Opener Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 50+ in his second consecutive match. He had scored 117 runs in the first ODI. Lutho Sipamla took one wicket for South Africa. 7 batters from South Africa could not reach double figures 7 batsmen from South Africa-A could not even reach double figures. Rivaldo Moonsamy scored the most runs for the team, 33. Luhan-dre-Pretorius played an innings of 21 runs. Both openers added 39 runs for the first wicket off 48 balls. However, apart from them, the team could not form any significant partnership for any other wicket. Dan Forrester scored 22 and Delano Potgieter scored 23 runs. Nishant got 4, Harshit scalps 3 wickets South African batsmen proved to be a flop against Indian bowlers. Spinner Nishant Sindhu took the most wickets, 4. Meanwhile, Harshit Rana sent 3 batsmen back to the pavilion. Prasidh Krishna took 2 wickets and captain Tilak Varma took one wicket. Gaikwad’s leading 68-run knock The Indian team, chasing 133 runs, got off to a great start with openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhishek Sharma. Together, they added 53 runs off 49 balls. Abhishek Sharma played an innings of 32 runs. He also hit 6 fours in his innings. He was dismissed by Lutho Sipamla. After this, captain Tilak Varma and Ruturaj Gaikwad, who came to bat, added 82 runs off 118 balls to secure victory for India. Gaikwad scored the highest unbeaten 68 runs. He hit 9 fours in his innings. Tilak Varma played an unbeaten innings of 29 runs. He also hit 2 fours.