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]
Squads
1st Unofficial Test
South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Unofficial Test
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
India won the first-class series 1-0.
Quadrangular Series
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] Bengaluru .[ 7]
Squads
Vijay Shankar was ruled out of the quadrangular series due to the left hamstring injury.[ 11] 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] 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] Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been added to the India-A squad to play in the third-place play-off against South Africa A .[ 10]
Points Table
Top two teams advanced to the final
Matches
1st Match
2nd Match
3rd Match
4th Match
5th Match
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: India-A 5, Australia-A 0.
6th Match
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.
7th Match
India A won the toss and elected to bat first.
Points: India-B 4, India-A 0.
8th Match
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat first.
Points: Australia-A 4, South Africa-A 0.
9th Match
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South Africa-A 5, India-A 0.
10th Match
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
South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
Final
India B won the toss and elected to field.
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]
Squads
1st Unofficial Test
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd Unofficial Test
Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
Most runs
Most wickets
External links
References
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