DARWIN (Australia), July 6: Opener Gautam Gambhir scored an unbeaten 142 as India ‘A’ beat Pakistan ‘A’ by 130 runs on Thursday in the second match of the quadrangular one-day series at Darwin's Marrara Cricket Ground.
Gambhir's opening partner Robin Uthappa made 72 and the pair combined for 147 for the first wicket as the Indians made 313 for three in their 50 overs.
Pakistan were all out for 183 in 39.3 overs in reply as Rafatullah Mohmand top scored with 84.
Piyush Chawla who took 3-34 from 10 overs was the best of the Indian bowlers.
Scoreboard
INDIA ‘A’:
A.R. Uthappa c Shahid b Mansoor 72
G. Gambhir not out 142
S. Dhawan c Riffatullah b Irshad 12
Y. Venugopal Rao run out 14
R. Sharma not out 47
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-9, NB-9) 26
TOTAL (for three wkts, 50 overs) 313
FALL OF WKTS: 1-147, 2-171, 3-192.
DID NOT BAT: R.S. Sodhi, P.A. Patel, T.P. Singh, S.S. Paul, Piyush Chawla, R.P. Singh.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 10-0-59-0 (2w); Mohammad Khalil 10-1-59-0 (3nb); Mohammad Irshad 10-0-65-1 (4nb, 5w); Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-51-0 (1w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-71-1 (2nb, 1w).
PAKISTAN ‘A’:
Mohammad Hafeez c Patel b R.P. Singh 11
Riffatullah st Patel b Venugopal 84
Shahid Yousuf c Sharma b Paul 0
Misbahul Haq c Sodhi b Paul 13
Bazid Khan c Patel b R.P. Singh 3
Hasan Raza c R.P. Singh b Chawla 36
Mansoor Amjad c Patel b Chawla 7
Mohammad Salman c Patel b Chawla 11
Mohammad Khalil c Sharma b T.P. Singh 2
Wasim Khan v Venugopal 2
Mohammad Irshad not out 9
EXTRAS (W-3, NB-2) 5
TOTAL (all out, 39.3 overs) 183
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-23, 3-56, 4-64, 5-120, 6-131, 7-155, 8-160, 9-166.
BOWLING: R.P. Singh 7-0-45-2 (3w); Paul 6-1-14-2; Sodhi 6-0-37-0 (2nb); Piyush Chawla 10-1-34-3; T.P. Singh 9-0-47-1; Venugopal Rao 1.3-0-6-2.
UMPIRES: I.H. Lock and R.J. Tucker.
MATCH REFEREE: D.J. Harper.—Agencies