{"id":17188,"date":"2013-08-30T10:34:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T10:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=17188"},"modified":"2013-08-30T10:34:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T10:34:30","slug":"india-a-lose-2nd-test-against-south-africa-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=17188","title":{"rendered":"India \u2018A\u2019 lose 2nd Test against South Africa \u2018A\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/cricket\/cheteshwar-pujara%201.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"India \u2018A\u2019 lose 2nd Test against South Africa \u2018A\u2019\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Rustenburg: India A suffered a humiliating defeat by 121 runs against South Africa A on the final day of the second unofficial Test at Rustenburg on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>India were chasing a stiff total of 307 in the final innings but despite having nine wickets and decent experience in batting line-up, India failed to pull off a victory. With this victory, South Africa managed to draw the series by 1-1. The first unofficial Test of the series was won by India as they had defeated the hosts quite comprehensively by an innings and 13 runs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the penultimate day of the second Test, South Africa A asked India to to bat for few overs as they had posted the total of 5\/166 in their second innings. India lost the wicket of Murali Vijay at the end of third day\u2019s play.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Indian top-order was as fragile as it was in the first innings and was reduced to 5\/18. But Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Shah grinded themselves in the pressure situation and scored their half-centuries. They added 160 runs for the sixth wicket before Rahane was dismissed for 86. Rahane&#8217;s dismissal led to the Indian batting collapse and their innings were wrapped up at the score of 185, with Shah remaining unbeaten at 77. <\/p>\n<p>Beuran Hendriks was the wracker-in-chief for South Africa and ended up with the magical figures of 6\/27.<\/p>\n<p>Brief scores: South Africa A 341 and 166\/5 declared. India 201 and 185.<\/p>\n<p>SA A won by 121 runs. Series ends 1-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/cricket\/cheteshwar-pujara%201.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"156\" alt=\"India \u2018A\u2019 lose 2nd Test against South Africa \u2018A\u2019\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Rustenburg: India A suffered a humiliating defeat by 121 runs against South Africa A on the final day of the second unofficial Test at Rustenburg on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>India were chasing a stiff total of 307 in the final innings but despite having nine wickets and decent experience in batting line-up, India failed to pull off a victory. With this victory, South Africa managed to draw the series by 1-1. The first unofficial Test of the series was won by India as they had defeated the hosts quite comprehensively by an innings and 13 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1557,9923,1275,3991,6293,8005,9924,709],"class_list":["post-17188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-cricket-cricket","tag-ajinkya-rahane","tag-beuran-hendricks","tag-cheteshwar-pujara","tag-india-a","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-ishwar-pandey","tag-south-africa-a","tag-wriddhiman-saha"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India \u2018A\u2019 lose 2nd Test against South Africa \u2018A\u2019 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=17188\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India \u2018A\u2019 lose 2nd Test against South Africa \u2018A\u2019 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rustenburg: India A suffered a humiliating defeat by 121 runs against South Africa A on the final day of the second unofficial Test at Rustenburg on Tuesday. &nbsp; India were chasing a stiff total of 307 in the final innings but despite having nine wickets and decent experience in batting line-up, India failed to pull off a victory. 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