Australia A and South Africa A cricket team in India in 2018

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
South Africa A cricket team in India in 2018
 
  India A South Africa
Dates 30 July – 13 August 2018
Captains Shreyas Iyer Khaya Zondo
FC series
Result India A won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Mayank Agarwal (248) Rudi Second (235)
Most wickets Mohammed Siraj (14) Duanne Olivier (10)

Squads
India A[2][3] South Africa A[3][4] Board President's XI[5]

Three-Day Warm-up Match : Indian Board's President's XI vs South Africa 'A'
30 July – 1 August 2018
Scorecard
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473/4d (115.1 overs)
Sarel Erwee 117 (137)
Jalaj Saxena 2/54 (16.1 overs)
397/6d (108 overs)
Dhruv Shorey 101 (162)
Shaun von Berg 3/62 (17 overs)
61/2 (15.5 overs)
Dwaine Pretorius 27* (35)
Mihir Hirwani 2/35 (8.3 overs)
Match Drawn.
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind)

1st Unofficial Test
4–7 August 2018
Scorecard
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246 (88.3 overs)
Rudi Second 94 (139)
Mohammed Siraj 5/56 (20.3 overs)
584/8d (129.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 220 (251)
Beuran Hendricks 3/98 (22.4 overs)
308 (128.5 overs)
Rudi Second 94 (214)
Mohammed Siraj 5/73 (27.5 overs)
India A won by an innings and 30 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (India A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Unofficial Test
10–13 August 2018
Scorecard
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345 (101 overs)
Hanuma Vihari 148 (295)
Duanne Olivier 6/63 (24 overs)
319 (98.2 overs)
Zubayr Hamza 93 (125)
Mohammed Siraj 4/72 (21.2 overs)
181/4 (51 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 65 (103)
Duanne Olivier 2/24 (10 overs)
Match Drawn.
KSCA Alur Cricket Ground, Bengaluru
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind)
Player of the match: Hanuma Vihari (India A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
  • India won the first-class series 1-0.

Quadrangular Series
2018 A team Quadrangular Series, India
Dates17 – 29 August 2018
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatList-A
Host(s) India
Champions India B
Runners-up Australia A
Participants4
Matches played12
Most runsManish Pandey (306) (India B)
Most wicketsShreyas Gopal (9) (India B)
Official websiteBCCI

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]

Squads
India A[2][8][9][10] India B[2][8][11][12] Australia A[13][14][15] South Africa A[4][16]

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]

Points Table
Team[17] P W L T NR Pts NRR

India B (C)

 5210212+0.599
Australia A (RU) 5210212-0.204
South Africa A 512029+0.006
India A (3rd) 512029-0.300

  Top two teams advanced to the final

1st Match
17 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
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  • No toss.

2nd Match
17 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
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  • No toss.

3rd Match
19 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
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Match Abandoned without a ball bowled
ACA–KDCA Cricket Ground, Mulapadu, Krishna
Umpires: Virender Sharma and Yeshwant Barde
  • No toss.

4th Match

5th Match
23 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
Australia A
151 (31.4 overs)
v
India A
152/5 (38.3 overs)
Ashton Agar 34 (40)
Mohammed Siraj 4/68 (10 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 62* (107)
Jhye Richardson 3/27 (7 overs)
India A Won by 5 Wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Ind-A)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India-A 5, Australia-A 0.

6th Match
23 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
South Africa A
231 (47.3 overs)
v
India B
214/5 (40.3 overs)
Senuran Muthusamy 55 (73)
Prasidh Krishna 4/49 (7.3 overs)
Manish Pandey 95* (105)
Dane Paterson 2/33 (8 overs)
India B won by 30 runs (DLS method)
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, Bengaluru
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Ind-B)
  • 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
25 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India A
217 (49 overs)
v
India B
218/3 (41.1 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 48 (75)
Prasidh Krishna 4/50 (8 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 124 (114)
Khaleel Ahmed 2/33 (10 overs)
India B won by 7 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, Bengaluru
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Ind-B)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • Points: India-B 4, India-A 0.

8th Match
25 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
Australia A
322/5 (50 overs)
v
South Africa A
290 (48.4 overs)
Travis Head 110 (117)
Shaun von Berg 1/41 (7 overs)
Khaya Zondo 117 (104)
Mitchell Swepson 3/40 (10 overs)
Australia A won by 32 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus-A)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • Points: Australia-A 4, South Africa-A 0.

9th Match
27 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India A
157 (37.3 overs)
v
South Africa A
159/6 (37.4 overs)
Deepak Chahar 38 (42)
Dane Paterson 5/19 (9.3 overs)
Pieter Malan 47 (86)
Khaleel Ahmed 3/45 (7 overs)
South Africa A won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Yeshwant Barde (Ind)
Player of the match: Dane Paterson (SA-A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Africa-A 5, India-A 0.

10th Match
27 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India B
276/6 (50 overs)
v
Australia A
248/5 (40 overs)
Manish Pandey 117* (109)
Michael Neser 3/47 (9 overs)
Usman Khawaja 101* (93)
Jalaj Saxena 2/48 (8 overs)
Australia A won by 5 wickets (DLS method)
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, Bengaluru
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Aus-A)
  • 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
29 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
India A
275/7 (50 overs)
v
South Africa A
151 (37.1 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 67 (70)
Beuran Hendricks 3/39 (10 overs)
Senuran Muthusamy 40 (51)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/33 (9 overs)
India A won by 124 runs
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, Bengaluru
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Shreyas Iyer (Ind-A)
  • South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.

Final
29 August 2018
09:00
Scorecard
Australia A
225 (47.5 overs)
v
India B
230/1 (36.3 overs)
D'Arcy Short 72 (77)
Shreyas Gopal 3/50 (10 overs)
Manish Pandey 73* (54)
Ashton Agar 1/59 (10 overs)
India B won by 9 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Ind-B)
  • India B won the toss and elected to field.

India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class series
Australia A cricket team in India in 2018
 
  India A Australia A
Dates 2 – 11 September 2018
Captains Shreyas Iyer Mitchell Marsh
FC series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Ankit Bawne (157) Travis Head (206)
Most wickets Kuldeep Yadav (12) Jon Holland (9)

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
India A[9] Australia A[15]

1st Unofficial Test
2–5 September 2018
Scorecard
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243 (75.3 overs)
Usman Khawaja 127 (228)
Mohammed Siraj 8/59 (19.3 overs)
274 (83.1 overs)
Ankit Bawne 91* (159)
Michael Neser 4/61 (20 overs)
292 (83.5 overs)
Travis Head 87 (162)
Mohammed Siraj 3/77 (18 overs)
163 (59.3 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 80 (189)
Jon Holland 6/81 (24.3 overs)
Australia A won by 98 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Virender Sharma and CK Nandan
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Unofficial Test
8–11 September 2018
Scorecard
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346 (109 overs)
Mitchell Marsh 113* (204)
Kuldeep Yadav 5/91 (27 overs)
505 (144 overs)
Srikar Bharat 106 (186)
Chris Tremain 3/41 (17 overs)
213 (102.5 overs)
Peter Handscomb 56 (153)
Krishnappa Gowtham 3/39 (27 overs)
55/4 (6.2 overs)
Ankit Bawne 28* (18)
Chris Tremain 2/26 (3 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets
KSCA Cricket Ground, Alur, Bengaluru
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Abhijit Deshmukh (Ind)
  • Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs
India 'A' vs South Africa 'A' First-Class Series
Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50
Mayank AgarwalIndia A2324882.6683.522010
Rudi SecondSouth Africa A2323578.3350.979402
Hanuma VihariIndia A2320267.3349.3814811
[19] Source: ESPNCricinfo
Quadrangular Series
Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50
Manish PandeyIndia B44306-100.99117*12
Mayank AgarwalIndia B442365996.7212411
Ambati RayuduIndia A4418762.3364.936602
[20] Source: ESPNCricinfo
India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class Series
Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50
Travis HeadAustralia A2420651.5048.138702
Usman KhawajaAustralia A1216783.5052.6812710
Mitchell MarshAustralia A2415852.6649.37113*11
[21] Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets
India 'A' vs South Africa 'A' First-Class Series
Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR BBI BBM 5 10
Mohammed SirajIndia A231414.352.8829.85/5610/12921
Duanne OlivierSouth Africa A231017.52.91366/638/8710
Rajneesh GurbaniIndia A124233.06452/454/9200
[22] Source: ESPNCricinfo
Quadrangular Series
Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR BBI 4 5
Shreyas GopalIndia B44917.664.5423.33/4200
Prasidh KrishnaIndia B44821.57.0218.34/4920
Dane PatersonSouth Africa A2277.422.97155/1901
[23] Source: ESPNCricinfo
India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class Series
Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ SR BBI BBM 5 10
Kuldeep YadavIndia A241220.912.894.35/918/13710
Mohammed SirajIndia A121112.363.6220.48/5911/13611
Jon HollandAustralia A12918.883.1635.76/819/17010
[24] Source: ESPNCricinfo

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