Indian A cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19

Indian A cricket team in New Zealand in 2018-19
	New Zealand A	India A
Dates	16 November – 11 December 2018
Captains	Will Young (FC) Corey Anderson (LAs)	Ajinkya Rahane (1st FC) Karun Nair (2nd,3rd FC) Manish Pandey (LAs)
FC series
Result	3-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs	Will Young (189)	Mayank Agarwal (149)
Most wickets	Doug Bracewell (8)	Krishnappa Gowtham (9)
LA series
Result	India A won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	George Worker (143)	Vijay Shankar (188)
Most wickets	Hamish Bennett (5)	Siddarth Kaul (7)

The India A cricket team toured New Zealand in November - December 2018 to play 3 first-class matches and 3 List-A matches against the New Zealand A cricket team.^[1] BCCI included Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane for India's first four-dayer match as a preparation for senior team's tour to Australia.

Squads

First-class		List-A
New Zealand A	India A[2]	New Zealand A[3]	India A[2]
Will Young (c) George Worker Tim Seifert (wk) Glenn Phillips (wk) Rachin Ravindra Dane Cleaver (wk) Doug Bracewell Kyle Jamieson Seth Rance Blair Tickner Scott Kuggeleijn Logan van Beek Theo van Woerkom Cam Fletcher Lockie Ferguson	Ajinkya Rahane (c) (Only 1st FC match) Karun Nair (c) (For 2 & 3 FC matches) Murali Vijay (Only 1st FC match) Ravikumar Samarth Prithvi Shaw (Only 1st FC match) Rohit Sharma Mayank Agarwal Hanuma Vihari (Only 1st FC match) Parthiv Patel (wk) (Only 1st FC match) Krishnappa Gowtham Shahbaz Nadeem Mohammed Siraj Navdeep Saini Abhimanyu Easwaran Deepak Chahar Rajneesh Gurbani Vijay Shankar Srikar Bharat (wk) Ankit Bawne Shubman Gill Ishan Kishan (wk)	Corey Anderson (c) Will Young George Worker Tim Seifert (wk) Rachin Ravindra James Neesham Doug Bracewell Hamish Rutherford Seth Rance Hamish Bennett Cole McConchie Daryl Mitchell Lockie Ferguson	Manish Pandey (c) Mayank Agarwal Anmolpreet Singh Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Ankit Bawne Hardik Pandya Ishan Kishan (wk) Axar Patel Krunal Pandya Siddarth Kaul Washington Sundar Deepak Chahar Khaleel Ahmed Navdeep Saini Vijay Shankar Krishnappa Gowtham

Initially Rohit Sharma was selected for the first four-day match but was later rested because of constant workload.^[4] Hardik Pandya was selected for the limited overs series, but due to his slower-than expected recovery from his back injury, he was pulled out of the team and asked to prove his fitness in the Ranji Trophy.^[5]

First-Class series

1st Unofficial Test

16-19 November 2018 Scorecard

India A	v	New Zealand A
467/8d (122.1 overs) Parthiv Patel 94 (136) Blair Tickner 4/80 (22.1 overs)		458/9d (134 overs) Hamish Rutherford 114 (181) Krishnappa Gowtham 3/107 (42 overs)
247/3 (65 overs) Murali Vijay 60 (113) Doug Bracewell 1/36 (10 overs)

Match Drawn Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Shaun Haig (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Unofficial Test

23-26 November 2018 Scorecard

New Zealand A	v	India A
303/7d (106 overs) Will Young 123 (272) Mohammad Siraj 4/59 (23 overs)		159/2 (46 overs) Ravikumar Samarth 50* (83) Seth Rance 1/35 (10 overs) Blair Tickner 1/35 (10 overs)

Match Drawn Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Ashley Mehrotra (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible on day 2 due to rain and wet outfield.

3rd Unofficial Test

30 November - 3 December 2018 Scorecard

India A	v	New Zealand A
323 (89 overs) Vijay Shankar 71 (98) Doug Bracewell 5/78 (22 overs)		398 (131.4 overs) Cam Fletcher 103 (221) Krishnappa Gowtham 6/139 (46.4 overs)
38/1 (14 overs) Ravikumar Samarth 27* (41) Doug Bracewell 1/17 (6 overs)

Match Drawn Cobham Oval, Whangarei Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

List-A series

1st Unofficial ODI

7 December 2018 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand A 308/6 (50 overs)	v	India A 311/6 (49 overs)
James Neesham 79* (48) Siddarth Kaul 2/74 (10 overs)		Vijay Shankar 87* (80) Hamish Bennett 2/65 (10 overs)

India A won by 4 wickets Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Shaun Haig (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to field

2nd Unofficial ODI

9 December 2018 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand A 299/9 (50 overs)	v	India A 300/5 (49 overs)
Will Young 102 (106) Khaleel Ahmed 2/65 (9 overs)		Manish Pandey 111* (109) Cole McConchie 2/39 (6 overs)

India A won by 5 wickets Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to field

3rd Unofficial ODI

11 December 2018 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India A 275/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand A 200 (44.2 overs)
Anmolpreet Singh 71 (80) Seth Rance 3/49 (7 overs)		Tim Seifert 55 (73) Siddarth Kaul 4/37 (7 overs)

India A won by 75 runs Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Chris Brown (NZ)

• India A won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "BCCI announces A tour itinerary, Rahane, Vijay included for New Zealand four-dayer". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
2. "Vijay and Parthiv return, Rohit included in A side to clash with New Zealand A". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
3. "New Zealand A - unofficial ODI Squad / Players". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
4. "Rohit rested for first-class match". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
5. "Pandya asked to prove fitness in Ranji clash". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2018.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo