India A Vs South Africa A Highlights, 2nd Unofficial ODI: IND A Roll Over SA A By 9 Wickets In Rajkot

Good Morning Indian cricket fans. Welcome to the live coverage of the 2nd unofficial ODI match between India A and South Africa A at the Niranjan Shah stadium in Rajkot. The match will start from 1:30PM (IST) onwards. Stay tuned for the build-up, weather & pitch reports and toss-playing XI updates.

India A Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Abhishek Sharma, Riyan Parag, Tilak Varma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Nishant Sindhu, Harshit Rana, Vipraj Nigam, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Khaleel Ahmed, Ayush Badoni, Prabhsimran Singh, Manav Suthar

South Africa A Squad: Rubin Hermann(w), Rivaldo Moonsamy, Jordan Hermann, Marques Ackerman(c), Sinethemba Qeshile, Dian Forrester, Delano Potgieter, Bjorn Fortuin, Tiaan van Vuuren, Tshepo Moreki, Ottneil Baartman, Jason Smith, Mihlali Mpongwana, Nqabayomzi Peter, Kwena Maphaka, Codi Yusuf, Lhuan-dre Pretorius

The senior Indian and South African teams are battling it out for a win in the 1st of a 2-match Test series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. India, who took the field without skipper Shubman Gill, need 124 for the win. Follow the live score and ball-by-ball commentary.

India A won the 1st Unofficial ODI by 4 wickets on the back of a sensational hundred by Ruturaj Gaikwad (116). India A have got a strong squad underway with the likes of Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma and Arshdeep Singh under the leadership of Ruturaj Gaikwad.

The 2nd unofficial ODI will be played on the same surface on which the 1st ODI was played. The wicket had something for everybody. Indian pacers chipped in with some quick wickets with the new ball, whereas Proteas spinners also got some purchase when the ball got a bit older. The scores could be on similar lines today as well.

South Africa A won the toss and opted to bat first. India's toes woes continues even in non-international matches.

India A- Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Tilak Varma, Ayush Badoni, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Nishant Sindhu, Vipraj Nigam, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna

South Africa A- Rivaldo Moonsamy, Lhuan-dre Pretorious, Jordan Hermann, Marques Ackerman, Sinethemba Qeshile, Dian Forrester, Delano Potieter, Prenelan Subrayen, Nqaba Peter, Lutho Simpamla, Ottneil Baartman

Both the South Africa A openers- Rivaldo Moonsamy (8*) and Lhuan-dre Pretorious (2*) are off to a cautious start against Arshdeep Singh and Prasidh Krishna.

Harshit Rana gets the first breakthrough for India in the form of Luan De Pretorious. Rana for a fiery short delivery and Pretorious was late on the shot resulting in an easy catch for the mid-wicket fielder.

South Africa loses their 2nd wicket! Rivaldo Moonsamy tried to sweep but eventually managed to play it straight into the hands of the deep square leg fielder.

Harshit get his 2nd wicket and South Africa are three down now. Marques Acquerman went for an upper cut but got caught behind on the bowling of Harshit Rana.

Harshit Rana on a roll here as he picked up his 3rd wicket of the day. Jordan Hermann pulled the ball expecting it to clear the deep fine leg boundary but only managed to find Ayush Badoni who take a brilliant catch just before the boundary line.

It's deja Vu for South Africa A as their top order collapses again like the last match. Sinethemba Qeshile played the ball straight into the hands of the bowlers as South Africa is in trouble now with their fifth wicket down.

Dian Forrester and Delano Potgieter who saved SA A from a similar position like this in the last match have again a similar job on their hands.

Forrester who saved SA A in the last match from a similar position wasn't able to repeat it again as he perished while playing a slog sweep off Tilak Varma.

South Africa A's last 4 wickets fell like a pack of cards. Out of the last 4 wickets, Nishant Sindhu and Prasidh Krishna picked 2 each and SA A are skittled to a paltry total of just 132 runs. Nishant Sindhu picked up 4 scalps and was well completed by Harshit Rana who decimated the top order with 3 wickets.

Earlier in the day South African senior team made a stunning comeback against India in the 1st Test at Eden Gardens, Kolkata beating them by 30-runs. It was South Africa's 1st test win in India in the last 15 years. Check the highlights of the 1st Test.

India A Openers- Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill are on the crease and India's chase is about to get underway. Lutho Sipamla will start the proceedings for South Africa A.

India off to a solid start while chasing 133. Both Abhishek Sharma (19*) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (13*) are looking comfortable especially against off-spinner Subrayen who has given runs with an economy of 8 in his 3 overs.

Dashing Southpaw Abhishek Sharma is sent back to the pavilion by Lutho Sipamla for 32 off just 24 balls. Abhishek, who was lured into a drive by Sipamla edged the ball to the fielder who accepted the catch gleefully.

India A are comfortably marching towards the target easily with 43 runs required in 34 overs 9 wickets in hands and Ruturaj Gaikwad (39*) and Tilak Varma (14*) on crease.

Hundred up for India A. It took them 20 overs to reach there despite Abhishek Sharma's blitz at the start which shows that it's not as easy a wicket to bat on as shown by Abhishek Sharma. IND A still needs 33 to win in 30 overs.

That's the half-century for Ruturaj Gaikwad which follows a scintillating match-winning hundred in the last match. India now need just 13 runs to win in 24 overs.

That's the winning runs for India A and with it they seal the match as well as the series making the 3rd match a dead rubber. The bowlers set up the match for India A making it a cake walk for the batters. Harshit Rana and Nishant Sindhu were the wreaker-in-chief for India A with 3 and 4 wickets respectively.

India A had no problems in chasing down the target courtesy to opening blitz by Abhishek Sharma and half-century by Ruturaj Gaikwad.

That's a wrap! We’ll be back with another live blog. Until then, bye bye.