IND A vs NZ A: Sanju Samson hits fifty as India A clean sweep New Zealand A in one-day series
India Today
Raj Angad Bawa took four wickets while captain Sanju Samson scored a brilliant fifty to help India A complete series clean sweep, and beat New Zealand A by 106 runs in the final match.
India A captain Sanju Samson hit another superb fifty to help his side hammer New Zealand A by 106 runs in the third and final match in Chennai and complete a 3-0 clean sweep on Tuesday.
Sanju (54), Tilak Varma (50), and Shardul Thakur (51) helped India A reach 284 in 49.3 overs after opting to bat first. Sanju led from the front and hit two sixes and one four in his responsible 68-ball knock. 's India A captain ended the 3-match series as the leading run-scorer.
Sanju and Tilak added 99 for the third wicket. Tilak's 62-ball innings contained one four and three sixes. Thakur smashed four sixes and three fours in his 33-ball blitzkrieg.
New Zealand lost Chad Bowes in the tenth over but the other opener, Dane Cleaver, held one end as the wickets continued falling. Cleaver, who made a heroic 83 off 89 balls, fell when India took New Zealand's sixth wicket. Raj Bawa put up a sensational performance, taking four wickets for 11 runs in 5.3 overs. New Zealand A was eventually dismissed for 178 runs in 38.3 overs.
India A had previously triumphed in the first two ODIs as well. India won the second game by four wickets after chasing down 220 runs in 34 overs, whereas they won the first game by 168 runs with seven wickets in hand.
