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 for a List A Quadrangular Series in August. India B beat Australia A in the final to win the series. After the quadrangular series, Australia A played two first-class matches against India A. The two-match series was drawn 1–1.
India A vs South Africa A first-class series
Squads India A South Africa A Board President's XI Shreyas Iyer (c) Prithvi Shaw Ravikumar Samarth Mayank Agarwal Abhimanyu Easwaran Hanuma Vihari Ankit Bawne Srikar Bharat Axar Patel Shahbaz Nadeem Yuzvendra Chahal Jayant Yadav Rajneesh Gurbani Navdeep Saini Ankit Rajpoot Mohammed Siraj Khaya Zondo (c) Sarel Erwee Zubayr Hamza Beuran Hendricks Pieter Malan Senuran Muthusamy Mthiwekhaya Nabe Anrich Nortje Duanne Olivier Dane Piedt Dwaine Pretorius Rudi Second Rassie van der Dussen Malusi Siboto Shaun von Berg Ishan Kishan (c) Sanjay Ramaswamy Abhimanyu Easwaran Dhruv Shorey Anmolpreet Singh Ricky Bhui Jalaj Saxena Siddhesh Lad Mihir Hirwani Dharmendrasinh Jadeja Avesh Khan Shivam Mavi Ishan Porel Atit Sheth
Three-day warm-up match: Indian Board's President's XI vs South Africa A
1st unofficial Test
2nd unofficial Test
Quadrangular Series
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. The venue was shifted to Bengaluru.
Squads India A India B Australia A South Africa A Shreyas Iyer (c) Prithvi Shaw Ravikumar Samarth Suryakumar Yadav Hanuma Vihari Nitish Rana Siddhesh Lad Sanju Samson Mayank Markande Krishnappa Gowtham Krunal Pandya Deepak Chahar Mohammed Siraj Shivam Mavi Khaleel Ahmed Ambati Rayudu Bhuvneshwar Kumar Manish Pandey (c) Mayank Agarwal Abhimanyu Easwaran Shubman Gill Deepak Hooda Ricky Bhui Vijay Shankar Ishan Kishan Shreyas Gopal Jayant Yadav Dharmendrasinh Jadeja Siddarth Kaul Prasidh Krishna Kulwant Khejroliya Navdeep Saini Kedar Jadhav Jalaj Saxena Travis Head (c) Alex Carey Ashton Agar Peter Handscomb Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Michael Neser Matt Renshaw Jhye Richardson D'Arcy Short Billy Stanlake Mitchell Swepson Chris Tremain Jack Wildermuth Khaya Zondo (c) Temba Bavuma Farhaan Behardien Gihahn Cloete Theunis de Bruyn Robert Frylinck Beuran Hendricks Sisanda Magala Pieter Malan Senuran Muthusamy Dane Paterson Rudi Second Dwaine Pretorius Tabraiz Shamsi Malusi Siboto Vijay Shankar was ruled out of the quadrangular series due to the left hamstring injury. 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. Hanuma Vihari and Prithvi Shaw from India A were added to the India squad for the ongoing England tour. 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. 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.
Points table Team India B 5 2 1 0 2 +0.599 12 Australia A 5 2 1 0 2 −0.204 12 South Africa A 5 1 2 0 2 +0.006 9 India A 5 1 2 0 2 −0.300 9 Top two teams advanced to the final
Matches 1st Match
2nd Match
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4th Match
5th Match
6th Match
7th Match
8th Match
9th Match
10th Match
Third place play-off
Final
India A vs Australia A first-class series
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.
Squads India A Australia A Shreyas Iyer (c) Mayank Agarwal Ravikumar Samarth Abhimanyu Easwaran Ankit Bawne Shubman Gill Srikar Bharat Shahbaz Nadeem Kuldeep Yadav Krishnappa Gowtham Rajneesh Gurbani Navdeep Saini Ankit Rajpoot Mohammed Siraj Mitchell Marsh (c) Alex Carey Ashton Agar Brendan Doggett Peter Handscomb Travis Head Jon Holland Usman Khawaja Michael Neser Joel Paris Kurtis Patterson Matt Renshaw Mitchell Swepson Chris Tremain
1st unofficial Test
2nd unofficial Test
Statistics Most runs +India A vs South Africa A first-class seriesPlayerTeamRunsMayank AgarwalIndia A2324882.6683.522010Rudi SecondSouth Africa A2323578.3350.979402Hanuma VihariIndia A2320267.3349.3814811Source: ESPNcricinfo + Quadrangular SeriesPlayerTeamRunsManish PandeyIndia B44306—100.99117*12Mayank AgarwalIndia B442365996.7212411Ambati RayuduIndia A4418762.3364.936602Source: ESPNcricinfo +India A vs Australia A first-class seriesPlayerTeamRunsTravis HeadAustralia A2420651.5048.138702Usman KhawajaAustralia A1216783.5052.6812710Mitchell MarshAustralia A2415852.6649.37113*11Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets + India A vs South Africa A first-class seriesPlayerTeamMohammed SirajIndia A231414.352.8829.85/5610/12921Duanne OlivierSouth Africa A231017.52.91366/638/8710Rajneesh GurbaniIndia A124233.06452/454/9200Source: ESPNcricinfo + Quadrangular SeriesPlayerTeamShreyas GopalIndia B44917.664.5423.33/4200Prasidh KrishnaIndia B44821.57.0218.34/4920Dane PatersonSouth Africa A2277.422.97155/1901Source: ESPNcricinfo + India A vs Australia A first-class seriesPlayerTeam Kuldeep YadavIndia A241220.912.894.35/918/13710 Mohammed SirajIndia A121112.363.6220.48/5911/13611 Jon HollandAustralia A12918.883.1635.76/819/17010Source: ESPNcricinfo
References
External links Series home at ESPNcricinfo