July 26 (CRICKETNMORE) - Pretoria, July 26 (IANS) India A suffered a two wicket loss at the hands of hosts South Africa A in a low-scoring one-dayer of the cricket Tri-Series here on Wednesday.
Put in to bat, India A recovered from a batting collapse, thanks to captain Manish Pandey's patient 95-ball 55 and cameos from Karun Nair (25) and Yuzvendra Chahal (24 not out), but were skittled out for 152. In reply, South Africa A stumbled on their way losing eight wickets before overhauling the target in 37.4 overs.
The hosts found themselves struggling at 16/2 after losing Henry Davids (5) and Dane Paterson (11) early. By the 16th over, the hosts had lost half their side with 71 runs on board as Reeza Hendricks (11), captain Khaya Zondo (15) and Heinrich Klaasen (24) were back in the dressing room.
