Needing to score 182 for victory in 40 overs on an out field left damp due to overnight rains, the Senior lead by Nayan Mongia found scoring as difficult as the A team but seemed very much in sight of a victory as long as Amay Khurasia was there in the middle.

SCOREBOARD

INDIA A: Nikhil Haldipur c Robin Singh b Bahutule 38, Gagan Khoda lbw Agarkar 6, Amol Majumdar b Bahutule 18; Ajay Jadeja not out 50, Gyanendra Pandey run out (Dravid) 2, Jacob Martin st Mongia b Harbhajan 12, Saba Karim lbw Bahutule 10; Sunil Joshi c Dravid b Agarkar 21; Nikhil Chopra not out 8. Extras (b2, lb8, w5, nb1): 16. Total (for seven wickets in 40 overs) 181.

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-67, 3-74, 4-76, 5-105, 6-118, 7-157.

Bowling: Agarkar 7-0-33-2, Mohanty 8-1-48-0, Robin Singh8-1-20-0, Harbhajan 8-0-30-1, Bahutule 7-0-26-3, Kanitkar 2-0-14-0.

INDIA SENIORS: S Somasunder c Karim b Ganesh 7, VVS Laxman c Karim b Prasad 0, R Dravid c Karim b Chopra 18, H Kanitkar lbw Prasad 31, Amay Khurasia c Khoda b Pandey 55, R Singh c Joshi b Pandey 6; Nayan Mongia run out 28; Sairaj Bahutule run out 6; Ajit Agarkar not out 12. Extras: (3b, 4lb, 6w, 4nb) 17. Total (for eight wickets in 40 overs): 180.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-14, 3-43, 4-89, 5-100, 6-157, 7-163, 8-180.

Bowling: Prasad 8-2-20-2, Ganesh 8-0-48-1, Joshi 7-1-36-0, Chopra 8-0-26-1; Jadeja 4-0-21-0, Pandey 5-0-22-0.