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June 5, 2012

India A beat Windies A by two wickets

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — India A defeated West Indies A by two wickets on the final day of their four-day “Test” at Kensington Oval yesterday.

Chasing 186 for victory, India A finished on 188 for eight to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Scores:

WEST INDIES A 252 all out (Veerasammy Permaul 66, Devon Thomas 57, Jonathan Carter 35, Nkrumah Bonner 25; Shami Ahmed 3-43, Rahul Sharma 3-73) and 210 (Lendl Simmons 53, Kraigg Brathwaite 50, Bonner 36, Thomas 22; Rohit Sharma 4-41, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-44)

INDIA A 277 (Rohit Sharma 94, Cheteshwar Pujara 50, Manoj Tiwary 40; Carter 5-63, Delorn Johnson 3-39) and 188-8 (Cheteshwar Pujara 96 not out, Ahmed 27 not out, Rohit Sharma 23; Jason Holder 5-55, Johnson 2-62)

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