Pitch: 24
Toss: West Indies A
West Indies A won the toss, but little else went right for them, blowing ideal batting conditions on the first day, fielding poorly, then collapsing in their 2nd innings in a spineless display.
India A offspinner M.Venkataramana took 5-77 on the 1st day as West Indies A were all out for 194, on his way to 8 wickets in the match.
The other bowlers were just as good for India A, and West Indies A were under constant pressure throughout.
India A only needed to bat once, Dravid making 87 to lay a platform, before an unbeaten 141* from captain Ganguly took them to a big lead.
Ganguly's partnership with Venkataramana for the 8th wicket took the game away from the visitors, and more than doubled their lead.
Gray bowled well for West Indies A to take 5-62 with some impressive fast bowling, but there was little else for the visitors to take away from this match.
An innings and 57 run victory handed India A a 1-0 lead in the 5 match series.
India A won by an Innings and 57 Runs
Man of the Match: S.C.Ganguly
West Indies A 194 all out (71.4)
(D.A.Joseph 63, S.Chanderpaul 40, F.A.Rose 32; M.Venkataramana 5-77, N.D.Hirwani 2-24)
India A 365 all out (107.2)
(W.V.Raman 22, V.G.Kambli 37, R.S.Dravid 87, S.C.Ganguly 141*, M.Venkataramana 33; A.H.Gray 5-62, F.A.Rose 2-59)
West Indies A 114 all out (58.1 overs)
(K.L.T.Arthurton 23, S.Chanderpaul 51; A.Kuruvilla 2-27, S.T.Banerjee 2-26, M.Venkataramana 3-20, N.D.Hirwani 3-27)
India A captain Saurav Ganguly celebrates his 2nd day century which helped his team to victory
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