India, Sept. 25 -- India A, under the leadership of Devdutt Padikkal, went 1-0 up in the two-match series against Australia A after winning the first four-day unofficial Test by 162 runs at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground on Friday. The visitors folded up in the second session on Day 4, and there was no fight from Australia A as Tushar Deshpande, Shams Mulani, Anshul Kamboj and Tanush Kotian ran riot. For the majority of the contest, India ran away with it, and Australia only had their noses in front on Day 1 for two sessions, when they reduced the hosts to 97/5.

Player of the Match Kumar Kushagra (113) and Kotian (69) then provided rear-guard action on the opening day to rescue India A, and eventually the hosts posted ...