Bengaluru, Nov. 2 -- On a day that tested nerve, skill, and heart, India A found their heroes in Rishabh Pant, Abhishek Kamboj, and Manav Suthar - three men who turned pressure into poetry and guided their team to a thrilling three-wicket win over South Africa A in the first unofficial Test that ended at the Centre of Excellence here today.
Equation at the start of the final day: India A needed 156 runs, South Africa A needed six wickets. The pendulum was poised, the air thick with tension. One mistake could tilt the contest either way.
And South Africa A did make mistakes - costly ones. Pant was twice reprieved, first on 46 and again on 80, as the visitors let golden chances slip. The second drop, at leg gully off Prenelan Subrayen, prov...