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[caption id="attachment_21484" align="alignnone" width="580"] Manish Pandey ton in vain as India A lose by 1 run. Twitter@BCCI[/caption] Internet Desk: Chasing 323 runs, India A lost the high-scoring game to Australia A by one run at the Ray Mitchell Oval, Harrup Park. Manish Pandey hit a well compiled 110, but the team couldn’t make it across the line after the captain’s departure with the team on 301 for five. With the match heading to a nerve-wracking finish, Sanju Samson (87) who had helped the skipper keep India A in reckoning took aerial route with three runs required off two balls in an effort to clinch the game, but was caught near long-off. Then with Shardul Thakur being run out off the last ball responding to Jayant Yadav, Australia A claimed a thrilling win. Facing a mammoth task, India A lost Faiz Fazal with 25 runs on the board. Shreyas Iyer then joined Mandeep Singh in shaping the chase. After 43 runs, the No. 3 batsman was dismissed by Marcus Stoinis. The opener who had held up one end was the next to depart for 56, leaving the team on 112 for the loss of three wickets. Cameron Boyce then sent back man-in-form Kedar Jadhav for 20 tipping the balance in Australia A’s favour. However, Pandey then found an able ally in Sanju Samson. The pair kept the scoreboard ticking and wrested the advantage from the home team. The pair’s flourishing partnership kept the match hanging in balance. Playing watchfully, the captain guided the innings and was well complemented by the wicketkeeper-batsman in the effort. With run-a-ball required in the last four overs the match was evenly poised. But with 22 runs required off 20 balls, Pandey was sent back by Worrall. 2 runs later, Hardik Pandya was run out looking to sneak in a single. Kane Richardson and Worrall kept the batsmen on their toes in their last spell. While the well set Samson leading India A’s chase at the crease with Yadav, Richardson conceded only four runs in the 48th over. Although the batsmen picked singles and twos, the boundary was elusive. Excellent fielding by the home team denied the Indians the boundary. As the pressure continued to mount, the visitors needed nine off six balls. In an effort to clear the ropes with three runs required Samson looking for the big hit was caught near the fence. Off the next delivery Thakur was run out while looking for the second run leaving India ‘A’ on 321 for eight. Earlier, after electing to field, Thakur trapped Stoinis lbw to give India A their first breakthrough in the fifth over. However, opener Kurtis Patterson and Nic Maddinson milked the Indian bowlers to add 230 runs for the second wicket. Scoring at over six runs an over the pair took the game for the Indian bowlers. It was only in the 40th over that India ‘A’ got some relief when Pandya accounted for the opening batsman. Five runs later, Thakur bowled the No 3 bat. The Australians looking to pile on runs then lost three more wickets before finishing their quota of overs. Cameron Bancroft took the team to 322 for eight with Richardson to set the visitors a formidable task. Brief scores: Aus A 322/8 in 50 overs (N Maddinson 118, K Patterson 115, S Thakur 2/50) beat Ind A 321/8 in 50 overs (M Pandey 110, S Samson 87, D Worrall 2/57, C Boyce 2/71) by 1 run