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[caption id="attachment_22213" align="alignnone" width="580"] Torrential rain stopped play in the first unofficial test between India & Australia A at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane . Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: The first unofficial four day test between Australia A and India A at Allan Border Field in Brisbane looks set for a thrilling finish, with the hosts requiring another 100 to win with six wickets in hand after rain ended play at the tea session on day three. The Australians are 4-59 in pursuit of 159 for victory, with Cameron Bancroft (16) and Beau Webster (6) the not out batsmen after India A quick Shardul Thakur took two in two balls during a fiery spell that summed up this eventful and occasionally ill-tempered contest. Joe Burns (11) was bowled by Thakur with the score at 17 and Travis Dean went very next ball, wafting a cut shot straight to backward point to leave the Indian on a hat-trick. Thakur had to wait an over for his attempt at a personal milestone but it was safely negotiated by Peter Handscomb, the Australia A captain then mixing finesse with fortune on his way to a rapid 24 from 18 balls. But when Handscomb was undone by Hardik Pandya, and his Victoria teammate went for a duck a short time later, the match was suddenly in the balance. Earlier, India A collapsed spectacularly after resuming at 2-44, the tourists losing their last eight wickets for 112 as the Australia A pacemen found the cloudy skies and early start to their liking during an extended morning session. New-ball pair Daniel Worrall (3-43) and David Moody (3-64) did the bulk of the damage in conjunction with Redbacks seamer Chadd Sayers (3-21), who maintained typically immaculate areas to complement that pair beautifully. The first breakthrough of the day was perhaps the most telling, as danger man Manish Pandey again looked keen to get a move on but came unstuck when he lashed at Worrall and a diving Travis Dean held a brilliant catch at third slip. Handsomb was also excellent in the cordon, taking two quality marks of his own as his quicks continued to probe on a good length around off stump, and the Indians continued edging the pink ball. Shreyas Iyer looked in good touch during his quick-fire 26 off 24, but much like on day one, a willingness to dig in for the long haul – ironically the sort of approach their coach Rahul Dravid built his legendary career on – was sorely lacking for the visitors. Local leg-spinner Mitch Swepson added another wicket to his four in the first innings, and the situation could have been much worse for the tourists had Jayant Yadav not contributed a plucky 46 from No.8, but he was ultimately the final wicket to fall, edging Sayers behind to give Sam Whiteman a third catch and leaving the Australians in a very good position to claim a 1-0 lead in this two-match series. Brief Scores : India A- 230 & 156 Australia A- 228 & 59/4