The second four-day match between in India A and West Indies A ended in a draw at the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering Ground in Shimoga. Trailing 0-1 in the series, the hosts will now look to level the three-match series when they take on the visitors in the last game at Hubli.

Propelled by Kraigg Brathwaite’s 104, the West Indies A posted 223 in their second innings before play was called off on the fourth day. Resuming on their overnight score of 28 the visitors lost three wickets until the end of day’s play. While Brathwaite remained unbeaten, Narsingh Deonarine made 93 before being trapped leg-before by Bhargav Bhatt. The left-arm spinner had also claimed WI A skipper Kirk Edwards earlier in the innings while Zaheer Khan had given India A their first wicket of the day by dismissing Kieran Powell.

Brief scores:

At the end of Day 4: West Indies A 2nd innings 223/3 in 81 overs (K Brathwaite 104*, N Deonarine 93)

At the end of Day 3: India A 1st innings 359 all out in 131.1 overs (A Nayar 89, V Jagdeesh 86, U Kaul 64, M Cummins 3/58, A Fudadin 2/23); West Indies A 2nd innings 28/0 in 14 overs (K Brathwaite 18*, K Powell 9*)

At the end of Day 2: West Indies A 1st innings 406 all out in 121.5 overs (L Johnson 91, N Millier 64*, B Bhatt 7/113); India A 1st innings 191/3 in 58 overs (V Jagdeesh 79*, A Nayar 56*, V Permaul 2/60)

At the end of Day 1: West Indies A 1st innings 283/6 in 90 overs (K Bratwaite 82, A Fudadin 63, B Bhatt 3/76)