Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan wrote his name in the record books with a scintillating 248-run knock as he powered India A to a 39-run victory over a fighting South Africa 'A' here on Monday.

The 27-year-old Delhi left-hander smashed a 150-ball-248, which is only the second highest individual List A score behind former Surrey batsman A Brown's 268 (for Surrey) against Glamorgan at the Oval, back on July 19, 2002.

Dhawan got some solid support from his skipper Cheteshwar Pujara (109 not out) as India A amassed a mammoth 433 for three in 50 overs.

The home team fought hard before being bowled out for 394 in 48.4 overs.

Reeza Hendricks (102, 78 balls, 12x4, 2x6) and Vaughn van Jaarsveld's (108, 91 balls, 7x4, 5x6) centuries were not good enough to take the hosts past the finishing line.

India A will meet Australia A in the final on Wednesday.

The day undoubtedly belonged to Dhawan, who hit 30 boundaries and seven sixes in his innings during which he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's 200 not out against South Africa in 2010 at Gwalior and Virender Sehwag's 219 against West Indies in Indore back in 2011.

If Dhawan's first 100 came off only 86 balls, the second hundred came off only 46 balls as he raced to his maiden List A double hundred in only 132 balls. Such was his domination that out of his 162 out of his 248 runs came in only 37 scoring strokes.

Dhawan added 285 runs in only 33.5 overs with his skipper Pujara, who also helped himself to a three-figure mark having faced 97 balls and hit eight boundaries.

The Indian bowlers did have torrid time as Hendricks and Rile Russouw (43) clobbered the visitors for 121 runs in only 12.1 overs.

Young fast bowler Ishwar Chand Pandey (4/76) did get vital breakthroughs in the death overs but not before getting a pasting from the Proteas batsmen.

Brief Scores: India 'A' 433/3 in 50 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 248, Cheteshwar Pujara 109*, Murali Vijay 40, Hardus Viljoen 1/94, Rusty Theron 1/98) beat South Africa 'A' 394 in 48.4 overs (Reeza Hendricks 102, Vaughan van Jaarsveld 108, Ishwar Chand Pandey 4/76, Jaydev Unadkat 2/79) by 39 runs.