After Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini and Saurabh Kumar put on an impressive show and shared the spoils with the ball, scalping 4, 3 and 2 wickets each to bowl out South Africa A for 268, India A ended Day 2 of the third and final four-day game at 229/6 in Bloemfontein on Tuesday.

While captain Hanuma Vihari scored a fine 63, Ishan Kishan scored an impressive 86* before stumps.

India A lost Prithvi Shaw early and while Abhimanyu Easwaran and Devdutt Padikkal added 29 runs together, the two got out in space of nine runs with India A having 55 runs on the board.

Hanuma Vihari and Sarfaraz Khan put on a 37-run stand but the latter got out soon after India A moved past 90.

Hanuma Vihrari was then joined by Ishan and the two did a fine rebuilding job, denying South Africa A any immediate success. The pair added 115 runs together before Hanuma Vihari got out for 63 – a knock where he faced 170 deliveries and hit 6 fours and a six.

While India A lost one more wicket before stumps as Chahar got out, Ishan stayed put and remained unbeaten on 86.

Brief Scores: South Africa A 268 all out (Sarel Erwee 75, Tony de Zorzi 58; Deepak Chahar 4/45) lead India A 229/6 (Ishan Kishan 86*, Hanuma Vihari 63; Lutho Sipamla 3/63) by 39 runs.