India A 238 for 3 (Jagadeesan 104, Badoni 60*, Tilak 38) beat USA 200 (Gous 44, Krishnamurthi 41, Bishnoi 3-37)
Tilak had missed India’s final T20I series before the T20 World Cup, a five-match contest against New Zealand, but was picked to play the first of India A’s two warm-up games before joining the World Cup squad.
Sent in, India A’s openers were quick off the blocks in a template similar to the senior team. By the time Priyansh Arya fell for a 13-ball 28, India A were 43 for 1 after four overs.
Then came a 113-run stand between Jagadeesan and Tilak off just 9.1 overs. USA tried all of nine bowlers, but seven of them conceded at ten runs an over or more. The onslaught did not stop after Tilak’s dismissal in the 14th over, with Badoni taking over. Jagadeesan struck 11 fours and five sixes in his innings before falling to Ali Khan off the final ball of the 19th over. Badoni was not out on 60 off 26, with 48 of those runs coming in boundaries.
Even after Krishnamurthi fell to Khaleel in the 16th over, contributions from Shubham Ranjane (28 off 17), Harmeet Singh (25 off 9) and Mohammad Mohsin (21 off 10) propped USA up.
Bishnoi finished with three wickets, while Khaleel took two. Allrounder Naman Dhir also struck twice, picking up the last two wickets in the final over.