<p class="title">Shreyas Iyer made a match-defining 77 before the bowlers, led by left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed, guided India A to a 65-run win over West Indies A in the low-scoring first unofficial ODI here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India A were in a spot of bother at 22 for 3 after opting to bat on Thursday before Iyer and Hanuma Vihari stitched 95 runs for the fourth wicket to lay the foundation for the team's 190-run total.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At a time when the spotlight is on the middle-order problems of the senior team following India's semifinal defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup, Iyer made a case for himself with a timely knock that came off 107 balls and was studded with eight fours and one six.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Iyer had the challenging job to repair the innings after openers Rituraj Gaekwad, Shubman Gill and skipper Manish Pandey departed inside the first eight overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Iyer, in the company of Vihari, who made a patient 34 off 63 balls, resurrected the Indian innings but once the duo departed, it all just fell apart for the visitors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After Iyer was run out by Rovman Powell in the 36th over, West Indies A skipper Roston Chase (4/19) ran through India's lower-order with his off-spin to bowl out the opposition in 48.5 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pacer Akeen Jordan (3/43) too shone with the new ball for the Caribbeans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Defending the total, Khaleel (3/16 off 8 overs) produced a fiery opening spell and was ably supported by the spin trio of Axar Patel (2/16), Rahul Chahar (2/32) and Washington Sundar (2/37) as India A bundled out West India A for 125 in 35.5 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jonathan Carter and Powell contributed 41 runs each, among only the three West Indies A batsmen who could reach double-digit scores.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second unofficial ODI of the five-match series will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, on July 14. </p>
<p class="title">Shreyas Iyer made a match-defining 77 before the bowlers, led by left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed, guided India A to a 65-run win over West Indies A in the low-scoring first unofficial ODI here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India A were in a spot of bother at 22 for 3 after opting to bat on Thursday before Iyer and Hanuma Vihari stitched 95 runs for the fourth wicket to lay the foundation for the team's 190-run total.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At a time when the spotlight is on the middle-order problems of the senior team following India's semifinal defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup, Iyer made a case for himself with a timely knock that came off 107 balls and was studded with eight fours and one six.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Iyer had the challenging job to repair the innings after openers Rituraj Gaekwad, Shubman Gill and skipper Manish Pandey departed inside the first eight overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Iyer, in the company of Vihari, who made a patient 34 off 63 balls, resurrected the Indian innings but once the duo departed, it all just fell apart for the visitors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After Iyer was run out by Rovman Powell in the 36th over, West Indies A skipper Roston Chase (4/19) ran through India's lower-order with his off-spin to bowl out the opposition in 48.5 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pacer Akeen Jordan (3/43) too shone with the new ball for the Caribbeans.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Defending the total, Khaleel (3/16 off 8 overs) produced a fiery opening spell and was ably supported by the spin trio of Axar Patel (2/16), Rahul Chahar (2/32) and Washington Sundar (2/37) as India A bundled out West India A for 125 in 35.5 overs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Jonathan Carter and Powell contributed 41 runs each, among only the three West Indies A batsmen who could reach double-digit scores.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The second unofficial ODI of the five-match series will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, on July 14. </p>