Out-of-favour Zaheer Khan sparked a sensational West Indies A collapse with a three-wicket burst as India A notched up an innings and 54 runs victory over the visitors in the third and final Test to level the three-match series on Saturday.
The left-arm seamer bagged four for 59 as West Indies A conceded the match at 242 for nine in their second innings in the 13th over after lunch on the final day at KSCA Stadium. Wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton did not come out to bat due to injury he sustained on Friday while fielding. Zaheer, who finished the match with five for 92 runs, ran into the lower-order batsmen after lunch in his fourth spell of the innings, claiming three wickets in a space of his eight deliveries.
He started the spell by first cleaning up a dogged Narasingh Deonarine with a beautiful ball which pierced the defence of the Guyanese after he had made a fighting 99 runs, which included 13 hits to the fence. Zaheer ran in hard and castled the wickets of Ashley Nurse (0) and Miguel Cummins in his 17th over to help India A win.
The left-arm seamer bagged four for 59 as West Indies A conceded the match at 242 for nine in their second innings in the 13th over after lunch on the final day at KSCA Stadium. Wicketkeeper Jahmar Hamilton did not come out to bat due to injury he sustained on Friday while fielding. Zaheer, who finished the match with five for 92 runs, ran into the lower-order batsmen after lunch in his fourth spell of the innings, claiming three wickets in a space of his eight deliveries.
He started the spell by first cleaning up a dogged Narasingh Deonarine with a beautiful ball which pierced the defence of the Guyanese after he had made a fighting 99 runs, which included 13 hits to the fence. Zaheer ran in hard and castled the wickets of Ashley Nurse (0) and Miguel Cummins in his 17th over to help India A win.