Carl Cachopa

There were no fireworks on the final day on the 'A' Test series between India and New Zealand, courtesy, bad light and subsequent rain on Thursday afternoon.

The second leg of the India 'A' - New Zealand 'A' series will kick off with the two teams playing the first one-dayer at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Sunday.

After notching up a convincing win in the opening game, India A will look to seal the 3-match unofficial ODI series against New Zealand A on Tuesday.

Manprit Juneja missed out on a double hundred while New Zealand top-order got some batting practise against India A bowlers as 2nd 'Test' ended in a draw.

Led by Unmukt Chand, India 'A' have produced a dominating show in the series so far as they thrashed the visitors by six wickets in the first two games.

Menaria returned with a five-wicket haul before Unmukt and Mandeep cracked half-centuries to guide India A to a convincing six-wicket win over New Zealand A.

Luke Ronchi (125 off 110 balls) helped the Kiwis fight back after Jalaj Saxena (6-106) grabbed the limelight on Day 2 of the three-day match between India 'A' and New Zealand 'A'.

India A looked the better outfit in the first three-day game against New Zealand A and now they would like to translate that into victory in the unofficial 'Test' starting on Monday.

Corey Anderson (100) and Anton Devcich (115) came to the rescue of New Zealand A as the visitors ended Day 1 against India A at 300/8 on Monday.

Vijay Zol carried his stupendous form to first-class cricket, scoring a fluent century on debut as three-day tie between India A and New Zealand A ended in draw.

India 'A' rode the aggression of Robin Uthappa and skipper Unmukt Chand to register a six-wicket win over New Zealand 'A' with 5.5 overs to spare on Sunday.

Unmukt Chand will like to make amends as he leads India A against New Zealand A in the opening encounter of three-match one-day series on Sunday.

Middle-order batsmen Corey Anderson and Anton Devcich staged a spirited fightback after early jitters as New Zealand 'A' ended their first day's play at 300 for eight against India 'A' in the second and final four-day 'Test' match.

Luke Ronchi smashed a ton as NZ A recovered from a precarious position to post a respectable 310 against India A on Day 2 of their three-day match.

Ashok Menaria and Kedar Jadhav cracked fifties to enable India A inflict a 3-0 whitewash on New Zealand A with a two-wicket victory in the final unofficial ODI.