Australia A beat India B at Alur on Monday to march past South Africa A and make it to the final of the quadrangular series; India B had already qualified.

Usman Khawaja’s unbeaten 101 off 93 balls piloted them through the 277-run chase, which was later DLS-adjusted to 247 in 40 overs due to rain.

Jack Wildermuth’s breezy 62 off 42 balls helped Australia A charge in the final few overs and complete victory with a last-ball six from the all-rounder.

Khawaja, in effect, trumped Manish Pandey’s unbeaten century earlier in the day, that saw the latter make an unbeaten 117 to build on the good 58-run start provided by the openers Mayank Agarwal (36 off 48) and Ishan Kishan (31 off 57).

 But despite that, India B kept stuttering to Michael Neser’s three wickets, which accounted for Mayank, Shubman Gill and Jalaj Saxena later in the innings.

Brief Scores: India B 276/6 in 50 overs (Manish Pandey 117*; Michael Neser 3-47) lost to Australia A 248/5 in 40 overs (Usman Khawaja 101*, Jack Wildermuth 62*; Jalaj Saxena 2-48) by 5 wickets by DLS method.(Cricbuzz)