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In July and August 2018, South Africa A cricket team visited India to play two first-class matches against India A. India A won the two-match series 1–0. They were joined by India B and Australia A cricket team for a List-A Quadrangular Series in August. India-B defeated Australia-A in the final to win the series. After Quadrangular series, Australia-A played two first-class matches against India A.The two-match series was drawn 1-1.[1]
| South Africa A cricket team in India in 2018 | |||
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| India A | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 30 July – 13 August 2018 | ||
| Captains | Shreyas Iyer | Khaya Zondo | |
| FC series | |||
| Result | India A won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mayank Agarwal (248) | Rudi Second (235) | |
| Most wickets | Mohammed Siraj (14) | Duanne Olivier (10) | |
Squads
 India A[2][3] |
 South Africa A[3][4] |
Board President's XI[5] |
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Three-Day Warm-up Match : Indian Board's President's XI vs South Africa 'A'
30 July – 1 August 2018 Scorecard |
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1st Unofficial Test
2nd Unofficial Test
10–13 August 2018 Scorecard |
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
- India won the first-class series 1-0.
| Dates | 17 – 29 August 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | List-A |
| Host(s) | India |
| Champions | India B |
| Runners-up |  Australia A |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Manish Pandey (306) (India B) |
| Most wickets | Shreyas Gopal (9) (India B) |
| Official website | BCCI |
The quadrangular series was initially scheduled to be held at Vijayawada but was forced to move out due to the incessant rains after the first four games of the series were washed out without a ball bowled.[6][7] The venue was shifted to Bengaluru.[7]
Squads
| India A[2][8][9][10] |
India B[2][8][11][12] |
Australia A[13][14][15] |
South Africa A[4][16] |
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Vijay Shankar was ruled out of the quadrangular series due to the left hamstring injury.[11] On August 22, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav were added to the India A and India B squads respectively while Siddhesh Lad and Ricky Bhui were released from the squads for the Duleep Trophy.[8] Hanuma Vihari and Prithvi Shaw from India A were added to the India squad for the ongoing England tour.[9] On August 25, Jayant Yadav was diagnosed with a right side strain and was ruled out of the tournament with Jalaj Saxena being named as his replacement for India B.[12] On August 27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been added to the India-A squad to play in the third-place play-off against South Africa A.[10]
Points Table
| Team[17] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | +0.599 |
| Australia A (RU) |
5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | -0.204 |
| South Africa A |
5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | +0.006 |
| India A (3rd) |
5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | -0.300 |
Top two teams advanced to the final
Matches
1st Match
2nd Match
3rd Match
4th Match
5th Match
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: India-A 5, Australia-A 0.
6th Match
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- India B won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain interrupted India B innings at 29.1 overs with score at 149/4 and at resumption the target was set at 220 in 45 overs.
- Rain again interrupted the innings at 40.3 overs with score at 214/5 and match could not be resumed.
- Points: India-B 4, South Africa-A 0.
7th Match
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- India A won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Points: India-B 4, India-A 0.
8th Match
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Points: Australia-A 4, South Africa-A 0.
9th Match
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Africa-A 5, India-A 0.
10th Match
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- Australia A won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain interrupted Australia A innings at 24.1 overs with score at 132/4 and at resumption the target was set at 247 in 40 overs.
- Points: Australia-A 4, India-B 0.
Third place play-off
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- India B won the toss and elected to field.
| Australia A cricket team in India in 2018 | |||
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| India A | Australia A | ||
| Dates | 2 – 11 September 2018 | ||
| Captains | Shreyas Iyer | Mitchell Marsh | |
| FC series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Ankit Bawne (157) | Travis Head (206) | |
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (12) | Jon Holland (9) | |
The first-class series was initially scheduled to be held at Vijayawada but was forced to move to Bengaluru due to depression in Bay of Bengal, which had resulted in heavy showers in Andhra Pradesh.[18]
Squads
| India A[9] |
Australia A[15] |
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1st Unofficial Test
2nd Unofficial Test
Most runs
| India 'A' vs South Africa 'A' First-Class Series | |||||||||
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| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Mayank Agarwal | India A | 2 | 3 | 248 | 82.66 | 83.5 | 220 | 1 | 0 |
| Rudi Second | South Africa A | 2 | 3 | 235 | 78.33 | 50.97 | 94 | 0 | 2 |
| Hanuma Vihari | India A | 2 | 3 | 202 | 67.33 | 49.38 | 148 | 1 | 1 |
| [19] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||
| Quadrangular Series | |||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Manish Pandey | India B | 4 | 4 | 306 | - | 100.99 | 117* | 1 | 2 |
| Mayank Agarwal | India B | 4 | 4 | 236 | 59 | 96.72 | 124 | 1 | 1 |
| Ambati Rayudu | India A | 4 | 4 | 187 | 62.33 | 64.93 | 66 | 0 | 2 |
| [20] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||
| India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class Series | |||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Travis Head | Australia A | 2 | 4 | 206 | 51.50 | 48.13 | 87 | 0 | 2 |
| Usman Khawaja | Australia A | 1 | 2 | 167 | 83.50 | 52.68 | 127 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Australia A | 2 | 4 | 158 | 52.66 | 49.37 | 113* | 1 | 1 |
| [21] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||
Most wickets
| India 'A' vs South Africa 'A' First-Class Series | |||||||||||
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| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI | BBM | 5 | 10 |
| Mohammed Siraj | India A | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14.35 | 2.88 | 29.8 | 5/56 | 10/129 | 2 | 1 |
| Duanne Olivier | South Africa A | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17.5 | 2.91 | 36 | 6/63 | 8/87 | 1 | 0 |
| Rajneesh Gurbani | India A | 1 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3.06 | 45 | 2/45 | 4/92 | 0 | 0 |
| [22] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||
| Quadrangular Series | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI | 4 | 5 | |
| Shreyas Gopal | India B | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17.66 | 4.54 | 23.3 | 3/42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prasidh Krishna | India B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21.5 | 7.02 | 18.3 | 4/49 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dane Paterson | South Africa A | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7.42 | 2.97 | 15 | 5/19 | 0 | 1 | |
| [23] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||
| India 'A' vs Australia 'A' First-Class Series | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | SR | BBI | BBM | 5 | 10 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | India A | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20.91 | 2.89 | 4.3 | 5/91 | 8/137 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | India A | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12.36 | 3.62 | 20.4 | 8/59 | 11/136 | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Holland | Australia A | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18.88 | 3.16 | 35.7 | 6/81 | 9/170 | 1 | 0 |
| [24] Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||
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