Beer Suffers as AIS Draw With India

India’s IPL starlets were kept at bay by gritty Australian Institute of Sports XI batting as their Emerging Players game ended in a draw. Australians, behind by 329 runs after India piled up 534 batted out the last day with Captain Ryan Carters making a century.

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Australia’s test spinner Michael Beer was taken apart by the Indians going for a staggering 115 runs off 14 overs. He and fellow left arm tweaker John Holland were wicket less in the game where Saurabh Tiwary, Ajinkya Rahane and Ashok Menaria scored centuries.

This further casts doubts over Beer’s selection for the Test series in Sri Lanka where he and Nathan Lyon were thrust into the team ahead of ODI spinners Xavier Doherty and Steven Smith.Michael Beer played his solitary game in last years ‘Ashes series,taking one wicket and giving away 100 odd runs.Beer was drafted in to replace Doherty midway through the Ashes series as Australia’s depth of slow bowlers was severely tested.

Shane Warne spoke well of Beer as a future spinner last year but he too was surprised when he earned his test cap in his first full first class season.

AIS 205 all out
Nic Maddinson 82 Sam Whiteman 53	Jaydev Unadkat 3/47 Varun Aaron 4/40
India Emerging 534 all out
Saurabh Tiwary 151 (148) Ashok Menaria 112 Ajinkya Rahane 100 Manish Pandey 66 (50)	Mitchell Starc 3/70 Sean Abbott 2/42
AIS 328/7
Ryan Carters 115 Tim Armstrong 75	Varun Aaron 2/49 Bhargav Bhatt 2/70

Varu Aaron (6 wickets in the game)

The drawn game was held in Townsville, Queensland which was severely affected by flooding last year. India beat NZ A by 9 wickets and drew with SA Emer.XI in the earlier rounds.