Badrinath Shines in India's Victory

S Badrinath, skipper, India A led India to a five-wicket win against New Zealand A by hitting a sedate unbeaten 69. Piyush Chawla (3-43) and Praveen Kumar (2-17) shared five wickets between them to shoot out the visitors for 167 in 44.5 overs.Chasing a meagre target, the Indians top order continued flow before Badrinath and in-form Yusuf Pathan (34 not out) came in and guided India to victory with 15.2 overs to spare.Badrinath's 88-ball unbeaten knock included seven 4s and two sixes.Badrinath looked little shaky in the start especially after Mark Gillespie once hit him in the helmet,then he started to play of his nice shots and guided India to victory.