Opener Abhijit Kale`s fine knock of 71 runs went in vain as India A lost their second limited overs match against a South African Country Districts XI by four wickets.
Mohammed Kaif, who starred with a half-century in India`s maiden win on tour in the last one-day match against President`s XI, once again produced an impressive performance, this time with the ball, claiming three for 14 runs.
But that was not enough to defend a lowly total of 180 against some solid batting display by the hosts for whom A Gallaway (68) and J P Michau (73) shared a decisive 96-run partnership for the third wicket.
India captain Jacob Martin won the toss again and elected to bat, but only Kale showed some application while others failed to make any substantial contribution.
Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and even Kaif perished to the sustained pressure of the Districts side.
The hosts then went on a rampage in their essay, sending the Indian bowlers on a leather hunt.
The match was over with more than 10 overs to spare. Bureau Report