Konstas, Phillipe and Johnson secure 2-0 lead for Australia A

After India A's last-wicket pair denied them a chance to level the red-ball series earlier this month, Australia A stormed back to sew up the three-match one day-series, with one game to go, in Puducherry on Friday.

After being wrecked by pace and bounce in the first one-dayer, India A might have felt a sense of deja vu in the second. Though Mahli Beardman, the hero from Tuesday was rested, Australia A still managed to dismantle India A with pace and bounce. At 59 for 4 in their chase of 276, there was no way back for the hosts, despite Rajat Patidar's 67 off 82 balls.

Patidar's innings came to an end when Spencer Johnson ran in hard, hit the deck even harder, and made the batter mis-hit a pull to deep square leg. He was the only Indian batter to stand up to Australia's pace pack. The end was nigh when Johnson had Suryansh Shedge spooning a catch to mid-off off a hard-length delivery leaving the score 149 for 7 in the 35th over.

After Australia A opted to bat in this day fixture - the first one-dayer was a day-night affair - they posted 275 on the back of half-centuries from opener Sam Konstas and No.3 Josh Philippe.