Narayan Jagadeesan's 55-ball 104 set the stage for India A to earn a 38-run victory over the United States of America. Along with Jagadeesan's effort, Priyansh Arya began the onslaught, scoring 28 off just 13 balls. Tilak Varma, in his comeback game, chipped in with a valuable 38 off 24 balls. Captain Ayush Badoni then followed it up with a 26-ball 60 as India A scored 238 for 3 in 20 overs.

The USA however, did not go down without a fight. Andries Gous (44), Sanjay Krishnamurthi (41) played some swashbuckling knocks while Harmeet Singh and Mohammad Mohsin chipping in with fiery cameos lower down the order to take USA to 200. With the ball, leggie Ravi Bishnoi picked up 3 for 37. Khaleel Ahmed and Naman Dhir picked up a brace, the latter after bowling just four deliveries as India A bowled their opponents out with two balls to spare. It was a tough day in the office for Mayank Yadav who conceded 37 runs in three overs and went wicketless.

Brief Scores: India A 238/3 in 20 overs (N Jagadeesan 104, Ayush Badoni 60; Shubham Ranjane 1-12, Ali Khan 1-36) beat United States of America 200 in 19.4 overs (Andries Gous 44, Sanjay Krishnamurthi 41; Ravi Bishnoi 3-37, Naman Dhir 2-6) by 38 runs

Afghanistan vs Scotland

In the opening warmup game of the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan comfortably pipped Scotland by 61 runs in Bengaluru. Darwish Rasooli led the charge with the bat for Afghanistan as they piled up 184/6 before a collective bowling effort led by Azamatullah Omarzai's three-wicket haul saw the Scots bowled out for 123.

Afghanistan lost two early wickets with Gulbadin Naib and Sediqullah Atal departing for single digit scores. Rasooli and Ibrahim Zadran (36) then resurrected Afghanistan's innings with an 82-run stand. Rasooli smashed seven fours and five sixes in his whirlwind knock that blew Scotland away while veteran Mohammad Nabi played a quick cameo of 34 off 16.