The retreating monsoon is playing spoilsport for the emerging players in the four-day match between India ‘A’ and Australia ‘A’ at the Ekana Stadium here. For the second successive day, a session was washed out; on the first day, it was the morning session and on Wednesday, it was the post-tea session, which saw no action. 

However, the day had started in bright sunshine and Aussie keeper Josh Philippe made the most of it by scoring a scintillating 80-ball century as the visitors declared the innings at 532-6 in 98 overs, a strike rate of almost 5.5 runs per over. The home team were 116-1 before rain made its appearance at the tea interval and never relented. The umpires called off the day at 4pm for the Tamil Nadu duo of N Jagadeesan (50) and Sai Sudharsan (20) to resume the battle on the morrow.