Bangladesh A 112 (Mosaddek 63, Saurabh 4-23, Saini 3-21) and 341 for 9 (Zakir 173, Shanto 77, Saurabh 5-63) drew with India A 465 for five dec (Jaiswal 145, Easwaran 142, Taijul 3-170)

For 10 hours split over two days, the left-handed Zakir thwarted a bowling attack that had shot out the home side for 112 on the first day of this game.

And by the time he fell, there were only four overs left to bowl on the final evening and Bangladesh A's No. 10 and 11, Rejaur Rahman Raja and Khaled Ahmed, took them through to safety.

The two left-handers came together in the middle of the third day and were separated only on the fourth morning when Mukesh Kumar trapped Shanto lbw. Mominul Haque (17) and captain Mohammad Mithun (10) put up little resistance but Jaker Ali (16) stuck around for an hour and 44 minutes to give Zakir company.

Saurabh ended with match figures of 9 for 86 as Bangladesh A came back quite well to draw the game.