London: Gautam Gambhir’s unbeaten 128 helped India A notch up an eight-wicket victory in their opening match of the tour of England against British Universities on Wednesday. The following is the scorecard:

SCORE CARD

British universities

R. White c sub b Mishra 52

J. Adams c Patel b Balaji 14

J. Francis c Gavaskar b Mishra 40

E. Cowan c Bhandari b Mishra 14

M. Pettini b Gavaskar 34

A. Loudon c & b Mishra 1

R. Ferley not out 35

I. Dawood run out 10

J. Bishop run out 0

D. Wigley st Patel b Gavaskar 6

J. Tomlinson not out 0

Extras (b-1, lb-4, w-6, nb-4) 15

Total (for 9 wkts in 50 ovs) 221

Fall of wickets: 1/31, 2/98, 3/125, 4/134, 5/140, 6/200, 7/212, 8/213, 9/221

Bowling: Balaji 7-1-26-1, Pathan 6-1-24-0, Bharadwaj 10-1-35-0, Bhandari 4-0-16-0, Mishra 10-0-41-4, Rayudu 7-0-36-0, Gavaskar 5-0-31-2, Badani 1-0-7-0

India A

S. Parab lbw Wigley 3

G. Gambhir not out 128

R. Gavaskar c Dawood b Wigley 41

H. Badani not out 33

Extras (b-2, lb-4, w-13) 19

Total (for 2 wkts in 42.3 overs) 224

fall of wickets 1/10, 2/156

Bowling: Wigley 8-0-37-2, Tomlinson 7-0-36-0, Bishop 7.3-0-41-0, Loudon 10-1-62-0, Ferley 10-1-42-0