Renshaw, Maxwell fall cheaply; Lyon attacked

Matt Renshaw and Glenn Maxwell fell cheaply while Nathan Lyon was hit over the rope on the final day of Australia's only tour game before their first Test against India.

Renshaw is expected to open the batting with David Warner during the series opener, which starts in Pune on Thursday.

But the 20-year-old lasted only 21 minutes at the crease on Sunday before he was bowled by India A captain Hardik Pandya for 10.

It was his second low score of the match after he nicked behind for 11 on the opening day of the match.

Coach Darren Lehmann last month floated the prospect of Renshaw being dropped despite scoring 184 at the SCG in his most recent Test.

The most obvious replacement would be subcontinent specialist Shaun Marsh, who scored a ton at Brabourne Stadium on Friday to all but confirm his Test recall.

Usman Khawaja, the only frontline batsman left out of the XI for the tour game, is another option should selectors want to leave Marsh in the middle order.

"For me it's about preparing and getting ready for the Test myself and then once the team is announced, then we work as a partnership," Warner said, having himself logged scores of 25 and 35.

"When you're young and come into this environment, you're going to be thrown a a lot of ideas.

"I just said to him (Renshaw): keep it simple, and you're going to have learn and learn fast."

Australia finished on 4-110 at stumps on the final day of the three-day contest in Mumbai.

Steve O'Keefe, who earlier logged figures of 3-101 from 24 overs, batted at No.4 and finished unbeaten on 19 after spending more than two hours at the crease.

Maxwell, out for one after being promoted to first drop in Australia's second innings, lost ground in his battle with Mitch Marsh for the vacant No.6 spot in the Test side.

Mitch Marsh posted a half-century in this match and Australia's recent intra-squad game in Dubai, where he dismissed skipper Steve Smith.

Maxwell didn't bowl until the 69th over of India A's innings in Mumbai in a sign he may not figure prominently in Smith's plans for the first Test.

The hosts played Maxwell with ease, but he wasn't slapped around Brabourne as much as Lyon.

Lyon recorded figures of 4-162 in 28.5 overs, including 57 runs in a six-over burst early on the third morning.

India A scored 171 runs in Sunday's frenetic morning session.

Shreyas Iyer finished unbeaten on 202 from 210 balls as the hosts were finally bowled out for 403.

It was No.8 batsman Krishnappa Gowtham, with a first-class batting average of 19.63 prior to his knock of 74, who led the assault on Lyon.

Although it's worth noting that Lyon has become accustomed to being hit around in pre-series practice matches by local batsmen with very little to lose; he conceded 136 runs from just 22 overs against Essex during the 2015 Ashes tour and 0-72 from 13 overs in the first innings of a warm-up game in Sri Lanka last year.

"That's their mentality, to apply a bit of pressure on our spinners," Warner said.

"I thought he bowled very well."

SCORECARD

India A v Australia, three-day match, Mumbai

AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS 

David Warner c Kishan b Saini, 25 (30 balls, 4 x 4)

Matthew Renshaw c Kishan b Saini, 11 (41 balls 1 x 4)

Steve Smith retired out, 107 (161 balls, 12 x 4, 1 x 6)

Shaun Marsh retired out, 104 (173 balls, 11 x 4, 1 x 6)

Peter Handscomb c Panchal b Pandya, 45 (70 balls, 3 x 4)

Mitchell Marsh c Indrajith, b Nadeem 75 (159 balls, 11 x 4, 1 x 6)

Matthew Wade c Pant, b Herwadkar 64 (89 balls, 9 x 4)

Glenn Maxwell not out 16 (25 balls, 0 x 4)

Steve O'Keefe not out 8 (20 balls, 1 x 4)

Jackson Bird did not bat

Nathan Lyon did not bat

TOTAL 7-469 dec, 127 OVERS

BOWLING FIGURES 

Asoke Dinda: 21.2-1-78-0

Hardik Pandya: 22-3-84-1

Navdeep Saini: 19.4-7-42-2

Shahbaz Nadeem: 33-1-126-1

Akhil Herwadkar: 15-0-64-1

Shreyas Iyer: 12-0-57-0

PK Panchal: 4-0-11-0

INDIA A 1ST INNINGS

Akhil Herwadkar c & b Lyon, 4 (36 balls, 0 x 4)

Priyank Panchal c Handscomb b Lyon, 36 (62 balls, 5 x 4)

Shreyas Iyer not out, 202 (210 balls, 27 x 4, 7 x 6)

Ankit Bawane lbw Bird, 25 (48 balls, 4 x 4)

Hardik Pandya c Wade b Bird, 19 (57, 2 x 4)

Rashabh Pant c & b O'Keefe, 21 (40 balls, 3 x 4)

Ishan Kishan c Wade b M Marsh, 4 (16 balls, 1 x 4)

K Gowtham b O'Keefe, 74 (68 balls, 10 x 4, 4 x 6)

Shabaz Nadeem lbw O'Keefe, 0 (1 ball, 0 x 4)

Ashoke Dinda c Handscomb b Lyon, 2 (10 balls, 0 x 4)

Navdeep Saini c Smith b Lyon, 4 (6 balls, 1 x 4)

TOTAL 403, 91.5 OVERS

BOWLING FIGURES

Jackson Bird: 20-8-60-2

Mitchell Marsh: 13-2-45-1

Nathan Lyon: 28.5-3-162-4

Steve O'Keefe: 24-3-101-3

Glenn Maxwell: 6-0-26-0

AUSTRALIA 2ND INNINGS 

David Warner c Indrajith b Dinda, 35 (49 balls, 6 x 4)

Matthew Renshaw b Pandya, 10 (7 balls 2 x 4)

Glenn Maxwell b Saini, 1 (11 balls, 0 x 4)

Steve O'Keefe not out, 19 (71 balls, 2 x 4)

Peter Handscomb c Gowtham b Pant, 37 (69 balls, 5 x 4)

Matthew Wade not out, 6 (10 balls, 0 x 4)

Steve Smith did not bat

Shaun Marsh did not bat

Mitchell Marsh did not bat

Nathan Lyon did not bat

Jackson Bird did not bat

TOTAL 4-110, 36 OVERS

BOWLING FIGURES 

Hardik Pandya: 5-1-30-1

Navdeep Saini: 7-2-20-1

Asoke Dinda: 7-2-18-1

Shahbaz Nadeem: 9-1-21-0

K Gowtham: 4-0-9-0

Rishabh Pant: 2-0-9-1

Akhil Herwadkar: 2-1-2-0

Australia's schedule in India

Feb 17-19, Tour match v India A, Mumbai

Feb 23-27, First Test, Pune

Mar 4-8, Second Test, Bengaluru

Mar 16-20, Third Test, Ranchi

Mar 25-29, Fourth Test, Dharamsala