India A women survived a hundred by Sianna Ginger and Amy Edgar's four-wicket haul to take a good grip over Australia A on the penultimate day of the four-day lone unofficial Test in Brisbane on Saturday.
India A closed the day at 260 for eight, for an overall lead of 254 runs, after opener Shafali Verma (52) and middle-order batter Raghavi Bist (86) made fighting half-centuries.
Earlier, Australia, starting from overnight 158 for five, posted 305 in their first innings to take a slender lead of six runs.
Ginger, overnight 24, helped the home side recover from a shaky 158 for five, in the company of late-order batters with a gritty 103 off 138 balls.
Ginger and Nicole Faltum added 102
Off-spinner Edgar (4-53) kept striking at regular intervals but Shafali first and then Bist were involved in small but significant alliances to keep India going.
The most important among them was a 68-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Bist and Tanusree Sarkar.
Bist eventually fell to Edgar with just seven overs remaining in the day for a well-made fifty off 119 balls.
Brief scores: India A: 299 all out and 260-8 in 73 overs (Shafali Verma 52, Raghavi Bist 86; Amy Edgar 4-53) vs Australia A: 305 all out in 76.2 overs (Sianna Ginger 103, Nicole Faltum 54; Saima Thakor 3-31, Radha Yadav 2-68).