Skipper S Badrinath led from the front with an unbeaten 83 as India [ Images ] 'A' ambled to a six-wicket win with 10 overs to spare against the Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) in the ongoing Emerging Players tournament in Brisbane [ Images ] on Tuesday.

Batting first, the hosts posted a decent 269 for 7, with Matthew Wade hitting a sparkling 115.

For India, Pankaj Singh took 3-58, while leg-spinner Amit Mishra [ Images ] continued his splendid form and returned impressive figures of 2-31.

India's chase looked wobbly as they lost Ajinkya Rahane [ Images ] early. The second-wicket pair of Shikhar Dhawan [ Images ] (75) and Badrinath, however, took control of the proceedings and put India firmly on course for an easy win.

Down the order, Abhishek Nayar [ Images ] (41) and Manoj Tiwary (24) maintained the momentum and it was quite befitting that the winning run came off Badrinath's bat as India overwhelmed the target losing just four wickets.