India ‘A’ bundled out England Lions for 140 to take a 252-run first innings lead in the second unofficial Test here on Thursday.
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Only KS Bharat made a significant contribution, with a belligerent 46 before being the last man out. The England openers started positively, making 23 in the first five overs before Max Holden departed for 19, leg-before to Navdeep Saini.
Sam Hain and Ben Duckett couldn’t forge a significant partnership with the latter edging one to Bharat off Varun Aaron. The Indian bowlers came to the fore, striking at regular intervals to dismiss the Lions in 48.4 overs. Medium-pacer Saini and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem picked up three wickets each. Aaron bagged two wickets, so did Kerala all-rounder Jalaj Saxena.
Brief scores: India ‘A’ 392 all-out in 144.4 overs (AR Easwaran 117, K L Rahul 81, Priyank Panchal 50, KS Bharat 50, Zak Chappell 4/60, Danny Briggs 3/71) vs England Lions 140 all-out in 48.4 overs (Navdeep Saini 3/30, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/32) and 24 for no loss.
Following on, the visitor ended the second day at 24 for no loss in its second innings, still behind by 228 runs. Earlier, the Lions fought back strongly to stop India ‘A’ at 392 after the home side had resumed at 282 for three. Karun Nair didn’t add to his overnight score of 14, nicking one to keeper Ollie Pope off Zak Chappell. Wickets tumbled as the England bowlers stuck to their task.
Only KS Bharat made a significant contribution, with a belligerent 46 before being the last man out. The England openers started positively, making 23 in the first five overs before Max Holden departed for 19, leg-before to Navdeep Saini.
Sam Hain and Ben Duckett couldn’t forge a significant partnership with the latter edging one to Bharat off Varun Aaron. The Indian bowlers came to the fore, striking at regular intervals to dismiss the Lions in 48.4 overs. Medium-pacer Saini and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem picked up three wickets each. Aaron bagged two wickets, so did Kerala all-rounder Jalaj Saxena.
Brief scores: India ‘A’ 392 all-out in 144.4 overs (AR Easwaran 117, K L Rahul 81, Priyank Panchal 50, KS Bharat 50, Zak Chappell 4/60, Danny Briggs 3/71) vs England Lions 140 all-out in 48.4 overs (Navdeep Saini 3/30, Shahbaz Nadeem 3/32) and 24 for no loss.