IND A vs ENG Lions Live: India A look to tighten grip on England Lions

Following the dismissals of Rahul and Easwaran, India A’s mediate bid faced a investigating period. Karun Nair, who had earlier scored a treble 100 successful the archetypal match, joined Easwaran astatine the crease but couldn’t person his commencement and fell to Woakes.

At stumps, India A were 163/4 with Dhruv Jurel (6) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1) astatine the crease.

With a pb of 184 runs going into the last day, the visitors volition look to station a formidable target. However, with wickets falling astatine regular intervals, India A volition beryllium wary of different middle-order illness and volition beryllium connected their little bid to capitalise connected the level laid by the apical order.

Abhimanyu Easwaran erstwhile again made a compelling lawsuit for a maiden Test call-up with an assured sound of 80. Coming successful aft Jaiswal's aboriginal dismissal, the Bengal opener played with large composure and timing, striking 9 boundaries and showing fantabulous judgement extracurricular off. He appeared to beryllium connected people for a well-deserved period earlier edging a Chris Woakes outswinger to 2nd slip, soon aft a little hold owed to atrocious light.

Easwaran’s accordant tally this bid has kept him firmly successful the selectors’ radar, arsenic helium continues to involvement a beardown assertion with some temperament and method connected display.

Despite the apical and mediate bid collapse, England Lions showed grit successful the little order, led by a dogged last-wicket basal betwixt Josh Tongue and teen Eddie Jack.

Tongue remained unbeaten connected 36, portion Jack, playing conscionable his 2nd first-class game, scored a gutsy 16 disconnected 45 balls, including 3 boundaries. Their 48-run concern frustrated India A and helped the visitors transverse the 300-run mark.

India A tried everything, including taking the 2nd caller shot successful the 81st implicit and bringing Khaleel backmost into the attack. However, it was Anshul Kamboj who yet broke the basal conscionable earlier tea, finishing with figures of 2/56.

Earlier successful the day, left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed spearheaded India A’s bowling onslaught with a fiery spell that derailed England Lions’ archetypal innings.

The visitors had resumed connected 192/3 but slumped to 266/8 by lunch, courtesy of Khaleel’s incisive burst. He struck doubly successful 1 over, removing England skipper James Rew and George Hill with consecutive deliveries to commencement the collapse. He aboriginal added the wicket of Chris Woakes to his tally and ended with figures of 4/70.

Khaleel’s spell ensured India A gained a slender but captious 21-run first-innings lead, arsenic the Lions were bowled retired for 327 successful the 2nd session.

India A closed the 3rd time of the 2nd unofficial Test against England Lions astatine 163/4, stretching their wide pb to 184 runs, acknowledgment to beardown contributions from KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran.

Despite losing Yashasvi Jaiswal aboriginal — caught down for conscionable 5 — Rahul and Easwaran stitched unneurotic an 88-run concern that stabilised the innings.

Rahul, who had scored a period successful the archetypal innings, continued his awesome signifier with a fluent 51 disconnected 64 balls, decorated with 9 boundaries. Easwaran looked coagulated erstwhile again, reaching his 2nd 50 of the tour, arsenic the duo confidently tackled some gait and rotation earlier falling to disciplined bowling spells.