India A vs England Lions, 2nd unofficial Test: Abhimanyu Easwaran's gritty 80 take India A to 163/4 on Day 3

India A strengthened their presumption against England Lions connected the 3rd time of the 2nd unofficial Test successful Northampton, reaching 163 for 4 successful their 2nd innings to widen their wide pb to 184 runs connected Sunday. After posting 348 successful their archetypal innings, India A bowled retired the England Lions for 327, earning a slender but important 21-run lead. Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed was the prime of the bowlers, grabbing 4 for 70 successful a fiery 19-over spell. Tushar Deshpande and Anshul Kamboj chipped successful with 2 wickets each, portion Tanush Kotian and Nitish Reddy claimed 1 apiece.

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In the 2nd innings, KL Rahul followed up his first-innings period with a fluent 51 disconnected 64 balls, showcasing his people erstwhile again earlier being dismissed by Eddie Jack. Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran anchored the innings with a composed 80 from 92 deliveries, uncovering signifier aft a first-innings duck. India A suffered an aboriginal stroke erstwhile Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for conscionable 5 by George Hill. Karun Nair added 15 earlier falling to Chris Woakes, who besides removed Easwaran to support England successful the hunt.

At stumps, Dhruv Jurel (6*) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1*) were astatine the crease, with India A looking to physique a pb beyond 300 to acceptable up a imaginable triumph push. For the hosts, Emilio Gay top-scored with 71 successful the archetypal innings, portion Tom Haines made 54 and Jordan Cox added 45. Josh Tongue’s precocious unbeaten 36 ensured England Lions got adjacent to India A’s archetypal innings total. The lucifer summary reads: India A – 348 & 163/4 successful 33 overs; England Lions – 327 each retired successful 89 overs.