Who made their presence count ahead of five-match series?

NEW DELHI: AAnshul Kamboj starred connected the last time with a maiden First-Class 50 and 2 wickets arsenic India A’s 2nd unofficial Test against England Lions ended successful a gully connected Monday.

Chasing an improbable 439-run people successful the last league of the four-day match, the Lions stumbled to 32 for 3 earlier some captains agreed to shingle hands.India A volition present caput to Beckenham to articulation the elder squad for a four-day intra-squad lucifer scheduled from June 13-16 astatine the Kent County Cricket Ground.

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The archetypal unofficial Test betwixt the 2 sides successful Canterbury had besides ended successful a draw.Here’s a look astatine the standout performers for India A crossed the 2 matches, up of the five-match Test bid against England:KL RAHULIt was a productive instrumentality for Test opener KL Rahul.

After missing the archetypal unofficial Test, helium made an contiguous interaction successful the second, scoring a composed 116 disconnected 168 deliveries (15 fours, 1 six) successful the archetypal innings. He followed it up with a coagulated 51 successful the 2nd innings, taking his lucifer tally to 167 runs astatine an mean of 83.50 and a onslaught complaint of 71.98. With his acquisition and form, Rahul is expected to fortify India’s apical bid successful the opening Test astatine Leeds.KARUN NAIRSet to instrumentality to the Indian Test broadside aft much than 8 years, Karun Nair made the astir of his opportunity.

The middle-order batter, who became lone the 2nd Indian to people a triple period successful Tests (after Virender Sehwag), past played successful 2017. In his comeback series, Nair was impressive, notching up a treble period successful the archetypal unofficial Test. He followed it with scores of 40 and 15 successful the 2nd game. On existent form, Nair appears to beryllium a beardown contender for the playing XI successful the Leeds Test.

SARFARAZ KHANDespite being near retired of the main Test squad for the England series, Sarfaraz Khan made a beardown connection with the bat.

He struck a fluent 92 successful the archetypal innings of the opening unofficial Test, laced with 13 boundaries. The innings was a timely reminder of his quality, particularly successful investigating English conditions, and sent a wide connection to the selectors that he's acceptable if called upon.ABHIMANYU EASWARANCaptain Abhimanyu Easwaran had a mixed series. After a disappointing commencement with conscionable 8 runs successful the archetypal innings of the opening game, helium bounced backmost with a brisk 68 disconnected 87 balls successful the 2nd innings. In the 2nd unofficial Test, helium was dismissed for 11 successful the archetypal innings but recovered with a gritty 80 successful the second. Easwaran’s wide effort keeps him firmly successful the contention for a top-order slot successful India’s Test XI astatine Leeds.