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Match Details
ENG-A vs IND-A, 1st TEST, IND A vs ENG A 2025 live
IND-A 557(125.1)
241-2(41.0)
Match Drawn
587(145.5)
ENG-A
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P'ship : 91(79)
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That's it from our coverage of the 1st unofficial Test match between England Lions and India A! Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentators of the day Darpan Tikiya, Arijit Kundu, Akshay Bhide & Ajay Pal Singh and scorers/analysts Vishnu Verma and Bishal Mandal. Stay tuned for more action from around the world.
The first unofficial Test between England Lions and India A ends in a high scoring draw! Winning the toss England Lions elected to bowl first and conceded 557 runs before bundling out the Indian side.
Karun Nair who made his way back in the Indian Test fold after nearly a decade stamped his authority with 204 in 281 balls. Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan contributed with 94 and 92 respectively to add some pressure on the selectors.
For the Lions, Josh Hull (3/72) and Zaman Akhter (3/73) shared six wickets between them with England's leading Test spinner Rehan Ahmed managing to grab only tailender Anshul Kamboj's scalp conceding 144 runs in 27 overs.
It was a much better performance for the hosts with the blade as opener Tom Haines after getting a life early on 11 made full use of it and ended his knock on 171. Max Holden (101) and Dan Mousley (113) also moved into three figures, with Holden scoring at a-run-a-ball, just the template the English senior side has set for themselves.
Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 3/92 and even Karun Nair has his moment of glory with the ball removing Mousley. The Lions got the first innings lead with the scorecard reading 587/10.
With the only result feasible being a dull draw, the Indian batters made good use of the conditions with Yashasvi Jaiswal (64), Abhimanyu Easwaran (68), Dhruv Jurel (53*) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (52*) all scoring centuries to add 241/2 in 41 overs before the players shook hands just under an hour after tea.
Karun Nair who made his way back in the Indian Test fold after nearly a decade stamped his authority with 204 in 281 balls. Dhruv Jurel and Sarfaraz Khan contributed with 94 and 92 respectively to add some pressure on the selectors.
For the Lions, Josh Hull (3/72) and Zaman Akhter (3/73) shared six wickets between them with England's leading Test spinner Rehan Ahmed managing to grab only tailender Anshul Kamboj's scalp conceding 144 runs in 27 overs.
It was a much better performance for the hosts with the blade as opener Tom Haines after getting a life early on 11 made full use of it and ended his knock on 171. Max Holden (101) and Dan Mousley (113) also moved into three figures, with Holden scoring at a-run-a-ball, just the template the English senior side has set for themselves.
Mukesh Kumar was the pick of the Indian bowlers with 3/92 and even Karun Nair has his moment of glory with the ball removing Mousley. The Lions got the first innings lead with the scorecard reading 587/10.
With the only result feasible being a dull draw, the Indian batters made good use of the conditions with Yashasvi Jaiswal (64), Abhimanyu Easwaran (68), Dhruv Jurel (53*) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (52*) all scoring centuries to add 241/2 in 41 overs before the players shook hands just under an hour after tea.
9:22 PM IST, 4:52 PM local time: The players come together and shake hands. The match ends in a draw. Who could have seen that coming?
OVER 41
India A
241/2
Nitish Kumar Reddy
52(47)
Dhruv Jurel
53(53)
Emilio Gay
0-13(1.0)
40.6 E Gay to Reddy
0 Slower one on length outside the off stump, defends off the backfoot.
40.5 E Gay to D Jurel
1 62 mph. Back of a length outside the off stump, played with soft hands to the left of cover, quick single taken.
40.4 E Gay to D Jurel
2 61.9 mph. Good length off cutter outside off. Steers it to the left of deep midwicket for a couple.
Jurel raises his bat in delight and that ever-present grin on his face is there for everyone to see. 145 overs of keeping and still coming out to bat at number 3 — he does it without breaking a sweat.
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