Uttar Pradesh’s skilled spinner Saurabh Kumar’s five-wicket haul was sufficient to assist India A clinch an enormous win towards England Lions on Saturday. Thanks to their first innings rating of 489, the hosts thrashed the travelling aspect by an innings and 16 runs in the second unofficial Test match at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium.

Trailing by 337 runs in the primary innings, England had been bowled out on simply 321 runs on Day 4. Wicketkeeper batter Ollie Robinson and captain Josh Bohannon saved England alive in the sport with spectacular knocks however Indian bowlers proved too robust. 

In-form batter Sarfaraz Khan claimed the Player of the Match award for his 161 off 160 balls knock in the primary innings. Sarfaraz’s superb type with the India A workforce has triggered the followers to query the BCCI choice committee for persevering with to snub the Mumbai batter for the red-ball workforce choice. 

Apart from Sarfaraz, Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal additionally recorded a fast hundred whereas captain Abhimanyu Easwaran, spin all-rounders Washington Sundar and Saurabh Kumar registered particular person fifties to assist India rating a complete of 489. 

In bowling, Saurabh produced one other spectacular determine whereas Arshdeep Singh and Akash Deep picked two wickets every. Akash additionally bagged 4 wickets in the primary innings to proceed to make an affect with the India A squad. 

With a 1-0 lead in the collection, India A will probably be taking part in their third and final match towards England Lions at Narendra Modi Stadium beginning on February 1. 

India A Playing XI: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Upendra Yadav (wk), Washington Sundar, Saurabh Kumar, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Dayal

England Lions Playing XI: Keaton Jennings, Alex Lees, Josh Bohannon (c), Oliver Price, James Rew, Dan Mousley, Oliver Robinson (wk), Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Tom Lawes, Callum Parkinson