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News India Live, Digital Desk: The India-A team, which came on the field with the intention of preparing for the upcoming tour of South Africa, was seen faltering in the second unofficial test match. South Africa-A captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first and his bowlers proved this decision absolutely correct. By the end of the first day’s play, India A was all out for just 199 runs in its first innings.
Top order completely stacked
The Indian team, which came to bat, had a very bad start. Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran returned to the pavilion without opening his account. After this, senior batsman KL Rahul, who came on the field with the intention of practicing, also could not do anything special and went on scoring only 19 runs. Sai Sudarshan (9) and Devdutt Padikkal (25) also got out in quick succession, due to which the team’s score at one time became 59 runs for 4 wickets.
Jurel and Siraj saved shame
When it seemed that the Indian innings would be limited to just 100 runs, wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel held one end. He scored 77 runs while playing a brilliant half-century innings. He got good support from the other end from Mohammad Siraj, who contributed an important 31 runs. Due to the partnership of these two, India A team was able to reach a respectable score of 199 runs.
On behalf of South Africa-A, fast bowler Dan Pietersen wreaked havoc and took 5 wickets, while Tshepo Moreki took 3 wickets.
Senior players have got a chance
Let us tell you that in view of the Test series to be held against South Africa, senior team players like KL Rahul, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Akash Deep and Dhruv Jurel have been included in this match. However, on the first day most of the senior players could not live up to the expectations.
In this series of four-day matches, India A is leading 1-0 after winning the first match.
