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India A vs England Lions Live Score, 2nd Unofficial Test Day 2: Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext’s live coverage of the second day of this second unofficial Test between India A and England Lions. This match will mark the end of this two-match series between the youth teams before India A play an intra-squad match against the senior side, in the lead-up to the five-Test Tendulkar-Anderson Trophy.

Anshul Kamboj provided the breakthrough to leave England Lions at 58 for one at lunch after India A folded for 348 on day two of the second unofficial Test on Saturday.

Tom Haines (28 batting) and Emilio Gay (3 batting) were at the crease as the Lions were trailing by 290 runs in their first innings.

Kamboj got India A the breakthrough with a brilliant outswinger that had Ben McKinney (12) caught behind by wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel for 12, shortly after the left-handed opener was dropped at point in the eighth over.

Otherwise, run flowed easily for the Lions even as India A bowlers continued to probe their defence and discipline continuously.

Gay was, in particular, troubled by the India A bowlers even though the conditions remained conducive for batting compared to the first day when it was overcast and the pitch sported fresh grass.

Earlier, resuming at 319 for seven, Indian batters could not trouble the scorers much as the remainder of the batting folded for the first-innings total of 348.

Overnight batters Tanush Kotian fell for 15 off 37 balls with two fours while Kamboj was dismissed for a mere two.

There was success at last for Joshua Tongue who not only accounted for the overnight batters — cleaning up Kotian and dismissing Kamboj leg-before — but he also played a key role in the run-out dismissal of Tushar Deshpande (11).

Khaleel Ahmed remained unbeaten on seven.

Toss: England Lions won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Teams:

India A: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kl Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Karun Nair, Dhruv Jurel (WK), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shardul Thakur, Tanush Kotian, Anshul Kamboj, Tushar Deshpande and Khaleel Ahmed

England Lions: Tom Haines, Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, James Rew (WK/C), Max Holden, George Hill, Chris Woakes, Farhan Ahmed, Josh Tongue and Edward Jack