CROYDON – Andre Russell continued to impress on the West Indies “A” tour of England yesterday, but a fine hundred from India “A” captain Chesteshwar Pujara put his side in a superior position in the second “Test”.Russell collected three for 51 from 18 overs, but Pujara struck 19 fours from 185 balls to revive India “A” with an unbeaten 111 that carried his side to 329 for five when stumps were drawn on the opening day of the four-day match at Whitgift School.
SCOREBOARD:
INDIA ‘A’ 1st InningsA. Mukund c Brathwaite b Russell 43S. Dhawan c wkpr Walton b Tonge 39A. Rahane c D.S. Smith b Russell 13*C. Pujara not out 111M. Pandey c Khan b Russell 36M. Pandey c Smith b Tonge 36W. Saha not out 32Extras (b12, lb2, nb5) 19TOTAL (5 wkts – 90 overs) 329To bat: Iqbal Abdulla, D. Kulkarni, Jaskaran Singh, J. Unadkat. Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-100, 3-102, 4-191, 5-237.Bowling: Bernard 18-3-51-0, Tonge 21-3-81-2, Russell 18-4-51-3, Baker 7-2-15-0, Khan 21-1-98-0, Fletcher 5-0-19-0
WEST INDIES ‘A’ – *D. Smith, K. Brathwaite, A. Fletcher, O. Phillips, K. Edwards, +C. Walton, D. Bernard, I. Khan, A. Russell, L. Baker, G. Tonge.
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