Karun Nair hits double century, Nitish Reddy disappoints on Day 2

After India A dominated the primary day’s play in Canterbury, the England Lions bounced again on the second day. The rating learn 409/3 from 90 overs earlier than a ball was delivered. The guests had been nicely on high. However the momentum rapidly modified. The remaining 7 wickets fell in simply 35.1 overs for India A.

Double hundred for Karun Nair

Karun Nair managed to attain a double hundred after being unbeaten on 186 in a single day. However fell simply after, at 204, to Zaman Akhter. Dhruv Jurel wanted simply 18 runs to attain his second first-class hundred, however he fell 6 runs quick. It wasn’t too dissimilar to what occurred with Sarfaraz Khan, a day prior.

Nitish Kumar Reddy regarded out of kinds and his struggles had been ended by Eddie Jack. His 7 runs got here off 22 balls. Shardul Thakur oozed confidence in his brisk 27-run knock however couldn’t kick on. Harsh Dubey, Anshul Kamboj, and Harshit Rana performed good cameos of 32, 23, and 16 to take the rating to 557.

Anshul Kamboj, India’s Greatest Bowler

To suppose India A would add simply 148 runs for the final 7 wickets wasn’t anticipated. However some common batting and spirit bowling from England Lions introduced the hosts again into the sport. However the recreation was nonetheless in India A’s management. And Anshul Kamboj received an early breakthrough as nicely. He might need had one other wicket had Jurel not dropped a sitter.

However publish that early spell from Kamboj, nothing went India A’s approach the remainder of the day. Harsh Dubey broke a 109-run stand between Emilio Homosexual and Tom Haines however then Max Holden joined Haines to frustrate India A. Shardul, Kamboj and Dubey didn’t leak many runs however Harshit and Mukesh Kumar lacked management.

Nitish Reddy’s struggles

Abhimanyu Easwaran lastly gave the ball to Nitish Reddy within the forty second over. It appeared baffling. However then when he bowled, it made sense. His first ball was a no-ball. In his first over he was hit for a six as nicely, the primary and solely one of many day. He bowled one other no-ball within the subsequent over. And all in all, leaked 27 runs in 3 overs.

By the top of the day, Haines scored his fifteenth first-class hundred from 138 balls. And the England Lions completed day 2 at 237/2 in 52 overs, nonetheless trailing by 320 runs.