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Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran continued his high quality type with a second successive hundred as India A reached 324 for five at stumps on day two of the second unofficial ‘Test’ towards Bangladesh A.
Veteran Cheteshwar Pujara (52 off 124 balls) additionally warmed up properly for the upcoming Test sequence with a compact fifty scored in simply over three hours with India having fun with a lead of 72 runs at stumps.
The 27-year-old India A captain remained undefeated on 144, batting all through the day en route his 18th first-class hundred. He hit 13 fours and two sixes throughout his 231-ball knock.
He added 119 for the second wicket with Pujara, who had seven boundaries in his innings whereas one other 151 runs have been scored for the fifth wicket with keeper-batter Kona Bharat (77, 132 balls). Bharat struck 10 boundaries in his innings.
The ones to overlook out on the day have been younger opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (12), Yash Dhull (17) and Sarfaraz Khan (0).
Sarfaraz, a prolific scorer for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy, is but to make a mark on the India A staff degree. On the day, he was out nicking medium pacer Sumon Khan behind the stumps.
Easwarn performed some flowing drives whereas Pujara was extra intent on enjoying himself in. It was unlucky that simply after completion of his fifty, he was out to part-time left-arm spin of normal Bangaldesh Test captain Mominul Haque as wicketkeeper Zakir Hasan took the catch.
The most entertaining stand of the day was between Easwaran and Bharat as they scored at a mean of greater than 4 runs per over. They have been collectively for 35.5 overs.
Brief Scores: Bangladesh A 1st Innings 252. India A 1st Innings 324/5 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 144 batting, Cheteshwar Pujara 52, Kona Bharat 77, Sumon Khan 2/67, Musfik Hasan 2/68).