INDIA A TOUR OF ENGLAND, 2018

Mayank Agarwal shines again as India A win big

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Mayank Agarwal scored his second hundred of the tri-series. © Getty

India A roared back in the tri-series in stunning fashion after registering their second win in the space of 24 hours. After losing the series opener against England Lions, India A avenged that loss with a comprehensive 102-run win over the hostson Tuesday(June 26). Mayank Agarwal, who starred with a century in India A's win over Windies A on Tuesday, managed to register another three-figure score, following which the bowlers came up with a clinical performance.

Winning the toss, India A made an excellent start at Leicester with the openers Agarwal and Shubman Gill setting the pace early on. The start was in contrast to India A's earlier loss against Lions where they had lost their top order by the 16th over. Gill and Agarwal went on to register a century stand and eventually put on 165 before Ed Barnard got rid of Gill for 72. Three overs later, Agarwal reached his century but fell immediately for 112 before he could accelerate.

Matthew Fisher pulled his side back into the contest by getting rid of Rishabh Pant and skipper Shreyas Iyer cheaply but a composed stand between Hanuma Vihari and Deepak Hooda ensured the innings didn't collapse post the double blow. The duo batted cautiously before taking a few risks at the death to take the side past the 300-run mark. While Vihari made 69, Hooda scored a 27-ball 33 as the two batsmen fell in the final over off successive deliveries.

Nick Gubbins, who made a century when the two teams met earlier, started off the chase in fine fashion with two boundaries in the first over of the chase. He added three more boundaries to cause a mini scare before Shardul Thakur trapped him leg-before-wicket for 22 in the fifth over. The Mumbai pacer then managed to breach through the defence of Tom Kohler-Cadmore in his following over and with Prasidh Krishna striking timber after seven deliveries, England A were in tatters at 32 for 3.

Liam Livingstone and Ben Foakes briefly resurrected the innings with a 43-run stand but India A kept striking at regular intervals to reduce the hosts to 116 for 6. Liam Dawson and Barnard carried the team past 200 but the Lions eventually fell well short and were bowled out for 207 by the 42nd over.

Brief scores: India A 309/6 in 50 overs (Mayank Agarwal 112, Shubman Gill 72, Hanuma Vihari 69; Ed Barnard 2-51) beat England Lions 207 in 41.3 overs (Liam Dawson 38, Ben Foakes 32; Shardul Thakur 3-53, Khaleel Ahmed 2-30) by 102 runs

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