Day 1 of the 3rd unofficial Test between the India A and England Lions was utterly dominated by the visitors. From the get-go, the English pacers made life miserable for the Indian batters. Matthew Potts cleaned up the entire Indian top and middle order before Lunch (82/5).
It was then Brydon Carse who claimed four of the next five wickets as India A were dismissed for a miserly 192 runs. After dominating the batters, the England batters put the Indian bowlers, who were put under the pump, At the end of play, the England Lions trail by just 94 runs, with Alex Lees unbeaten on 48.
India A vs England Lions Scorecard today
India A Playing XI: Abhimanyu Easwaran(c), Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Kumar Kushagra(w), Saransh Jain, Shams Mulani, Akash Deep, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Dayal
England Lions Playing XI: Alex Lees, Keaton Jennings, Oliver Price, Josh Bohannon(c), James Rew, Dan Mousley, Oliver Robinson(w), James Coles, Matthew Potts, Matthew Fisher, Brydon Carse