Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal gleam as India A posts 458-4 opposite Leicestershire

Mumbai’s batting prodigy smashes 90-ball 132, while his opening partner Mayank Agarwal scores 151 as India ‘A’ post record 458-4 v Leicestershire

Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal gleam as India 'A' posts 458-4 opposite Leicestershire

Opener Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal took a second fibre Leicestershire conflict to cleaners as India ‘A’ piled adult a huge 458 for 4 in a second warm-up diversion forward of a tri-nation A array competition here yesterday.

India ‘A’s group sum is now a second tip in all List A matches (excluding general games) behind Surrey’s 496 opposite Gloucestershire in a 207 One Day Championship. In reply, Leicestershire could conduct usually 177 in 40.4 overs as India ‘A’ won by a large 281-run win. Deepak Chahar was a collect of a Indian bowlers with 3-24 while Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel took dual wickets each.

Mayank Agarwal
Mayank Agarwal

At a Grace Road ground, immature Prithvi continued his red prohibited form with a 90-ball-132 and combined 223 runs for a opening mount with other opener Mayank, who crushed his approach to 151 off 106 balls before being called behind to give others a chance. The immensely gifted Shubman Gill afterwards beaten 86 off 54 balls to column adult a Indian sum even as Rishabh Pant’s (13) disaster stranded out like a bruise thumb. Pant had narrowly missed a train for India group preference and a vigour showed in his diversion as he unsuccessful in a tie where everybody scored.

In all, a Indian innings had 51 bounds and 15 sixes. In that Prithvi’s share was a whopping 20 bounds and 3 sixes while Mayank, country’s tip run-getter in a prior domestic season, struck 18 bounds and 5 sixes. Shubman strike 7 fours and 5 sixes. In fact, Prithvi bettered his prior best of 70 scored in a progressing diversion opposite ECB XI.

India ‘A’ launched into rookie new round bowler Ben Mike, who went for 46 in 3 overs, that enclosed 8 fours and a six. Both Shaw and Mayank strike a flurry of bounds to get preferred start and never looked back. With Leicestershire fielding many of their second XI players, a Indians done happy attack them on all sides of a Grace Road ground. The home team’s off-spinner Ateeq Javed (2-91 in 10 overs) was a many dear bowling.

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