India A recorded a comfortable six-wicket win over England XI in their second warm-up match at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. India chased down England’s target of 283 comfortably, losing only four wickets and with more than 10 overs in hand.

Rahane (L) was the star for India with an attacking knock

After a tight win against India in the first warm up match, England won the toss and opted to bat first. England opener Alex scored a half century while the one down batsman Jonny Bairstow  helped with his 64 runs of 65 balls. England looked comfortable before the left arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem took two wickets in the form of Alex and Morgan in quick successions.


 Ashok Dinda and Parvez Rasool then took the responsibility. Both these youngsters troubled the visitors and broke the lower order and limited them to 211/9. After that it was Adil Rashid and David willey who tested the patience of the Indian bowlers with a 71 run partnership for the last wicket which helped the English team put up a challenging score of 282 in 48.5 overs.


 India were largely untroubled in their chase with openers Rahane and Sheldon Jackson putting up an opening partnership of 119. Rishabh Pant then showed more glimpses of his talent with a quickfire 59 off 36 balls. Rahane was dismissed nine runs short of a century but Suresh Raina also got valuable match practice, playing 34 balls for his 45 as India breezed to a six-wicket win

Brief scores:

India 283/4 in 39.4 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 91, Rishabh Pant 59; David Willey 1/32, Moeen Ali 1/46) beat England 282 all out in 48.5 overs (Jonny Bairstow 64, Alex Hales 51; Parvez Rasool 3/38, Shahbaz Nadeem 2/41) by six wickets.


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