Delhi: In the first unofficial Test match being played between India A and New Zealand A, the first innings of the Indian team was disappointing. The entire India A team was out after scoring 113 runs in the first innings at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval ground in Lincoln, New Zealand. Indian batsmen could play only 39.3 overs. New Zealand A bowlers prevented the guests from making a big score by taking consecutive wickets.

Yash Rathore played the biggest innings

Yash Rathod scored the highest 44 runs for India A. Facing 49 balls, he hit three fours and three sixes. In difficult conditions, he tried to score runs quickly and played an important role in taking the team beyond 100 runs. However, he did not get consistent support from the other end.

Whereas, Devdutt Padikkal contributed 32 runs on 77 balls. His innings included five fours. Apart from these two batsmen, no player of the Indian team could reach 20 runs.

India A could not recover from the initial shock

The start of the Indian innings was not good, where KL Rahul was out without opening the account after playing eight balls.

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 17 runs and he too could not stay at the crease for long. Apart from this, Sai Sudarshan also returned to the pavilion on zero, while captain Dhruv Jurel could score only one run.

The Indian team came under pressure due to continuous fall of wickets. Padikkal tried to take the innings forward with Yash Rathod. But after his dismissal, even the lower order batsmen could not compete with the Kiwi bowlers for long.

Didn't show much strength even in the lower order

After the early dismissal of wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel, the problems of the Indian team increased.

Washington Sundar returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. Anshul Kamboj scored 10 runs, while Aaqib Nabi contributed five runs. Akash Deep and Mukesh Chaudhary also could not open accounts.

Yash Rathore remained unbeaten till the end, but due to continuous fall of wickets from the other end, he could not take the team to a big score.

Simon Keane's deadly bowling

Simon Keane bowled brilliantly for New Zealand A. He took 5 wickets for 24 runs in 11.3 overs.

Indian batsmen had a lot of trouble in scoring runs in front of his bowling.

Jack Gibson also performed impressively and took three wickets. Christian Clarke and Fraser Sheet got one wicket each. New Zealand A bowlers bowled on the right line and length and reduced the Indian innings to 113 runs.