Delhi: On the second day of the first unofficial Test match being played against New Zealand A in Lincoln, the Indian team tried to get out of the difficult situation. After falling behind by 204 runs in the first innings, India scored 106 runs after losing two wickets in the second innings. By the end of the day's play, Devdutt Padikkal was present at the crease after scoring 56 runs and Sai Sudarshan was present at the crease after scoring 39 runs.

There is an unbeaten partnership of 96 runs between the two for the third wicket. However, India is still 98 runs behind.

Problems increased again due to initial shocks

In the second innings, Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul once again failed to play big innings. Jaiswal hit a four on the very first ball, but lost his wicket on a short ball from Simon Keane in the fourth over. After this Rahul too could not last long. While trying to stop the ball from hitting the wicket, his bat hit the stump and he returned to the pavilion after being hit wicket.

After this Sai Sudarshan and Devdutt Padikkal took over the responsibility. Both the batsmen are in the race for the third position before the Test series to be held next month. Padikkal also got a lease of life, which he took full advantage of and scored a half-century.

New Zealand A scored more than 300 runs in the first innings

Earlier, New Zealand A started playing at 135 runs for three wickets, where Curtis Heaphy and Matthew Boyle were out early, but the middle-order and lower-order batsmen put the team in a strong position.

During this period, Mitchell Hay and Dean Foxcroft formed an important partnership.

Foxcroft scored a half-century, while Christian Clarke played a useful inning of 42 runs. Along with the lower order batsmen, he played an important role in taking the team's score beyond 300.

performance of indian bowlers

For India, Aaqib Nabi and Anshul Kamboj took three wickets each. Now on the third day, the responsibility of taking the Indian innings forward will be on Padikkal and Sudarshan.