Bangladesh A News

India A captain Shikhar Dhawan said the unofficial three-day match against Bangladesh A gave him an ideal opportunity to test his fitness and he is happy to have made most of the outing by scoring a sublime 150 at Chinnaswamy stadium here.

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan hit a strokeful 150 to help India A declare their first innings on 411 for five to notch up a massive lead against Bangladesh A on Day 2 of the unofficial cricket Test, here on Monday.

Seasoned opener Shikhar Dhawan will like prove his fitness while an out-of-favour Ravindra Jadeja would like to keep the national selectors interested as India A take on Bangladesh A in a three-day match with the big series against South Africa starting in less than week's time.

Left-arm orthodox bowler Jagadeesha Suchith returned with an impressive six-wicket haul to set the platform for Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka's four-wicket win over Bangladesh A in the final day of three-day match hereon Thursday.

Bangladesh A batsmen gave a much better account of themselves on the second day as they reached 188 for three in their second innings after Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka scored 287 in their first essay to take a handy lead of 129 runs.

 Debutant medium pacer Murli Prasidh Krishna hogged the limelight on his first-class debut as his 5 for 49 enabled Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka to dismiss a star-studded Bangladesh A for a paltry 158 on the opening day of the three-day game.

 Medium pacer Prasidh Krishna grabbed an impressive five-wicket haul as reigning Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka bundled out Bangladesh A for a mere 158 in the first innings and then reached 163/6 at stumps on Day 1 of the three-day cricket match here on Tuesday.

After a shock defeat against Bangladesh A in the second one-dayer, India A will look to get their act together and clinch the unofficial three-match ODI series as they go into the third and final match here tomorrow with both teams locked 1-1.

Having outplayed Bangladesh A in all the departments in the first unofficial ODI, an upbeat India A will be looking to keep the winning momentum going and clinch the three-match series in the second game itself here on Friday.

Anticipating an exciting ODI series against the visiting Bangladesh A team, India A coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday said that the three matches will provide a good platform for young Indian players to impress the national selectors.

Bangladesh senior team's bowling coach Heath Streak will be in charge of the A team led by Mominul Haque that will be reaching India tomorrow embarking on a two-week tour of India.