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India U-19 bowlers struck early, but Thomas Rew and Ekansh Singh’s 90-run partnership helped England U-19 recover to 177/6 at Tea on the first day of the second Youth Test.
Thomas Rew is keeping England Under-19 in the game against India Under-19. (@SomersetCCC/X)
India U-19 bowlers struck at regular intervals before skipper Thomas Rew and Ekansh Singh came to the home team’s rescue on the first day of the second Youth Test on Sunday.
Thanks to Rew and Ekansh’s 90-run partnership, England U-19 recovered from 80 for five to reach 177 for six in 44 overs.
Rew top-scored for England U-19 on the opening day after RS Ambrish and Aditya Rawat picked up two wickets each.
India U-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre won the toss and chose to field, and the decision was immediately justified as Rawat and Henil Patel struck once each with the new ball, leaving England at 4/2 in the second over.
Rawat, in fact, struck with the very first ball of the match, trapping Ben Dawkins in front of the wicket at the County Ground.
In the day’s second over, Patel got Adam Thomas out lbw, leaving the England U-19 team in trouble, even as one-down batter Aaryan Sawant got off the mark with a boundary.
After a delayed start due to rain, the match was interrupted again when the heavens opened up, with England U-19 reaching 18 for two in 5.3 overs.
The interruption was lengthy, forcing the umpires to call for an early lunch.
When the proceedings resumed after the weather cleared up, Sawant and Rocky Flintoff tried to rebuild the innings.
However, Rawat cut short Flintoff’s stay in the middle when he had the batter caught by Vihaan Malhotra for a 26-ball 16, leaving the home team at 29 for three.
All-rounder RS Ambrish dismissed Sawant, caught by Malhotra, after the batter had reached 20 with the help of three boundaries.
Ben Mayes and Thomas Rew, who is performing the dual role of captaining and keeping in this match, then steadied the innings for a brief while before the former was dismissed by Ambrish for a 31 off 40 balls. His knock contained five hits to the fence.
Rew was then joined by Ekansh Singh (46 batting) in the middle, and the two forged a much-needed partnership of 90 runs for the sixth wicket to give England U-19’s innings some respectability before leg-spinner Naman Pushpak took the important wicket of the home team skipper.
Brief scores:
England U-19: 177/6 in 44 overs (Thomas Rew 59; Aditya Rawat 2/42, RS Ambrish 2/39) vs India U-19.
(With PTI Inputs)
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