India A vs England Lions, Live Cricket Score: Karun Nair made a crafty double century to propel India A to 533/7 at lunch on the second day of the four-day Unofficial Test against the England Lions, in Canterbury on Saturday.
Karun made 204 off 281 deliveries (26×4 1×6) as India A continued their strong march after resuming from the overnight 409/3.
Anshul Kamboj (16 batting) and Harsh Dubey (32 batting) are at the crease at the end of the opening session.
Karun, who resumed from overnight 186, brought up his 200 off 272 deliveries with a boundary over covers off pacer Eddie Jack.
Before that, India had lost two quick wickets of overnight batter Dhruv Jurel (94) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (7). Karun and Jurel added 195 runs for the fourth wicket before the latter’s dismissal.
Karun too couldn’t continue for long after reaching his double century, edging an in-coming ball from pacer Zaman Akhter to stumper James Rew.
Shardul Thakur too fell to Akhter after a cameo of 27 as the Lions bowlers took four wickets in the first session of the day to have some consolation.
Brief Scores:
India A: 533/7 in 119 overs (Karun Nair 204, Sarfaraz Khan 92, Dhruv Jurel 94; Josh Hull 2/68, Zaman Akhter 2/73, Eddie Jack 2/75).
